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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Railway to Sacred City. Where Mahomet's Tomb Is Now Lighted with Electricity

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 7

The Hedjaz Railway is a remarkable undertaking. Not only does it link Damascus with Medina, the city that in the eyes of Mahomedans is…

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Railway Business

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

Railway business is very brisk- special trains run frequently. These added to the five trains which run daily and all the business connected…

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Notes. the Aeroplane Military Scout

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 3

The astonishing advances which have been made during the past year in the development of the aeroplane and the dirigible…

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Knocked down by a Tram

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 4

Mr. George M'Lean (75), an Inverell grazier, was knocked down by a tram in George street, Sydney, on Monday night. He received a severe scalp…

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Glen Innes-lnverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 4

A meeting of the Railway League was held in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon Mayor Scott presided…

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Railway Construction

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 4

The last pay on the Zig-Zag deviation work totalled £5000…

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The Border Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 2

Mr. C. A. Lee, Minister for work and Mr. Hindmarsh, M.L.A., visit of Byron Bay last week and were met by most of the leading residents and the…

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[?] Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 7

Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the [?]ous incidents in which Mrs. Kate [?]ackle, of No. 2 Stanley-street,…

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Railway Contracts

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 3

The system followed in this State of letting large railway contracts is anything but satisfactory, in the light or recent published statements. The…

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Railway Communication

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture expresses strong approval of the crosscountry line connecting north, south and west. It would mean the saving…

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Jurymen and Motors

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions held at Deniliquin recently, Oakley Archer, engineer, sued the Wakool Shire Council for wrongful dismissal,…

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Motor Launch Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 4

Wreckage has been picked up near the entrance to Broken Bay, apparently belonging to a motor launch. Amongst the wreckage was a oamera…

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Our Eastern Roads

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 2

A settler from the Guy Fawkes district drove into Guyra during the past week and complained bitterly of the…

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Army Aeroplane. Wrecked After Flight. a Marvellous Escape

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 5

Again Mr S. F. Cody, the inventor of the British Army aeroplane, has encountered defeat when victory seemed within his grasp. This morning (said the…

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French Poet's Fate. Killed on the Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 3

A cable received last month stated that the well-known French poet and novelist, Catulle Mendes, had been found dead on the railway line near…

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Bad Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

Complaints continue to come in regarding the state of the road from the turn off at Wellington Vale to the Nine Mile, which is now practically…

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Gulgong Railway. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

The Minister for Works visited Gulgong yesterday end turned the first sod of the Gulgong-Dunedoo railway…

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The Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

At a meeting of the sub-committes in connection with the deputation to wait on the Minister' for Works this afternoon with regard to the Glen…

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Inverell-Glen fines Railway

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1909 · page 2

A deputation from the Inverell and Glen Innes railway leagues, introduced by Mr. Thomas, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works on Friday to urge…

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