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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

540 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 27

Cablegrams In Brief. Train with Propellers

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 7

Mr. Essen, a Birmingham engineer, now living in Capetown, has designed a train, driven by propellers, and with an aeroplane device, driven by…

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Which Railway Line? Two Northern Schemes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

A proposal to construct a line of railway between Glen Innes and Inverell, or an alternative one between Guyra and Inverell was considered by…

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Fremantle Train Outrage

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 3

The trial at Perth of Jacobean, who was arrested at Colombo, and charged with attempted criminal assault upon Mrs. Minnie Thomas, at…

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Remarkable Fatality. Man and Woman Killed. Knocked Down by Same Motor Car

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 3

Two persons, a man and a woman, were latally injured by the same motor car in Parramatta-road, Leichbardt, on Sunday night…

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Aeroplane in War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 9

New York, Saturday.—The Me[?] rebel aviat[?] have been doing some effective work at [?]an. While circling above the Federal…

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Aeroplane for Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 4

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Shocking Train Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 9

[?] of [?] [?] to the [?] [?] to [?] [?] at…

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The Motor [?] A[?]. at Australian [?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 2

A [?] of about 100 [?] including Mr. J. [?] for [?] and a [?] of [?] [?] parts…

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Seats in a Railway Car

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 9

The result of a recent [?] in Sydney re[?] very explicitly a provision of law that is of pract[?] importance to all persons who [?]…

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Road Plant that Failed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 2

Another unfavourable result is reported by the Stroud Shire Council in regard to the economy of using machinery for roadmaking. According…

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Mihl Creek Road. the Council's Attitude. (To Editor of "Armidale Chronicle")

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 2

Sir,—Allow me to make a few comments on a recent Council meeting, when the matter of improvements to the main Mibi Creek road within the…

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A Motorist's Experience

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 9

"Dynamo,' the motoring contributor to the Launceston, Tasmania, "Daily Telegraph," relates the following adventure which befel a party of…

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Mono-Track Motor Car

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 6

A motor car with a full-sized body, but with only two wheels, has been constructed by the Wolseley Motor Car Company (Eng.), and has, it is…

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Girl's Train Story

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 25 May 1914 · page 6

Hearing screams in a first-class carriage of the 1 o'clock train from Whit by, at Scarborough (Eng.), railway officials rushed to the…

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Fremantle Train Outrage. an Acquittal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

THE trial at Perth of Jacobeen, who was arrested at Colombo, and charged with attempted criminal assault upon Mrs. Minute Thomas, at midnight, in…

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Motorist Collides with Tram

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday, [?] W[?] [?] at C[?] was [?] injured by his mo[?] ey[?] r[?]ing wityh a tream em[?] road la[?] night. He [?]…

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The Rival Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

It is interesting (says our Guyra exchange) [?] that [?] has taken up the matter of railway extension be tween Guyra and Inverell. It is…

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Tableland Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 3

[?] [?] Thursday.—T[?] [?] Wor[?] Committee t[?] evid[?] to-day on the pro[?]ed railway [?] from [?] to G[?] [?]ssed, and [?]…

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The Latest. Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 4

Sydney, Monday Night.— A good[?] train [?]shed into a string of Am[?] can carriages in the Clyde s[?] ling yards last night, when over…

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Aeroplane for Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 7

A flying festival will lie held at Oxford on Thursday to support the fund which is being raised by past and present Oxford men to present an…

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