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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Camden Railway Requirement

Camden News · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner for Railways, is replying to a deputation' from the Camdeu Council on Monday said that owing to the financial position ne could not see his way to…

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Sunday Morning Train and Other Railway Facilities

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 4

The Moss Vale Council has received the following letter from the office of the Chief Commissioner, through Mr. F. A. Badgery, M.L.A., re deputation…

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N.S.W. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 4

Mr. R Corish, who has beni appointed by the executive of the above Association to organise on behalf of the Society, addressed a representative…

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Steel Railway Carriages

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 3

Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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A New Motor-plough

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 7

A plough has been recently made that is propelled by a four-horse-power gasolene motor. It is much, like the ordinary horse-drawn implement, and…

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Jerusalem. Electric Light and Trams

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 3

Very shortly the sacred streets of the Holy City will hum with the noise of electric cars, and its more important thoroughfares will be illuminated at…

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[?]Marulan-Mittagong Railway Duplication

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 4

The work of duplicating the Great Southern Railway is being pushed forward. Already many detailed sections between Harden and Marulan are in…

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Steel Railway Carriages

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 3

Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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Trolly and Goods Train Collide

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 4

A shocking railway accident, by which one man was killed outright and five others were more or less seriously injured, occurred at 9.20…

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A Couple of Roads

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

At last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Councillor Hetherington moved " That the council ask the Minister for…

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The Railway Accident on Bong Bong Bridge. the Inquest

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 1

An enquiry was opened on Friday afternoon at the Court-house, Moss Vale, before Mr. H. W. Taylor (District Coroner), into the death of Joseph…

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Wombeyan Caves Road

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 4

By advertisement it will be seen that the Mayor of Bowral (Mr. E. Boardman) is calling a Public Meeting for Thursday next at the Town Hull, to urge the Minister for Works to…

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The Railway Accident on Bong Bong Bridge. the Inquest

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 4

The inqniry respecting the death of Joseph Connolly, who was killed on May 12, through a collision between the trolly on which he was riding and…

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On the Bridge. to Wed Man Who Saved Her. Alone and Despondent

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 2

She was alone and despondent, and was contemplating suicide when a man who chanced to be driving past noticed her woful attitude and interested himself in her…

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Wombeyan Caves Road

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 4

A meeting was held at the Town Hall, Bowral, on Thursday evening last for the purpose of considering the advisability of approaching the Public Works Committee,…

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Wireless Train Brake. Device for Railway Safety

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 3

The "Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Eisen-bahnverwaltungen" states that Herr Birth, the Nuremburg schoolmaster whose name, became known by his invention of a boat…

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Railway Smash at Campbelltown. Accident to the Camden Them

Camden News · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 6

A railway smash occurred at the Campbell-town Station early on Monday morning, which, fortunately, was not attended with serious consequences as far as human life…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 4

The annual road race of the Red fern Club from Picton to Ashfield a distance of of 48 miles, was held on Monday afternoon under the…

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Proposed Deviation of Main Southern Road Over Razorback Hill. or the Adoption of a New Route

Camden News · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 1

For many-months, or rather years, the subject of improving the road over Bazorback has been talked of, and conflicting opinions have urged forward other suggestions of either diverting the Main Southern Road on to another…

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Folly Creek Bridge Proposal

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 4

At the meeting of the Nattai Shire Council held at Mittagong on Saturday last, the President (Councillor Knox) verbally reported that he had, in…

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