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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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The Tramp Problem. an Old Scottish Way of Transporting Vagabonds

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 7

The tramp problem which is to-day a matter of moment with all public bodies, is referred to as far back as the beginning of the…

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The Inverell Railway. £10,000 Annual Revenue Estimated

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

The following statistics were read at the railway meeting on Thursday afternoon by the secretary, Mr. Colditz, who had ggne to some trouble…

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Desperate Criminals. the Tottenham Murderers. Wild Motor Hunt. London, January 29

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 7

The Tottenham murders were something new, even to London's strange annals of crime. They savored of Russian terrorism. They recalled…

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Guyro-Coff's Harbor Railway. V sit of the Works Committee to Guyra

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

On Thursday afternoon last the Public Works Committee arrived at Guyra to take evidence in connection with the proposed Coff's Harbor to…

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Guyra-Coff's Harbor Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 8

The Public Works Committee visited Guyra on Friday last, and cmducted an inquiry conceruing the pro posed Guyra-Coffs Harbor railway…

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Guyra-Coffs Harbor Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 7

The Armidale "Express" in its leading article on Friday last thus refers to the visit of the Public Works Committee to Guyra on February…

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Jessie-st. Railway Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 4

THE fact that the Deputy-Mayor (Ald. C. G. Wilson) proposes paying Sydney a visit very shortly, and also that the next Railway Department estimates…

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Trans-Continental Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 4

Over 400 miles of the proposed transcontinental railway have been surveyed up to the present…

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Motor-car Mystery. Accident on a Welsh Cliff

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the story of a motor-car accident in North Wales on Saturday night (said the "Daily Mail" on Wednesday, January 6) when Miss…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

A railway acoident has occurred at Montreal, the boiler plug of the engine blew out, throwing the driver and fireman from the train, which dasbed,…

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The Proposed Yetman Railway

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 2

Though the claims of the the northern portion of the Warialda Land District to railway communication have up to the present received little…

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£16,000 Toy Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 7

The most wonderful and expensive toy railway in the world was opened and a trial trip made, September 32, 3.589, by Mr. Percy N. Leigh,…

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The Ring. Discussion in a Tram

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 4

Mr Charles Noel writes in tho "Dally News":— There were eight of us travelling in a close third-class railway carriage from…

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Vanished Motorist. Where Is Miss Charlesworth? a Mysterious Case

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 4

Where (asks the "Westminster Gazette" of Friday, January 8) is Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth, the attractive young lady who was…

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Railway Platform Tickets

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 4

On the 25th of last month, Mr. F. J. Thomas wrote to the Commssioner of Railways, relative to the arrangements for the sale of…

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Train Mail Van

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

We notice that the mail van on the express trains has recently been remoped to the rear of the train. This must be an inconvenience to the…

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Returning to the Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

The many friends of Mr. A. W. Kershaw will be pleased to learn that he is about to renew commercial relations with the business men of these…

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A Hint From the Ostrich. Aeroplane Wings Make It Possible to Beat All Running Records

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 7

Just now the two most interesting figures in loc[?]tion are the Wright brothers and the Olympe runners-the one in [?]…

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What Motoring Does

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 2

The physical effects of several days of auto-mobiling upon both normal and anaemic persons are found by an observant medic[?] to be similar to…

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Invere[?] Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

A meeting of the local gentlemen- i.e.. Glen Innes and district- appointed to take part in the combined deputation to the Minister in Sydney…

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