An Aerial Triumph. Successful Aeroplane Flight. All Records Broken. "America May Well Be Proud of You."
The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 10
At Le Mans (France) on Wednesday, Mr. Wilber Wright made a record flight in his aeroplane, covering a greater distance and remaining longer…
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The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 6
The motoring feats of Mr. Charles J. Glidden, the American traveller, form the subject of an interesting article in "Pearson's Magazine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Millionaire's Stepson Killed. Driving a Motor at a Hundred Miles an Hour
The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 14
A terrible fate has overtaken Mr. George Winthrop Sands, a stepson of Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, the American millionaire and racehorse…
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The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 12
The British farmer has raised an objection to motor cars. At a largely-attended meeting of farmers, recently held at Lancaster, England, men who farmed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Loyal Tram Men
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 7
The emergency bands who were engaged to run the trams during the strike were given to understand that if they could pass the medical and…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 3
The principal topic in cycling circles just now is the great Dunlop Road Race set down for decision on Saturday next, October 3rd. Acceptances for the event are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speed of Motor Cars
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 3
LAST week at the Paddington Police Court, evidence was taken in a case in which the police proceeded against Eric Lowrie for furiously driving a…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 3
LATE cables state that thirty-six competition started in a 25-horse power 4in cylinder motor car contest in the Isle of Man over a distance of 3394 miles to determine the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Catastrophe
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 4
During a snowstorm an express collided with a goods train on the Northern Pacific railway. Nineteen persons were killed and many injured…
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The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 15
A frightful railway smash is reported from Berlin, resulting in fifty casualties. The accident was brought about…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Slept in a Furnace. Tramps Dash Through Fire
The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 7
Seeking a night's shelter in a furnace belonging to the Midland Coal, Coke, and Iron Company, at Apedale, Staffordshire, a young fellow named…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 3
Mr. Briner asked the Secretary for Public Works— (1.) Is it a fact that in 1903 Parliament voted £3000 towards the cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Our Railway League. Should Its Functions Be Enlarged? To the Editor
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 3
I am pleased to see the members of the Macleay Railway League are called together for Thursday evening next. In view of the exceedingly satisfactory state of the…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 3
THE contractors are pushing on rapidly with the first portion of this line between Paterson [?]mpbell's Hill. Between Bellevue and [?]ocal a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Board
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4
THE now Tramway Board appointed to consider grievances of the tram employees met on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Lamb who appealed for…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 8
THE one and only English speed motor road contest, the Tourist Trophy Race, of the "Four Inch," as it was termed this year, was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Coast Railway. TENDERS RECElVED
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 7
On Tuesday tenders for the following works were"opened by the Tender Board of the Public Works Department:—Manufacture, supply, and' delivery, fewest)…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 6
The following reply was ascertained in the Assembly in relation to above:— Mr, Price : I wish to ask the Secretary for Public Works will he expedite the…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 15 October 1908 · page 4
Owing to the Stormy nature of the night only very few persons attended the meeting of the Railway League on Thursday night last. The mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hiring a Motor-car the London Practice
The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 6
For the man who cannot afford the ownership of a car and does not wish to buy one, there is the alternative of hiring. Hiring a car is quite a simple…
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