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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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World's Flying Recor. Over Sixty-one Miles B Aeroplane. Wilbur Wright's Remark Able Performance

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 2

"The Flying Man," the name by which Mr. Wilbur Wright has cone to be known, has just accomplish a feat which completely eclipses…

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Road Maintenance

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 7

The following article by Alderman Kearney, of Armidale, concerning the non-liability of local bodies for road maintenance, appears in this month's…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr. Thomas, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works at Sydney to urge the Minister to again refer the…

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Inverell to Guyra Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 11

The following letter appears in the Tingha "Miner.") Sir,—The advocates of the inverell…

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Motor Cycling

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

Astley, the motor cyclist, accomplished his ride from Bourke to Sydey, a distance of 500 miles, in 31 hours 55 minutes—an average of 15 ½…

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Railway Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 5

Fifteen hundred railway employees in Natal have struck…

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The Wright Aeroplane. Mr Balfour Watches a Flight

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 6

Although it was snowing hard, Mr Balfour again motored to the Pont Long aerodrome on the afternoon of February 11, Mr Wilbur Wright having…

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Novel Flying Tours. Artistes and Scenery by Motor Cars

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 3

A novel method of travel for theatrical touring companies has just been devised by two young, and enterprising managers, Messrs Jerrard Grant Allen…

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Boy Awarded L800. Injury by Motor-car

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 5

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London Sheriffs Court on February 17 (says the "Daily News"). Harold Victor Tibbles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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£10,000 Toy Railway

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 6

The most wonderful and expensive toy railway in the World was opened and a trial trip made, September 12, 1889, by Mr. Percy N. Leigh,…

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Our Wires. Sydney, Monday. the Railways

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 4

The railways furnish employment to over 25,000 men and boys…

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Railway Inquiry

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 4

A department inquiry was held in Melbourne into the recent sensational incident,when the, Sydney express dashed past the Wangaratta…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 4

While a wood truck was crossing a viaduct at Walhalha (vio),it left the rails and toppled over, into a gully,a distance of 30ft., carrying two youths…

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Motor 'Bus Freaks. One Runs Wild on Ludgate Hill. Road Mender Killed

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 3

An extraordinary accident to a motor omnibus occurred recently on Ludgate Hill, according to "Lloyd's 'Weekly News."…

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Guarding the Sights of the Road

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 6

The moral of the day Is for motorists (through their representative institutions) to harass the reckless cabby and the sleepy carman as much as they…

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Railway Station Robbed. Night Officer Bound and Gagged

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 2

EARLY on Wednesday morning two robbers visited the Marrickville railway station, and having overpowered the officer in charge, bound, gagged, and…

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Afghanistan's Two Railway Stations

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 6

Afghanistan has no railways—the Amir refuses to permit, their construction—but two railway stations are so close to it that unheeding…

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Proposed Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 4

The Public Works Committee has left for Mor[?]e to take evidence in connection with the proposed railway from Mor[?]e to Mdng[?]…

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Speed of the Hare Found by a Motor Appliance

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 7

An ardent motorist, who travels much by night in the rural districts where hares are plentiful, has recently ascertained by a speedometer how…

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

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 7

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

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