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

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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"Perfect Railway." American Praise of England

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Whitrige, president of the Third Avenue Railroad, New York, who is visiting London, had some refreshing things to say about English railways. "Your express services," Mr. Whitridge said, "are as…

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Railway Commissioners on Tour

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners made a tour of inspection of the southern line on Friday last. At Mittagong the Mayor and…

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Gyroscopic Motor Car. Satisfactory Trials

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 3

A motor car with a full-size body, but only two wheels, has been constructed by the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, Birmingham, from the…

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Railway Conversation

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 3

Two life-long friends were sitting in a railway carriage talking as they travelled. One, a tailor by trade, had for many months previously suffered from…

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Railway Conversation

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

Two life-long friends were sitting in a railway carriage talking as they travelled. One, a tailor by trade, had for many months previously suffered from…

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Gyroscopic Motor Car. Satisfactory Trials

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

A motor car with a full-size-body, but only two wheels, has been constructed by the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, Birmingham, from the…

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New Railway Clock Shows Minutes at a Glance

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 7

The minutes on a novel dial, arranged for the use of railroads, are big and plain,, because they are so very important to trainmen and others…

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Railway Ticket Printing Machine

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 7

A ticket-printing machine that greatly simplifies the work of the railroad ticket agent is being installed in a number of offices in Germany. This…

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City Railway Expansion. Electric Underground Railway Approved

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 5

It is estimated that about 50,000 suburban railway passengers engaged in business in Sydney arrive everyday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.,…

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An Experiment in Tramway Locomotion

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 7

In order to save time at a busy twoway tramway junction in Glasgow, an [?] with an automatic…

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Wollondilly Shire Road Plant. Not going to Burragorang this Winter

Camden News · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 8

At the Wollondilly Shire council meeting last Friday the President submitted a minute with regard to the removal of the road plant to Burragorang, he said:—I waited on…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. J.—a General Survey of the Situation

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 5

Among the several schemes of momentous national import that have been undertaken by successive Federal Governments since the inception of the…

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Orangeville—werombi Railway League

Camden News · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 9

At Werombi on Saturday week last, the residents from Orangeville, Werombi, and Silverdale, assembled in good numbers of the purpose of forming a League to aggitate…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. 2.—A More Specific Analysis of the Position

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 July 1914 · page 5

The more pertinent justification for the early construction of this Condobolin Broken Hill line—this missing link in the great trans Australian national railway…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Article No. 3. Mount Hope

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 5

To the men engaged in the mining industry of Australia, the Mt. Hope Copper Mine is well known. It is not a now discovery; it has never been the…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Situation Summarised and Reviewed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 3

It is a trite old aphorism, but one indisputably true, nevertheless, that the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. This is peculiarly…

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Another "Flying Train." Speed of 500 Miles an Hour

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. Esson, a partner in the firm of Rodway & Esson Limited, of Birmingham, who is resident at Cape Town for reasons of health, has designed a train…

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Steel in Railway Carriages

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 7

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

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Killed by Tram

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 4

About 6.30 o'clock on Monday night, Patrick Wilson (son of Mrs. Wilson, of Upper Picton), a greengrocer at Epping, was knocked down…

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A Funeral Motor Car

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 September 1914 · page 3

A San Francisco undertaker has built a funeral car that is far more than a hearse, for, in addition to the space for the casket and flowers, there are…

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