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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

423 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 22

Tram Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

John O'Neill fell from a tram and sustained a fractured skull…

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The Tenterfield Motor Car Case

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 2

.The Minister for Agriculture and other officials recently visited. Tenter field in a motor car, and the chaffeur, was prosecuted and fitted for driving…

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Local and General. Saving Bank for Railway Workers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 4

The Queensland Government has decided on the establishment of branches of the Government Savings Bank at each place where railway men…

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London, Monday. Porte and Orient Railway

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 7

The Porte and Orient railways have agreed to divide £1,680,000 received from Bulgraia. THE COLOR LINE…

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Railway Bye-laws

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 7

The last issue of the "Gazette" contains the new railway by-laws. Some are very stringent and have evidently been introduced to prevent…

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Local and General. Moree-Mungindi Railway

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 7

The Public Works Committee have unanimously recommended the early construction of the railway from. Moree to Mungindi…

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Light Lines of Railway

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 6

For certain classes of work it is well known that Mr. Lee favors light lines of railway. The Works Committee is now inquiring into the matter in connection…

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Armidale Road Race

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the committee concerned in the organisation of the local roadrace for pedestrians was held at Ramsay's Royal Hotel on Friday evening,…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 6

The police were unable to find any trace of the person who placed the large sleepers across the railway line near Guyra last week, making…

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"Wireless" on Railways

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

That wireless telegraphy as a means of communication between moving trains and dispatching offices is possible has been proved. Messages have…

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That Railway

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

The "Intercolonial Courier" states that at a meetiog of the Tenterfield Railway League a long report was read from the Secretary RE deputations to the…

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Thrilling Experience. Motor Leaps Across a Creek

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 7

Messrs. C. Dudgeon and C. Gavan Duffy, two well-known Melbourne residents, had a thrilling experience in a motor-car on Tuesday morning…

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Bail Up! Military Men and Motorists

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 7

The corner of Oxford and Napier streets, Paddington, was on Tuesday night the scene of a highly dramatic situation. At about half-past 8 a…

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Tenterfield-Casino Railway. Mr. John Strauss, Hon. Secretary, Tenterfield Railway League, Tenterfield

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters of 26th May and 1st instant, and statistics, under one cover; your letter of the 1st instant being…

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Armidale Road-Race

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 4

A meeting in connection with the local Marathon race and sports was held at the Federal Hotel on Friday evening, Mr. J. J. Rafferty presiding…

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Aeroplane Factory Some Interesting Particulars

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 6

The builders of aeroplanes in Paris and its neighborhood could be counted on the Sneers of one hand six months ago. To-day there are fifteen…

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Poor Men's Lives. Told in a Train

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 6

"He was very kind to me once, the old judge," said the guard. "He jumped into my van one afternoon just as the train was moving out. He says to…

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Tenterfield-casino Railway (To the Editor of Courier.)

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

SIR,—Kindly allow me space to exonerate myself from a charge made against me by Mr. Lee in yesterday's Courier, stating that I again supplied an…

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Science & Invention. the First to Electrify Railways

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 7

Sweden will be probably Ae first country in the world to abolish steam locomotives on all us railroads. For Sweden has [?] coal of us own, and…

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

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 8

Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the various incidents in which Mrs. Kate Mackie, of No. 2 Stanley-street,…

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