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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

The increasing shortage in petroleum fuel, which threatens to become acute the world over, offers a great opportunity for the wider introduction of…

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Latest War. (Reuter's Telegram). London, Sunday Attack on Railway. In Ypres Neighborhood. Other Raiders Repulsed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

Field-Marshal Haig reports:—We repulsed a local attack in the neighborhood of Ypres-Staden railway. We drove off raiders northward of…

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Railway Collisions. Two Serious Smashes. Heavy Death Lists

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

An Amsterdam correspondent reports that trains collided on the Sporniak-Posen line. All the carriages were destroyed The casualties were 13…

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Aeroplane Slang

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

The unquenchable youth and vitality of our airmen, says a writer in the Globe, is reflected in the slang which they invent with regard to their work. It is well…

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Trans Continental Train Delayed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

Owing to a wash out the East West train which was due at Adelaide on Monday afternoon was delayed many hours. There were90 passengers on…

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Returned Soldiers. Four Train Loads from Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

Another batch of over 500 sick and wounded soldiers returned to Sydney to-day from Melbourne, in four-special trains…

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Science Notes Japanese Motor

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

Japan is now successfully building automobiles which are claimed to be well made and are produced at a low price. The output is not large, but is…

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Motor-Tyre Figures

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

Some [?] of the [?] on [?] [?] ruff[?] in[?]ry in con[?] in [?], United States of America [?] [?]der capital of the [?] on be…

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Railway Mishap. Collision at Central Station

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

As the result of a collision at the Central Railway Station early this morning. between a number of railway carriages. a train timed to leave at 2.30…

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For Passengers Only. Liquor at Railway Stations

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 3

A case of considerable importance under the liquor laws was recently heard in the Albury police court, When Henry Carter, a cabman, was chaged…

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The Moree Train

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night the following letter was read from the Railway Commissioners in reference to the above:—"With…

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Low-level Bridge Wanted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

The Emu crossing on the Armidale side of the Gwydir is again in a bad condition, being practically impassable for cars, and as this is a mail-car route…

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Motor Cycle Dispute

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. W. le Brun Brown, P.M., Colin Dufty proceeded against George H. Lowry for the recovery of…

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Motor Traffic Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

A. J. Morton was charged with, being a licensed car driver, he did permit Minnie Morton (his wife) to drive the car, she then not holding a license…

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That Thalgarrah Road. (To the Editor "Armidale Chronicle")

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Sir,—I appeal to the authorities to have a look at the above road, from the turn-off opposite the house where the Edgar family used to reside on to…

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Disgraceful Place of Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

We have again been requested by several ratepayers to draw the council's attention to the deplorable state of the road at Kent Park, which is so bad…

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Glen Innes Railway Returns

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Stationmaster Dawson has supplied as with the following returns for December: Number of passengers booked, 4049; passenger revenue, £2176;…

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Motor Drivers [?]Ntted

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

The British Red [?]ety has cabled to the Aus[?]ed Cross Society to know if [?] supply drivers for Red Cross motor…

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Motor Car Burned

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. H. B. Woods, veterinary surgeon, hud an exciting experience on Saturday morning last. He was proceeding to Byron about 7 a.m. on the morning…

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Woman Struck by Tram

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 4

Mrs. Kathleen Young Pritchard, 72, who lived at 83 Bondi-road, Bondi, was walking along Bondi-road about 20 minutes to 7 the other night, with an umbrella…

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