Accident to Troop Train. British Soldiers Killed. Paris, Thursday Evening
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 1
An accident happened to a British troop train nine miles from Paris, and the resultant smash [?] a number of fatalities. Ten men were killed and 32 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Impact. Wrecked Troop Train. Cause of Accident. Paris, Thursday Night
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
The troop train which was wrecked near Paris consisted of 50 coasters and two engines. It had not quite completed the [?] of a bill, when the couplings broke at the middle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain. Over 2½, Inches at Cannonbar. Railway Washaways
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
Cloude [?] over [?] the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Worker Killed. [?]
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
[?] employed on [?] section of [?] to-day. He [?] bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram to Maroubra
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6
A deputation. Introduced br Mr. D. Storey, M.L.A., asked th e Railway Commissioners to construct a tramway to Maroubra Bay Mr. Storey said that there would be no difficulty on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Taronga Park and Mosman Trams
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6
A correspondent writes:—Resident of Mosman, on the heights along Bradley's Head-read and adjacent thoroughfares, complain that the trams for Taronga Park fall to connect-as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Repatriation Work Soldier-Settlement Schemes Scheme Adopted by State Premiers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
The scheme for the settlement of soldiers on the land, drafted by the S Premiers and the Ministers for Lands, in consultation with the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Advance The Glen Innes District New England Meeds a Line to the Coast
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
The secretary of the Glen Innes Railway League has received a copy of the following communication, addressed to the Chief Commissioner, Forestry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Border Railway. prospects of its construction
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
Speaking at a meeting of [?] committee the Kyogle (N.S.W.) Agricultural Society, Mr. C.A. Lee M.L.A. urged members to make the next show a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Fettler Shot. Tragedy at Nevartire
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4
James William Pearson, a railway fettler residing at [?] (N.S.W.), was found on Monday evening, shot through the mouth. Deceased was twenty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fatalities Three Disastrous Collisions Five Persons Killed, Others Injured
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4
A sensational collision, unfortunately attended by loss of life, occurred at Double Bay (Sydney), on Monday last. Three young ladies named Minnie Hooper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Fatality
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
A motor ear accident on the Glen Innes-road, near Buckerumbi, is responsible for the death of Mr. H. V. Le Quesnes, glazier, of Tamworth. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Works. the Stoppage. Deputation to Minister
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8
"There is no doubt that the late Government took on more than can be carried out. My policy will be to take on just what we can handle, and push ahead till we complete it,"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Tramways. Compensation Fixed at £335,000 MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6
Mr. Justice Cussen, sitting to-day as an arbitrator appointed by the Governor-in-Council to determine what amount of compensation should bo paid in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Death-trap Newtown Motor Fatality
The Sun · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6
An inquest was held by the Acting City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, this morning, into the death of Marie Quinn, 4 years and 3 months old, who was killed by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"SMOKERS -- Men Only" Hurstville Aldermen Angry Criticism of Railway Service
The Sun · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4
Several complaints against the management of the railways were made by the Hurstville aldermen at their meeting last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping Inventors. State and Railway Boards. Proposed Amalgamation
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4
A scheme is on foot for the amalgamation of the State Patents Investigation Board, and the Railway Suggestions and Inventions Committee, with a view of affording further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compensation for a Tramway Company
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Justice Cussen, who acted as arbitrator to determine the compensation to be paid by the Tramway Board to the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram to Maroubra Bay
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 9
Mr. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, yesterday told a deputation, headed by Mr. David Storey, M.L.A., that, although the Commissioners favored the construction of a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railway Exhibition
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
Sydney is sufficiently interested in the exhibition at tho Railway Institute to keep the rooms crowded--almost uncomfortably--each day so far. But there is going to be quite a…
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