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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Latest News Manchuria Campaign Railway Destruction Reported. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 2

The Japanese in Manchuria are showing activity on the Russian right flank. There are persistent reports that the Japanese have destroyed portion of the…

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Railway Retrenchment

The Worker · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 10

"S.M. Herald" (23/1/05) publishes the official reply o the Railway Commissioners to the statement that a scheme of retrench has been recently inaugurated in the…

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John Bridge & Co. Limited's Report

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 4

Our catalogue on Wednesday, which was the largest for the part fortnight, embraced 4,753 hales, in which were comprised a big percentage of unskirted…

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A Narrow Escape. Between Train & Platform

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

Miss E. Martin, aged 28, a resident of Parramatta, fell between the platform and a train as the latter began to move from the local station. The train was…

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International Railway Congress

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 4

A great deal of interest is being manitested in the United States in regard, to the approaching international Railway Congress. For the first time…

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American Railways. Rates to Be Fixed. London, Feb. 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 4

Mr. Charles E. Townsend, one of the repressentatives of Michigan in the House of Representatives, recccently introduced into the House a bill to…

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Big Motor Contest

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

The Dunlop Motor Reliability contest from Sydney to Melbourne is to be hold on February 21 to 25, and an outlino of the competition will no doubt prove of interest…

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The Motor Car Reliability Run

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

An Inspection of the road from Melbourne to Sydney preparatory to the holding of the great Dunlop Reliability Motor Contest, is now…

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The Motor Test. Next Week's Event

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 3

The Dunlop motor reliability contest from Sydney to Melbourne is to be held next week, starting from Sydney on Tuesday morning. The course is…

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The Motor Reliability Run

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 3

Mr. A.G.Fuller, a partner in the firm of Blacklock and Fuller, cycle and motor-cycle manufacturers, of Albary, passed through Gundagai yesterday…

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Maintenance of Public Roads

The Temora Star · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

The Full Court on Wednesday laid down an important general principal in a sued in respect of an accident on…

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Government Responsibility As to Roads

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

The Full Court on Wednesday laid down an important general principle in a case in which the Government was sued in respect of an accident on a road…

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Motoring

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

MrMoffat, who passed through Gundagai on Monday last in his motor car, travelling from Sydney to Melbourne to compete in the motor car test next week, told a Sydney interviewer…

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Overland Motor Race

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

Next week the first overland motor competition held in Australia will take place. The competition will commence on Tuesday next, 21st inst., and conclude…

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Wagga Railway Returns

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

From the returns of traffic in connection with the Wagga railway station for the month of January it is noticed that a substantial increase is reported in both…

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Victorian Notes. Monkeying with Miners' Wages.—tait Take It Out of the Railway Men.—the Good-as-labor Man. Mischievous Irvine and Bully Bent

The Worker · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

A mild sensation, has been occasioned in political circles by a minute addressed to the Prime Minster by that cool, calm, collected statesman, Irvine. Bent is wroth…

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John Bridge & Co's Ltd. Report

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

On Tuesday we brought forward our last catalogue of the weekly series, consisting of 3,478 bales, which, although it contained some nice wools, comprised in…

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The Great Motor Contest

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

THE Dunlop Motor Reliability Contest, from Sydney to Melboarne, which is to be entered upon to-day, is attracting considerable attention, not only in…

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Big Motor Contest

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

The Dunlop Motor Reliability contest feet from Sydney to Melbourne is to be held on February 21 to 25, and au outline of the competition will no…

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The Motor Reliability Run. (Friday's Gundagai Times.')

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 5

Mr. A.G. Fuller, a partner in the film of Blacklock and Fuller, cycle and motor-cycle manufacturers, of Albury, passed through Gundagai…

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