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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Railway Delays

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. A. Cameron, Nobby's Creek, called at this office, yesterday complaining of the treatment meted out to him by the Railway Department. On Thursday,…

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New Motor Garage

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

The tenders for the Tweed Motor Company's garage were opened yesterday at the office of the architect, Mr. Thos. Hoyle, the successful tenderer being Mr…

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Railway Traffic Held Up. Rain Damages Track. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

At Brogan's Creek, on the Mudgeeline, 70 feet of railway embankment cracked in consequence of the rain, and canted tile line eight inches out of…

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Railway Fatality. a Fettler Killed. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

A goods train met with a minor accident in the Woy Woy tunnel to-day. The engine and some of the trucks proceeded to the next station; then the…

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Kalgoorlie-port Agusta Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

PERTH, Friday.--The Kalgoorlie Port Augusta railway line will probably be opened for traffic in June…

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Kyogle Acacia Creek Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

At the Tenterfield Shire Council meeting the Chairman (Cr. Inglis) drew attention to the fact that the Public Works Committee would shortly be visiting that part of the…

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Floods. Damage to Railway Lines

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--Washaways are reported at Brogan's Creek, on the Mudgee line, and at Umeralla, on the Cooma line, owing to heavy rains. Train traffic has been…

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Buccarumbi Motor Fatality. a Second Death

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

In connection with the motor accident near Buccarumbi at the inquest on Harry George Lequesne of Kootingal, Tamworth, the…

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Railway Men at the War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 8

Some of the, running staff of the North Coast line, principally engine drivers, have gone to Sydney to join a body of railway workers going to the front…

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Motor Fatality near Buccarumbi

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

As the result of a motor car accident on the Glen Innes road on Monday afternoon, Mr. H. G. Lequesne, of Tamworth district, lost…

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Kyogle-Acacia Creek Railway

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

At the Tenterfield Shire meeting on Friday the chairman (Cr. Inglis) drew attention to the fact that the Public Works Committee would…

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Kyogle Railway League

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held on Thursday in the School of Arts, to make arrangements for the reception of the Public Works Committee…

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Condong Road

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

The present state of the Tweed Heads Murwillumbah road, between Condong and Munwillumbah, is to say the least of it, disgraceful. The more so in…

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Railway Collision. Express and Goods Train. Many Passengers Injured

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday. -- Further particulars regarding the collision between the Broken Hill express and a goods train show that 35 people were injured, some seriously, but no…

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Tweed-kyogle Road

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Mullumbimby Progress Association, held last week, Mr. Nelson brought up the subject of the proposed new road from Kyogle to the Tweed…

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Train Derailed. Washaway on Cooma Line

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday. -- The washaway at Umeralla, on the Cooma line, was more serious than at first reported. In the derailment of a pickup train, which comprised a[?]ngine…

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On the Line. Cart Struck by a Train. COOTAMUNDRA

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

A man was crossing the railway line in a cart, when a train run him down. Hopes of his recovery are entertained…

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Serious Railway Accident. 35 Persons Injured. Broken Hill

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

The express from Adelaide collided with a goods train at Stockport; the engines interlocked, and several carriages were wrecked. It is believed…

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Women Railway Workers

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

With only the depleted staff resulting from the ready response to the colors by the railway men in England, a very serious hindrance in the necessarily uninterrupted running of…

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Wauchope-kempsey Railway Section

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

Although many promises have been made that rails to complete the above section would be shortly forthcoming, there seems to be grave reason to doubt the statement…

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