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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Big Railway Smash in Sydney Seventeen Passengers Injured Collision Between Suburban Trains. Carriages Smashed to Matchwood

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A serious railway smash occurred outside the Central railway station to-night, when two trains, one crowded with passengers, and the other almost empty, came into collision…

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Disastrous Fogs. Terrible Railway Smashes Occur in Germany Owing to Driver's Vision Being Obscured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

BERLIN, Tuesday.--Many people were killed and injured in a railway disaster in Westphalia this morning. An express from Berlin to Cologne…

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Bombay Outrage Armed Attack on Motor Car Rescue by British Officers (Reuter.) BOMBAY

Northern Star · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

A desperate outrage occurred in a fashionable quarter of Bombay last night. A gang of armed men attacked a motor ear with revolvers and knives,…

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Railway Appointment

Northern Star · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Duncan Ross, chief assistant traffic manager, has been appointed assistant metropolitan area commissioner in the Railway Department…

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Railway Smash Two Trains Collide at Sydney Crash Just Outside Station Seventeen Passengers Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A serious railway smash occurred just outside the Central railway station, to-night, when two trains, one crowded with…

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Road Work

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

At the meeting of Tweed Shire Council yesterday, the engineer (Mr. C. Christie) stated that many ratepayers appeared to be under the…

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Tyre Effects on Roads

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

A member of the association has obtained most interesting information regarding the use of solid or other ty[?] on 'buses in America. One authority…

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Road Deviation at Woodenbong

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

To Wednesday's meeting of Kyogle Shire, Woodenbong Ratepayers' Association submitted a further vigorously worded protest against the road…

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Wyangarie Bridge. Traffic May Be Held Up

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

The president (Cr. Moore), at Wednesday's meeting of Kyogle Shire, referred to the condition of the bridge, over the river at Wyangarie. The…

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Grafton-brisbane Road. Shires in Conference

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

The following report on the conference between Kyogle and Copmanhurst Shires held recently at Yates' Flat, on the question of improving the main…

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Kyogle Shire Condition of District Roads Heavy Financial Drain

Northern Star · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

KYOGLE, Thursday.—Councillor R. J. Moore presided over a meeting of the full council yesterday. The clerk's annual report on the rating…

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City Train Smash. Were the Signals Disregarded? Dubbo Express Has a Miraculous Escape

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. Morris, Secretary for Railways, says that the mishap at the Central Railway Station on Wednesday was apparently…

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Latest Telegraphic News. (State and Interstate.) Train Smash. Injured Persons Recovering. Suspension of a Driver

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. W. J. Morris, secretary of the railways, says that the mishap at the central station was apparently due to a disregard to…

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Local Government Tweed Shire Council. Complaints of Dangerous Road Corners. A Public Spirited Ratepayer

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

A special meeting of Tweed Share Council was held yesterday. There were present Crs. R. T. Gilles (present), E. J. Lyle, J. H. McCollum, J…

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Motor Cycle Club. Speed Racing at Evans Head

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

A meeting of the Casino branch of the North Coast Motor Cycle Club was held in the School of Arts lecture room on Wednesday night, when the…

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Railway Smash in Sydney. Seventeen Passengers Injured. Carriages Smashed to Matchwood

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 8

A serious railway smash occurred outside the Central railway station, Sydney, on Wednesday night, when two trains, one crowded with passengers,…

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Motor Notes. Starting Difficulties of the Ford

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

A good number of starting troubles will beset the Ford owner may be traced to the commutator. When any starting difficulty arises the commutator…

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Railway Smash in Sydney. Agonising Experiences. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

A serious railway smash occurred near Central Railway Station last night, when two trains, one crowded with passengers and the other almost empty…

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Motorgrams

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

A motor lorry was found abandoned on Thursday night in Coffs Harbor, with the number off and the engine number defaced. The police removed…

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Why Motor Cars Blaze

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

Scarcely a week goes by without one or more motor cars, lorries, 'buses or other vehicles being destroyed or damaged by fire. Unreported cases that…

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