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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike
The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 5
Fifteen hundred railway employees in Natal have struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£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,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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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[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?]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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