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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Great Going in Road Race

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

REMARKABLE times were recorded in the Corona motor car road race recently decided in Los Angelos (California), when new records were…

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Railway Changes

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 4

When "The Times" published the news on Friday that our train arrangements had been transferred back to the old system, many people were…

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The Day Train. Meeting Op Protest

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 7

A meeting of protest against the discontinuance of the day-train from Armidale was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening. The…

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N.S.W. Railways. Cutting Down Services

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 1

A general alteration in the railway services of N.S.W. was officially announced last Thursday. Mr. Hodgson, Superintendent of Lines, made…

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Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 6

The Public Works Committee took evidence at [?]yron Bay last Thursday on the proposed railway to con[?] the coast with Inverell,…

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Motorists Beware

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

More than half the owners of motor cars and motor cycles have not yet paid the State the tax upon their vehicles…

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The Motor and the Dog

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

Last night a little dog was lying in the roadway just off the footpath, when a big motor came up. It was heading straight for the dog, and it…

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Reduced Railway Traffic

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 5

Dissatisfaction is expressed in the country at the working of the reduced train service. The passenger traffic is said to be so overtaxed the people…

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Train Arrangements

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 6

Under the now railway time-table the Glen Innes mall from Sydney (Saturdays excepted) will depart from Sydney at 8.30 p.m. and will…

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Engineer's Report. Road Gangs

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 7

"A Pryer's gang completed for the month about 60 chains of the second section of formation on the Llangolblin to Tubbamurra road,…

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The North Coast Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 9

A public meeting was held at [?] And a resolution was passed, That, in view of the enormous saving to be effected by adopting the deviation of…

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Science Notes. Train Wireless Telephony

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

For many years Mr. H. F. Millener, experimental engineer of the Union Pacific Railway (U.S.A.), has been working on wireless telephone apparatus…

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The War. Blasting a Road to Warsaw. World Has Never Seen Such Fighting. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

The German attempt to force the defence of Borfimoff by sheer weight, using infantry as cavalry was used in the old days, has hitherto failed…

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Glen Innes Railway Returns

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Stationmaster Dawson has kindly supplied us with the following returns for January:--Passenger tickets issued, 4741; revenue for same,…

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Crossing the Desert. Germans Building Big Railway. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

The "Morning Post's" correspondent at Alexandria says there was considerable surprise at 18,000 Turks having reached the Canal, lacking…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway League

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 7

Agreeably to notice, a meeting of the above took place at the office of the organising secretary on Thursday morning last, when the following…

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Motor Taxation

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 4

The police of Inverell have already collected the sum of £232, motor taxation, from the owners of motors in the Inverell district…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident Magisterial Inquiry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

The local Deputy-Coroner (Mr.S. J. Kearney) opened an inquiry in the local Court-house on Friday into the death of Michael D[?]ore, who had died…

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The Motor Gar Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

The inquest into the death of Michel Diore, which took place as the result of a motor-car mishap on the Uralla road on September 26,…

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Heavier Rails for Railways

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 4

It is apparent that the rapidly increasing weights of both locomotives and loaded cars of all descriptions in America will soon make a heavier rail…

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