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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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The Motor Age. Interesting Exhibits in Sydney. at the Royal Show

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 5
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

We learn that complete arrangements have been made by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, for a particularly good motor exhibit at the…

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Motor Cycles for Police. Their Value at Countet Stations

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

All the rceruits undergoing instructions at the Police Barracks are to be treated in the use and management of motor cycles…

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Motor Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—Lilian Victoria Olsen, 26, lately residing at Bellevne Hill, was thrown out of a motor car yesterday morning and killed. The…

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Railway Miracles

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 6

The Army gets things done. Within my own experience of public work—limited no doubt, but still experience covering a good many years now…

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Aeroplane Fighting

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 4

A French official message states that from 15th February to 15th March, 52 aeroplanes were brought down or fired, and 50 others disabled. We lost 29…

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Escape From Train. Prisoner's Sensational Leap

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 6

Walter Sullivan, a prisoner, who was being conveyed to the Bathurst Gaol in the custody of a warder, made a tea sensational escape on Monday night by…

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Showground Road. Aldermen Surprised. Total Cost, £517

The Inverell Times · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

When the P. & A. Society decided to remove their showground to a site across the river, it was found that the road leading to Tingha would have…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 7

On Saturday night last a railway fettler named Anthony Brunner, aged 22, of Turrawan, and Reginald Pbvffer farmer, of Turranwan, left Narrabri…

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Railway Guard Sentenced

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

A railway guard at Victoria was sentenced to four years imprisonment for stealing money from a safe on a train…

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Inverell-Tingha Road. Inverell Times Hits Hard

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 3

There's some sting in this, taken from Tuesday's Times:—The road between Inverell and Tingha is now in about as bad a…

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The Official Luncheon. The Railway Question Revived

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

The visiting judges were entertained at dinner at Thomas' Royal Hotel, the arrangements of which were in the hands of Mr. Symes…

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Railway Fatality near Tarrawaa

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 9

On Saturday night a railway lettler named Anthony Brunner, aged 22, of Turrawan, and Reginald Phyffer, farmer, of Turrawan, left Narrabri on…

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Notes Stolen From Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 4

A railway guard in Victoria was sentenced to four years for stealing money from a safe on the train…

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Motor Driver Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 4

Arthur Armstrong was driving a motor car down William-street when he crashed into a centre-pole, dislodging the driver and passenger. The latter…

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Fuel Gas from Straw. New Motor Possibility

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 8

Fuel gas from straw has no small commercial possibilities, according to Professor It. D. M'Laurin, of the department of chemistry of the…

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Motor Cab Mystery. Alleged Murder

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 3

The Body of Charles Crompton, who has been misting since last Thursday, was found on Monday in the Tweed River, near Chinderah, 10 miles from…

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Attempted Train-wrecking

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 4

While an up train was approaching Wentworth Falls yesterday afternoon the driver noticed an obstruction on the line, and pulled up. He found a…

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Train's Escape. Sleeper on Wentworth Falls Line

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

While a train was approaching Wentworth Falls yesterday, the engine driver noticed an obstruction on the line a short distance away. He applied…

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Motor-car Built in Eleven Minutes

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 3

A motor-car was built in eleven minutes and put on the road in nineteen at the Ford motor works at Trafford Park, Manchester, recently, thus…

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