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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Transcontinental Train Delayed. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

Owing to a washout, the East-West train, which was due at Adelaide this afternoon, has been delayed many hours. There are 90 passengers on board,…

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Railway Collisions. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's A[?]sterdeam correspondent reports [?] collided on hte Sporniak Posen [?] the carriage were destroyed…

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Motor Boat Disaster. Three Men Drowned. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

The body of John Ristkok, drowned through the capsizing of a motor launch in Botany Bay yesterday, was recovered this morning…

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Reward of Loyalty. Railway and Tramway Employees

Daily Observer · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

A number of railway and tramway officials, who during the recent strike assisted the Commissioners to carry on the public services, received a New…

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Tram Records. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

During tho past four days the Sydney and suburban trams carried over 2,000,000 passengers without a solitary accident having been reported…

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Aeroplane Casualties

Daily Observer · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

One hundred and seventy German and at Allied aeroplanes, were downed on the West front during December…

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Train Robbery. Man Relieved of £120

Daily Observer · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

While travelling from Orango to Sydney by train early this morning, Thomas O'Keefe, a resident of Kensing-ton, was robbed of, £120 in notes, which…

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Russia and Peace German Readiness to Evacuate White Russia. New Ambassador for London. American Railway Mission Missing. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

A wireless Russian official message says that M. Trotsky has appointed Ci­tizen Litvinoff as Provisional Plenipo­tentiary in London, with orders that the present members of the Embassy, the…

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Boy Struck by Motor. Dr. Mannix Sees Him to Hospital

Daily Observer · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

Emanuel Salter (15) was hanging on the back of a South Melbourne train when the conductor warned him and others off. Salter jumped and was…

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Astounding Motor Tyre Figures

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

Some idea of the vast scale on which the rubber industry is conducted in Akren, United States of America (the rubber capital of the world) can be…

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Public Roads Expenditure

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

The Minister for Public Works in Victoria states that the Country Roads Board, during last financial year spent £226,000 on permanent works. Its…

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[?]W Train Service

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

[?] to pass that in the days [?] regression reigned in place [?] is the Chief Timetable com[?] New South Wales…

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Prisoners From Germany. Serious Train Delays. Protest to Dutch Government

Daily Observer · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

The Amsterdam "Telegraaf" states that Major-General Hanbury Williams Chief of the British War Prisons, has made of the protest to the Dutch…

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New York to London in 24 Hours. Aeroplane Plans for Near Future. Swift Long Distance Flights

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

Every day brings nearer the new and marvellous age of long distance flying for the peaceful purposes of the world…

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Battle Stories from the West Front. on the Menin Road

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 6

"The old Hun knows he has got to go back," said a wounded officer home from the Ypres sector. "He's been shelling the towns behind our lines. You may…

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Railway Accident. Sydney, Tuesday, 9.45 a.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

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

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Train Alteration

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

The train now arrives from Tamworth on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, and will return from Barraba on…

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Early Morning Smash. At Central Railway Station. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

As a 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 with with additional carriages to be coupled on was being shunted down to the stationary carriages for that purpose, when the brakes refused to act, and the two…

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Escaped From Custody. Jump, From Moving Train. MAITLAND

Daily Observer · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

William James Cheers, on remand from Lithgow to Gloucester, escaped from the custody of a constable at Dungog this morning…

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Boomi Shire Council Road Expenditure Criticised. Rate of Three Farthings Struck. MOREE

Daily Observer · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Boomi Shire Council, held yesterday, the Shire Clerk submitted a statement of the estimated revenue and…

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