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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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The Latest Aeroplane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 9

Besides the usual hand-operated steering and balancing devices, [?]ptain Lucas-Girardville, a French inventor, has designed special gyroscopic…

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Windshield for Motor-cycles

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4

Air displacement of over 30 miles per hour is spoken of as a high wind, of over 40 miles per hour as a gale, and of over 60 miles per hour as a hurricane…

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Railway Congestion. More Trucks No Good

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

Mr. Griffin, District Railway Superintendent, was met on Saturday by a large number of Mudgee farmers who wished to say things about shortage of…

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Roads and Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 7

AN amusing little interlude occu[?] at Thursday's Shire C[?] meeting, when the estimates were under consideration. One of the councillors observed that if the…

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Altered Train Service

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

The following details will show the runnings of the trains from Inverell and Moree dating from Monday, February 15th:—…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 8

A SERIOUS accident occurred at the intersection of Rusden and Taylor streets after the races on Frid[?] afternoon. A big Wo[?]eley [?] Mr. R. Vickers, of…

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Local and General. That Train Service

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

The slow train from Inverell on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays, leaves Inverell at 8 o'clock, not 8.30. as previously announced…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon.—A. Thorn[?], 26, railway porter, residing at Waverley, was crossing the line at the Central station, this morning, when he was knocked…

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New Roads in Ecuador

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 3

There is but one completed railroad in Ecuador, that between Quayaquil and Quito. Until this road was extended in 1905, Quito was, by modern…

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Motor Collision

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 6

A motor car accident occured on Friday afternoon at the conclusion of the races, at the intersection of Taylor and Busden streets, Armidale,…

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Muddle on the Railways. Gross Cruelty to Animals

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 8

The following experience of a prominent farmer show how badly things sometimes go on the railways for no apparent cause…

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Motor Car Destroyed

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 4

Messrs. Moseley & Mitchell, who conduct the Gwydir Henry motor service between Glen Innes and Grafton, experienced a serious loss…

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Tea on the Train

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

As a result of representations made by the Premier, people travelling on the mail trains and ordinary mixed services over long distances in New South…

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Completing a Motor Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 7

A motor service has been opened [?] tween Tamworth, Moonbi, and [?] demeer. The car will run every [?] day aid Friday from Bendemer to…

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Items of Interest Died on the Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

Mrs, Jas. Hing, whe of a chinese labourer at killarney, was being taken to the Willowburn Mental Hospital, by Bearer Taylor, of the Warwick…

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The War. British Ships Sunk. German Train Explodes. 300 Villagers Mutilated. British Hospital Tents Shelled. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

The British steamer, Western Coast (1166 tons) was blown up and sunk off the South Coast, County Sussex. All hands were saved…

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Railway Men Strike

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

One hundred and twenty men, employed at the Glebe Island-Wardell Road railway works, yesterday ceased to work in consequence of the…

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Railway Travel

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

Travelling on the railway between Inverell and Moree at present is a penance. Men are jammed in the carrages until it becomes a matter of…

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Inter-State Railway Pre[?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

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A Railway Innovation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

As a result of representations made by the Premier, people travelling on the malt trains and ordinary mixed trains over long distances in New…

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