Railways reorganise to create thirteen area divisions
Information on railway service restructuring shows the Permanent Way Department officers reshuffled to decentralise civil engineering control. The State system is split into 13 areas led by resident engineers with full staff, grouped into four districts, with four inspecting engineers overseeing. Permanent way workshops remain at Newcastle Goulburn and Bathurst.
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Way and Works Branch
Permanent Way Department
Railway Department
Sydney
Goulburn
Newcastle
South Grafton
Tamworth
Narrabri
Bathuret
Dubbo Parkes
Cootamundra
Wagga
Temora
Bathurst
Obituary of Mrs M Wilson from Douglas Vale Port Macquarie
Margaret Wilson, born 29 February 1840 in North Shields England, died at Douglas Vale Port Macquarie on 22 December aged 83. She arrived in Australia in 1844 aboard the Temple with her family, witnessed shipwrecks and historic events, married Napoleon Wilson in 1869, and lived at Douglas Vale for over 70 years. Survived by two daughters, E Dick and W Johnson, 11 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren. husband, eldest son George, and Norman predeceased her. A large funeral was held with Rev Canon Li Gray officiating.
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Sydney Cove
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Thames
Port Macquarie
Death Valley
Zane Gray
California
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Elizabeth
Brent
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Bordeaux
London
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Calcutta
India
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Red Cross
Lady Game
George
Norman
E. Dick
W- Johnson
Queen Victoria
England
Waterloo
Pétur
Ti Must
Davis Strait
Lady June
Canon Li Gray
Port Macquarie News
England win Third Test by 338 runs at Adelaide
England hosts bowled Australia out for 153 to seal the Third Test by 338 runs after a resumed play day. Bradman top scored with 66 for Australia while Woodfull carried his bat for 73 in a stubborn stand. Oldfield ruled out for season after a frontal bone fracture.
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Adelaide
Safuy
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Verby
O'Reilly
Larwood
Voce
England
Australia
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Ponsford
Jardine
Bradman
Woodfull
Verity
McCabe
Richardson
Stump
Fegland
Sutcliffe
Wall
O Reilly
Auive Himmond
Oldfield
Wall Ames
Tronssonger
Leyland
Wyatt
Grimmett
Paynter E Fin
Ironmonger
Taninge
Wooatull
Allen
Pingleton
Vore
Hammond
K.N. Steele
Arsenic Poison From Horse Dip Warns Grafton Resident
A South Grafton resident suffered arsenical poisoning after brushing a horse repeatedly dipped with arsenic in dip residue. The brushing dispersed dry dip coating as dust inhaled or swallowed, causing painful fits, shivering, and vomiting over days. Similar poisoning was noted in a coast teamster from a whip thong contaminated with dip residue.
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South Grafton
Grafton
Paria crosswalk lamps fail to ensure pedestrian safety
A report notes that steel studded crossings in Paria prove dangerous to materials and pedestrians. Street lamps flash alternately red and yellow at one boulevard crossing, an experiment that has not succeeded in improving security.
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Paria
Page family crisis stalls key Ottawa duties in Canberra
Dr Earte Page faces a health burden and the death of his son as he considers temporary relief from Country party leadership duties and his Ottawa schedules. The son, trained to run the dairy and farming properties, had expanded 4000 acres in Upper Clarence from beef to dairy. With younger brothers inexperienced, Dr Page must balance estate management with party leadership obligations.
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Grafton
Earte Page
Tsathe
Country Party
Unt! Ie
Ottawa
Canberra
Page
New South Wales
Queensland
Meres
Upper Clarence
Conscription Debate and Militia Plans Highlight Berlin Gathering
In Berlin a mass meeting commemorating the Reich’s 62nd anniversary featured Von Schleicher urging conscription as essential and hinting at a militia. He warned against disarmament conferences and stressed the army’s pivotal role in Germany’s sovereignty. General Horn praised the Hohenzollerns, noting the ex-Kaiser bore no responsibility for the war. Meanwhile in China, charcoal-powered cars appear in Hupeh Province, and in Britain the NFM A cites 125 councils backing a protest over road fund diversions from motorists taxes.
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Attal von Schleicher
Berlin
Reich
Horn
Hohenzollerns
Kalver
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