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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Tamworth Train Deralled

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

The Sydney [?] Mr. William [?] [?] [?]…

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Railways and Tramways

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 4

The quarterly report of the railways and tramways shows a heavy increase in the working expenses. The decreases in tonnage include grain,…

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London's Motor Tragedies

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 8

A motor bus killed a policeman as he was engaged in regulating traffic. This has accentuated the outery against motor fatalities, which…

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The Electric Motor As a Substitute for the Brain

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

That the function of the human brain can in certain cases be fulfilled by mechanical devices has long been understood, and has led among other things,…

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Worst Road in the State

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 7

THE Shire Council of Tarro recently criticised the main roads policy of the Government. The Minister for Works, Mr. Griffith, when the matter was…

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Mail Train Burnt

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 8

A fire broke out in the carriage shed at the Wallangarra railway station at 3 a.m. on Friday. The Sydney mail train, which was awaiting to…

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Railway Disaster. Brisbane

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

A sensational double railway disaster occurred at Murphy's Creek on the main line to Toowoomba. It appears that a goods and cattle train became…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Toowoomba Railway Disaster

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Further particulars of the railway accident at Toowoomba show that five men were killed. Several victims were pinned under the broken wood…

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"To My Bridge Friends."

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

The will of Mr. Richard Matthews, late of Wellington-parade, East Melbourne, solicitor, who died on December 18, has been filed for…

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Shocking Railway Smash Five Men Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

A live Stock and goods train, which left Toowoomba (Q.), shortly before 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, was partly derailed on the…

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Motor Arrest. Melbourne

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

Alfred Lewis, driver of the motor car which ran over and killed Mrs. Donald at Aspendale, was arrested last night on a charge of…

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Motor Mishap

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

Late on Saturday night a privately owned motor car ran into one ol the gutter bridges at the junction of Evans and Vivian Streets and…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Motor Bandits' Trial

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

The trial of twenty motor bandits, charged with 33 murders and other crimes, is about to open in France. FATAL FIRE…

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Main Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

About a month ago the Public Works Department requested the local municipal council to submit a report on the roads which it is considered…

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Motor Accident. Melbourne

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

A motor car containing five people crashed into a telegraph post on the Toorak Road, South Yarra, yesterday. The car was wrecked…

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Road Making Plant

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

Reported; on the [?] plant Thursday's Armidale council meeting, the engineer estimated its cost to the council once commencing operations…

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Glen Innes- Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

Under the direction of Mr. W. H. Moore, the engineer in charge, the work of permanently;surveying the line for, the proposed railway from…

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Railway Muddle

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 4

A representative wheat man says there is a bigger muddle over the railway haulage this year than ever before in the history of New South…

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Railway Regulations. (To Editor of "Armidale Chronicle")

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 3

Sir,—During thelast 12 months I have travelled on return tickets through Ceylon, West Australia, South Australia, Victoria, N.S…

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Commercial. John Bridge & Co., LTD., Sydney, report under date 7th February:—

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 8

Hides.—Another of those extraordinary high markets, for which the early part of this year will long be remembered, was witnessed, values…

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