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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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The Aeroplane in Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 3

The aeroplane, for the first time in the judicial history of Australia, sailed into the serene atmosphere of the Law Courts in Melbourne last week. It…

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Coonamble Railway Station Burnt

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 4

AT about 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday flames were noticed issuing, from the parcels office at the local railway station. The alarm was at once given, but owing to the fact that the structure…

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A Motor Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 4

Count Orila, a member of the German Reichstag, was killed by a motor accident in Berlin. He left a fortune of [?]3,600,000…

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Railways and Defence. Australia's Neglect

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 3

The railways of Australia, considered from u military point of view, formed the subject of a lecture before the Victorian United Service Institute last…

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A Railway Station Burnt Down

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 4

The Coonamble railway station was burned down, on Wednesday night. So far as we can learn the outbreak occured in the evening, being first…

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A Motor Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 4

Count Orlla, a member of the German Reichstag, was killed by a motor accidcnt in Berlin. He left a fortune of £3,600,000…

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Stoning a Motor Car. an Extraordinary Case

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 May 1910 · page 4

The sequel to the motor car adventure which was reported in last issue took place in the Wellington police court on Friday before Messrs. Thomas and Lee,…

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The Passenger Train

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 3

The Railway Department has altered the time of the departure of the morning passenger train, which now leaves Dubbo at 6.45 o'clock, and runs about…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 5

Because the motor by-laws now require motorists to ease up or stop when signulled to do so hy drivers of fractious horses, it does not follow that…

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The Cross-Country Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

TOUCHING upon the matter of connecting the northern and western lines, the Gilgandra paper, after correcting a supposed misapprchension on the part of a contemporary, writes:--"The…

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A Motor Car Smash. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 3

A serious motor car accident occurred at Singleton on Saturday evening. A party comprising Messrs. W. Kennerson, Bert Kennerson, J…

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Jump From Mail Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 5

A male passenger jumped from the down Sydney mail train mail train near Narrabri on Wednesday. The train was stopped and it was put back some distance, but no trace of the missing man was…

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Railway Ambulance Work. Western District Record

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 3

The New South Wales Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps had a record year in 1909. No less than 1061 employees and 63 non-employees having…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 5

The Dunlop Rubber Co. are in receipt of a cablegram from New Zealand stating that the date of the Timaru-Christchurch Road Race (112…

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Knocked Down by a Tram

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

John Wing, 85, was knocked down by a tram at Redfern an Monday afternoon, and as the result, sustained a fracture of the skull. He died subsequently…

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Decentralization of Railways

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

The Government's decision to appoint a Royal Commission to report upon the decentralization of the railways meets with the cordial support of the primary producers of the State…

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Railway Ambulance (Western District.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

THE New Smith Wales Railway and Tramway Ambulance Crops had a record year in 1909. No less than 1961 employees and 63 non-employees having passed the tests during the year and are…

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Railway Ambulance. a Very Satisfactory Year in the West

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 4

The New South Wales Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps had a record year in 1909. No less tlian 1061 employees and 63 non-employees…

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The Importance of Roads

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 May 1910 · page 4

To the average city dweller the importance of roads is rarely realised. In the country the case is different because the man on the land is up against the road…

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Queensland Railways. A Big Project

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 3

'I HAVE arranged for a comprehensive inspection of the country to be served by the proposed linking up of the Queensland railway system.' said Mr. Pager (Minister for…

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