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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Serious Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 12

A sensational motor accident cccurred recently at Mount Cootha, otherwise knoen as One-tree Hill, a suburb of Brisbane. A party of…

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Lady Motor Cyclist

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 14

Though the ranks of lady motorcyclists toe yearly rapidly increasing in England and other countries, few Australian members of the fair sex…

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Railway Pionio Site. Armidale Included in Ballot

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 5

Ballot papers are in circulation to decide upon the site of the 1914 railway picnic of the Moonbi-Wallangarra section. Uralla, Armidale, and…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred near Mur[?] on Saturday week. Harry Ferry, a railway ganger, with his wife and two children, were…

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Foolproof Railways. Report on Aisgill Smash. Major Pringle's Proposals

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 3

Major J. W. Pringle's report to the Board of Trade on the Aisgill disaster is remarkable endorsement of the demands of the public for railways that are more nearly…

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Glen Innes Inverell Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 8

An influential meeting of the Glen Innes-Inverell Railway League was held last week. The Hon. John Wetherspoon was appointed…

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Died in a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Brisbane, Tuesday.—[?] a well-known carrier in the [?]…

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Somersaulting Motor Car

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3

A MOTOR car, containing Messrs. Millgate and Robins, of Condoblin, and a stranger, capsized whilst rounding the Rocks Hill curve, near Bathurst, on…

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Millions in Motors

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

During the year 1913 there were 2600 new motor cars registered in this State, exclusive of taxi-cabs. The total number of cars registered from…

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Railway Smash

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

A railway smash occurred at Lawson early on Tuesday morning. Since the opening of the Glenbrook deviation the push-up-engine on most of…

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The Tableland Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

The Tamworth "Observer" says:— [?] "The presence of the Glen Innes [?]tation for the Inverell railway con[?]tion is certain to result in some…

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How our Railways are Growing

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

Those of us who are in the habit of slang-whanging Mr. Johnson and the Railways will be surprised at the astonishing progress which has taken place during…

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Motor Somersault

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 6

A motor car, containing Messrs. Millgate and Bobins, of Condobolin, and a stranger, capsized while rounding tho Rocks-hill curve, near…

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Murder in a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 8

London, Thursday Evening.—An inquest was opened to-day into the death of William Starchfield, aged 7, who on January 9 was found…

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Tableland-Coastal Railway. Glenreagh Dorrigo Section to Be Urged

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

AT Dorrigo a few days ago a well-attended meeting was held, and carried the following resolutions: "That this meeting urges upon the Government…

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Boards the Brisbane Mall. Mr. Claverie O Our Train Service

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 4

As the Police Court yesterday morning. before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and G. W. J. Hi[?], J's.P. James Dempsey pleaded [?] to…

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Serious Railway Accidents. Paris

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

The prevailing cold weather in France is interfering with the railway signals. The Paris-London express, crowded…

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Railway Carriage Horror. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

In an [?]terrier yesterday, John Searchfield, the news rendor whose six-year-old boy Willie was found strangled under the seat of a railway…

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Railway Deputation

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. H. C. St. Vincent, the organising the secretary of the Glen Innes-Inverell Railway League received the following communication from, Mr. j…

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Railway Sleepers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.— In giving evidence before the Federal Timber Commission, yesterday, Mr. Fraser, [?]ing Railway Commissioner, said he did not think the artificial…

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