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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

547 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 28

Inverell to Coast Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

THE Tingha Progress Committee have taken the initiative and convened a public meeting at Tingha, on Saturday, 30th…

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Strike of Tram Employees. Auckland, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 5

THE Auckland tram employees struck work to-day, the cause being attributed to the discharge of one of the employees without any reason being stated. As the men left…

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Railway Calamity

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 4

A railway collision has occnrred [?] Antwerp, Belgium. Twenty six bodies were extricated, and others are pinned under the wreckage…

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Dreadful Railway Accident. LONDON, May 22

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 8

GHASTLY mutilations and crashing of the victims occurred at Antwerp. Several of the passengers were decapitated. A severed hand was found with clenched fingers, in…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 7

A FATAL motor accident, in which Mr. A. Z. Clark, a well-known mining engineer, was killed, occurred on the Mount Alexander-road, at Digger's…

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Tram Car Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 5

Two Iron-oirs collided at Philadelphia. Four peoplo were killed and twelva injured…

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Threatend Tramway Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 5

The tram driven and conductors of Sydney are likely to come out-on strike unless their alleged grievances are remedied…

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Inverell to Coast Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 2

The Guyra Progress Committee, at its meeting last Monday night, appointed Messrs. W. M. Stevenson and S. H…

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Those Old Railway Sleepers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 7

Thomas Pywell, of Clairville, writes to last Tuesday's Glen Innes "Guardian" as follows:— "I see by the Guyra ARGUS…

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Train Alterations

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

THE winter time-table for the railways came into force on Sunday. It cancels the present 7.34 p.m. train from Sydney to Glen Innes, which arrives in Glen Innes at 12…

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Deodand for Motor-cars

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 4

The proposal put forward in the "Times" the other day, to revive the ancient "Statute of Deodand" in favour of motor-cars, has much to…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

BEST ELLIOTT, aged 25, a shunter, had both legs taken off at the Central Railway Station this morning. It is alleged that he attempted to board a train while in motion,…

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Railway Collision. Brisbane, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

A COLLISION occurred at Eudlo railway station, in Queensland, between two goods trains daring shunting operations, but not much damage was done…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

A LAD named Victor M'Garrigle, employed as a cleaner at the Werris Creek engine sheds, was run over last night by an engine, and killed near the platform…

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Victorian Railway Revenue

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

The Victorian railway revenue for the nine months of the financial year shows a decrease of £121,000…

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Advisory Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 4

THE members of the Northern Advisory Board, who have been in the district for the past week, have, we understand, inspected Ranger's Valley. King's Plains, and…

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Another Railway Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 4

ON Wednesday night Victor M'Garrigle, aged 15 years and 10 months, was killed at Werrie Creek. He had only lately been emplayed on the railway, and had drawn…

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Another Motor-Car Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A man named Duke Doyle was run down and killed by a motor-car at Warrandyte, near Melbourne, on Saturday…

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Railway Matters

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 2

In the course of his reply to the Mayor aud several other members of a deputation at Inverell recently, Mr. Johnson, Chief Commissioner for…

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The Murrurundi Railway Disaster

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 4

Two official have been charged at the Police Court with negligent omission is connection with the Murrurundi railway dissaster…

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