The Byangum Bridge
During the visit to Murwillumbah of the Minister for Public Work (Mr. Cann) and the Director-General of Public Works (Mr. Davies), the Tweed Shire…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
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Dismissing Tramway Men. Method of Protest. Sydney
The tramway employees have decided that if any member is dismissed on the uncorrobated evidence of an officer, a ballot is to be taken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star, Published Daily. at Lismore, Richmond River, N.S.W. Thursday, January 6, 1916. the North Coast Railway
A correspondent, in a very aggrieved tone, has been writing to a contemporary on the Northern Rivers, expressing his disgust at the manner in which the contract for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dismissal of Tram Employees. Resolution of a Mass Meeting
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A mass meeting of tramway employees carried a resolution that in any member be dismissed on the uncorroborated evidence of any officer, a ballot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Loan. Required for Railway Plant
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The general opinion is that the loan of £2,000,000 sterling now being floated in London is being raised under the Act passed just before Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Postal Services. Passing of the Horse Regretted. Government Motor Proposed
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Postmaster-General deplores the passing of horses for the carriage of mails. He says new motorcar services spell an increased cost of from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Esemi Attacks Driven Off. Aeroplane Bombardments
LONDON, Thursday.—General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We drove off with the rifle an enemy attack on our advanced posts near Maricourt. A number of our aeroplanes…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Post-master-General said yesterday that owing to the increased cost of mail, services, the time has arrived for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Russian Successes. Enemy Deprived of Railways
PETROGRAD, Wednesday.—Advices state that Czernowitz has been made untenable owing to the Russian successes. Austria admits that part of the city has been evacuated,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →That Excursion Train
Though run at an unsuitable hour for Casino people the excursion to Byron Bay on Xmas Eve was an eloquent testimony to the arguments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insufficient Motor Power. a Dogman's Death. Sydney
The coroner Mr. Hawkins, found that Donald Hendry, 55, a dogman, of Mortdale, died from injuries accidentally received through insufficient motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash. Goods Train in Collision. Sensational Incidents
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A terrific smash occurred at Clyde during shunting operations this morning. Two goods trains came into collision, and great damage was done to…
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Raymond Jones, 26, a railway employee of the signalling branch living in William street, Paddington, was killed by a passing train on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed Fell Out of a Train Sydney
David Whann, a soldier, was killed by falling out of a train at Clyde this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany's Plans. Pushing on the Railway. to the Egyptian Frontier. Bulgarians Dissatisfied. Ferdinand Wants to Be Czar of Macedonia. London
Mr. Jeffreys, the Balkan correspondent of the "London Daily Mail" says the enemy forces at Macedonia are not pulling well together. King Ferdinand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Designs on Egypt. Germans Pushing on the Railway. American Neutrality. Limit of Endurance Reached. The Compulsion Bill. Second Reading on Tuesday. The Russian Offensive. Austrians Fighting Desperately. The Dardanelles Theatre Sir Ian Hamilton's Report. Press Comment. London
The "Daily Mail," editorially commenting on Sir Ian Hamilton's report, says the men were glorious, but the Generals, lacked energy, insight, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidental Death Another Railway Fatality Sydney
District Coroner Poolman found that Henry August McShane, a soldier, met his death accidentally by being run over on the railway at Casufa camp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Trouble Adjusted
SYDNEY, Friday.—The trouble on the East Greta Coal Company's railway, which was threatened as the result of the strike, is apparently overcome, and now there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eulgaria and Germany. Less Harmonious Relations. Activity in Asia Minor. Progress of the Bagdad Railway
LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. Jeffries, the "Daily Mail's" Athens correspondent, states that Bulgaria co-operation with the Germans in Macedonia, is less hearty. While the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Linking Up the Railways. New South Wales and Queensland. the Kyogle-beaudesert Proposal
BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Premier (Mr. Ryan) on Saturday stated that the Cabinet would consider the question of linking up the New South Wales and Queensland…
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