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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Adelaide to Sydney by Motor

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 7

Messrs. Allen Doone and F. C. Custance last week mod a most unenviable motor drive dufiug their attempt to establish o fast run through from…

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Sydney Motor Smash

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 4

Two motor cars collided in Centennial Park this morning. Both Were badly damaged. Twelve persons, who were in the cars, escaped with…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 10

Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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Motors and Furniture. Contrast in Consumption

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 6

As I have already shown on another occasion, the existing motor-car consumption of this country is limited to the well-to-do and the rich. Here and…

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Romance of a Train Wreck

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 3

Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…

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Motor Versus Horse

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 4

Four or five years ago, when the motor system came into vogue in Sydney, it was considered, naturally enough, that there would be an…

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Serious Tram Collision

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 2

A serious collision occurred between two trams at the corner of King and George Streets on Saturday week. It appears that the driver of a car bound…

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Robbery by Motor

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

Automobile bandits have brought off another coup at Chicago (U.S.A.). Four men drove up on Friday to a leading jeweller's establishment, and,…

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Elopement by Aeroplane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

AN elopement by a distinctly novel method is reported from Fort Wayne. Indiana, where Miss Amy Gours, of that city, fell in love with Mr. Arthur…

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Overhead Railway Line Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

THE overhead bridge to span the railway line between Dangar and Jessie streets, though promised speedy construction by Mr. Johnson, has not yet…

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The Road to Wealth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

In spite of the great strides made in chemical science during the past half-century, a wide field remains open to the in[?]estigator who will…

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Proposed Railway

The Tingha Spectator and North Western Journal · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

IN reference to the proposed railway from Glen Innes to Inverell great interest is being taken, and a majority…

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Motorists Incinerated

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

Two Bengali jute brokers, when out motoring, were both incinerated as the result of an accident. In endeavoring to avoid a buffalo the car…

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Main Roads Upkeep

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. G. B. Ring, the Mayor, has been not lied that the promises (made by the Minister for Works when interview by a deputation from the Municipal…

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Main Roads Expenditure

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

A circular read at the meeting of the Shire Council on Friday throws some light on the question of expenditure on the main roads by the Govern…

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Need for Good Roads

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

The problem of the maintenance of main roads enters on a new phase in view of the Government's decision so to alter the shires classification as to…

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John Bridge & Cos. Ltd. Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

Under date January 7th January:--For our twelfth sale of the season we brought forward on Tuesday the 7th inst. a catalogue of 5415 bales, including some very…

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Ambulance Litter at the Railway Station. To the Editor

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

Dear Sir,--Per medium of your valuable Journals, I desire to thank the public for the liberal response to the appeal for funds to enable an…

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Missionary's Lonely Tramp

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

A missionary [?] Camp of two days over an [?] has been described in news which has reached Queenstown, Ireland, recently from…

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Train and Motor Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 4

Adelaide, Monday.—A fatal collision between a [?] a motor car took place on Saturday at Millswood Crossing, Dear Adelaide. One woman and a child were…

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