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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Motor Char-a-bancs Capsized. Four Killed—many Injured

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 4

A large motor char-a-honcs with a party of some thirty excursionists returning to Sheffield from a trip to Ashopton, a favorite holiday resort…

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The Corridor Train. Its Jubilee

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 6

G. H. Archer writes in the "Daily Mail" of 20th August.— With the great increase in the number of corridor trains, in the…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 7

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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A Veteran Railway Engine

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

The American habit of "scrapping" old machines has its exceptions, writes the "Westminster Gazette." There was in regular use until a few weeks ago a…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them? Shareholders and Investors

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 3

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the State, but by the enterprise of individuals,…

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Weather and Crime. the New Railway Calendar

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 6

Is the unusually large number of offenders in the present New Bailey calendar (the second largest in thirty-five years) due to the bad weather of the…

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A Veteran Railway Engine

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 3

The American-habit of "scrapping" old machines has its exceptions, writes the "Westminster Gazette." There was in regular use until a few weeks ago…

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Railway Carriages and Disease a Question in England

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 2

Dr Riddle writes in the "Daily Mail" of 7th September:- When one enters a railway carriage to go on a long journey, one…

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U.s. Cure for Train Belays

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

That the American mail service is as yet by no means perfect is made a bundantly dear by a statement, according to which the American railroads during the…

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Weather and Crime. the New Railway Calender

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 3

In the unusually large number of offenders in the present New Bailey-calender (the second largest in thirty-five years) Sue to the tad weather of the…

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Motor Smash. Car Turns a Double Somersault. Driver Killed. Exciting Struggle with Photographers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 2

An untoward incident, which bad a fatal termination, marred the success of the Brooklands automobile race meeting on Saturday, 14th September…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them? Shareholders and Investors

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 6

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the State, but by the enterprise of individuals…

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A Tramp Cat. Earns His Home

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

Aside from ber own nine lives, a pet sat which bad been saved from the fate of being a prowling alley tabby by little Mary Stelow saved the Stelow family…

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The Oaks Light Railway League

Camden News · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 8

A meeting of the above league was held at the Council Chambers of the Wollondilly Shire at the Oaks at 4 p.m. on November 15th, 1907. Mr. Chas. Dunn, the president,…

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The First Corridor Train

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 6

The "Great Western Hallway Magazine" for September claims for that company the credit of producing the first complete corridor-train, combining the…

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Motors in Harvest Fields

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 7

Speaking at the last annual dinner of the Agricultural Old Collegians' Association, Adelaide, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for South Australia…

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Vanished Motorist. Wealths' Canadian's Strange Disappearance

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 7

The mysterious disappearance of Mr Dugald Boss, a Canadian, who, a short time since, was brought prominently before the notice of the public by his…

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Motor Smash. Car Turns a Double Somersault. Driver Killed. Exciting Struggle with Photographers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 6

An untoward incident, which had a fatal termination, marred the success of the Brooklands automobile race, meeting on Saturday, 14th September…

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The Oaks Railway League

Camden News · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

The executive committee met on the 29th ult., the following members being present:—Messrs. John E. Moore, A. L. Bennett, J. O. Moore, M. [?]evitt and R. Bellenger…

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