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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Latest Telegraphic News. Terrible Railway Disaster. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 4

A shocking railway disaster occurred on the Melbourne-Lilydale railway line early this morning. The news so far is very meagre…

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Motor Car Trip. Local Party on Tour

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 4

On Thursday, April 4, Messrs. Percy and Wally Utz, who were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dodd, left by the afternoon train for…

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Motor Carriages for the Country

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Railway commissioners have under consideration the purchase of motor carriages for use on country lines…

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Telegraph. Serious Railway Disaster

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday Afterooon.—A serious railway disaster occurred on the Melbourne-Lillydale line early this morning, when a gang of sixteen men, including seve…

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The Railway Traffic

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 4

The recent deputation that pointed out to Mr. M'Gowen how insufficient the goods train service was in many parts of the State, and particularly in…

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The Railway Problem. Where the Solution Lies

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

There is an old proverb about water continually dropping, wearing away the hardest rock, and its truth has stood throughout the ages. If you…

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A Novel Railway Journey

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 4

Among the many entertaining events that have happened during a twenty years' stay in South Africa, the train journey as a refugee at the outbreak of…

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Railway Men's Demands Unheeded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday Afternoon.—A considerable amount of unrest exists among railway men regarding the question of the minimum wage and the eight-hour system. There is…

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The Transcontinental Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

South Australia has granted the Commonwealth a strip of land a quainter of a mile wide for the transcontinental railway…

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Cross-country Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

A public meeting has been convened by the Council Clerk to meet this morning at the Council Chambers in furtherance of the cross-country…

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A Novel Railway Journey

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 4

Among the many entertaining events that have happened during a twenty years' stay in South Africa, the train journey as a refugee at the outbreak of…

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Butter Train Service

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

Though no official information has come to hand it is known that an improvement in the railway service between Inverell and Moree…

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Werris Creek-Wellington Railway. Tamworth Delegates at Armidale

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Lord, President of the Tamworth District Railway Council (comprised of two delegates from the Municipal Council, Chamber of…

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Inverell to Guyra Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

A large gathering of people representative of the town and district, assembled at the Invcrell School of Arts Hall on Wednesday night last for…

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Parisian Motor Murderer Still at Large

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 7

The motorcar robber, Bonnot, remains uncaptured, although the police are using every effort to catch him. In a corporal's uniform he…

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Fast Motor Car Journey

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 4

On Monday last. Mr. J. P. Lynn accomplished a particularly smart run to Grafton, thence back to Glen Innes. He left here about 9 o'clock,…

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Railway Meeting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 2

The local meeting in connection with the proposed railway line from Werris Creek to Wellington duly evenjtuated in the Council Chambers on…

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Crown Motor Company

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 3

BY adVt. in this issue it will be seen that Mr. W. Whitby, of local motor fame, has merged his successful business into a company under the above…

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Motor Bandits. Paris

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 7

The police are [?]sieging Garnier and Vallet, two well-known auarchists, and a third member of Bonnot's gang in a suburban building. Several…

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Motor Bandits and Their Methods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 7

The death of the notorious Bonnot, the arrest of other anarchists, and the bombardment of the stronghold of the Apaches, all of which have been…

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