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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Guyra Railway League

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 7

The following is the list of members of the Guyra Railway League, to date. Any person who has paid his subscription and whose name does…

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Practical Points for Motorists

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 5

Long, heavy springs are better than short light ones. Don't make a practice of exlutch-slipping. Some clutches will stand it,…

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Cycle and Motor Club

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 5

THE committee met at Nash's Imperial Hotel on Wednesday night when it was decided to call a general meeting to consider the proposal of arranging a road race…

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Inverell to Coff’s Harbor Railway

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

ON Wednesday last a representative public meeting, convened by the President of the Guyra Shire, Council, was held at the Guyra…

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Leap From a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

An unknown man leaped from the Adelaide Melbourne express on Saturday morning, near Glenerchy, the train travelling at 40 miles an boer. He had been travelling…

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Motor Waggon

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 5

IN addition to the our, it is the Intention to introduce a service of steam lorries, and yesterday [?] of these arrived in town, being the [?] of its [?] imported to the…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Motor Service

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 5

MR. E. Rocs, who has just completed a tour of the Old World, arrived in Glen Innes on Saturday for the purpose of promulgating the interest of a company to be formed for…

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Wise Proposal. Railway From Werris Creek to Wellington

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 5

A MEETING was addressed at Tamworth on Saturday night; by Major Barton, M.L.A., in favor of the railway from Werris Creek to a point on the Great Western railway. There…

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Man Killed by a Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

A railway ganger, name John Bolan[?] was killed by a train near Port Darwin while participating with others in a drunkes bout. His back…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Tuesday. Another Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

At Tamworth on Monday night, the, local station master, Mr. Hetherington, was run down by a goods train, and suffered such serious…

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The Coastal Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 2

Like the proverbial and seasonable snowball, the interest in the Tableland to Coast increase as time goes…

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Brandy for a Motor Car

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 5

The following is a letter sent by a correspondent to "Motor Traction," which journal congratulated the writer on his combined system of fuel tasting…

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Inverell-coff's Harbor Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 7

Mr. P. B. Eddy, of Eddy Park, Inverell, who has always been a staunch advocate of the Inverell-Coff's Harbor railway line, via Guyra, has…

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Railway Smash. Circus Train in Collision. Brisbane

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 7

A SPECIAL train, conveying Wirth's circus, smashed into a goods train this morning at Croydon Junction, a couple o[?] miles on the Brisbane side of Maryborogh…

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The Most Wonderful Road in the World

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 3

It may be remembered that some time ago Lord Kitchener met with an accident owing to his pony bolting whilst he was riding…

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What the Motor is Doing. Ninety-five and a Half Miles Per Hour

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

BROOKLANDS motor track was the scene recently of the establishment of records for the 90 h.p. Standard class. This was accomplished by Mr. Dario Rests on a 90 h.p…

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Another Railway Smash

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 4

A SENSATIONAL railway collision took place at Croydon Junction, Queensland, on Wednesday morning, when a special train conveying Wirth's circus crashed into a…

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Dorrigo Railway to New England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 9

THE following communication to the Mayor from Mr. Thos. W. Bryant, of Dorrigo, who is prominently interested in the above proposed railway, was read before the…

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Sad Railway Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 9

THE community at large was shocked when it became known on Monday night that Mr. Thomas Hetherton, who has been in charge of the East…

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Motor Boat Missing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A motor-boat with a crew of three men left Woolgoolga on Monday, with the intention of returning the same evening. Neither…

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