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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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The Motor Test. Finish at Melbourne

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

THE motor contest over the road from Sydney to Melbourne ended at the latter city on Saturday afternoon. Out of the twenty odd competitions,…

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Motor Racing

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

The last section in the motor car contest from Sydney to Melbourne, a distance of 100 miles, was run on Saturday. Seven cars, which ran a dead heat, will run off from…

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New Railway Rates. Important Changes. Wool Rates Increased

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

Thursday's 'Government Gazette contains a new seek of railway charges, which abolish the border war of freights and which in the outcome of severs…

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Russo-Japan War. Whole Front Engaged. Crumpling Russia's Flank. the Railway Threatened. London, Feb. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Niuchwang telegraphs that Chinese who have arrived in the town state that a general engagement is in progress in…

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Fire on Tarcutta Road

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a fire occurred at the rear of Mr. Robert Williams' premises, "Carnarvon" on the Tarcutta-road, about two miles from Wagga. It has not…

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Fire on the Tarcutta Road

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out on the property of Mr. Robert Williams, on the Tareatta Road, about three miles from Wagga. As soon as…

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Serious Railway Strike

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

Owing to the strike at Krasnovodsk, the railway in the Irkutsk district. West Siberia, is blocked. The attitude of the strikers at Irkutsk is disquieting, the…

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Siberian Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

In consequence of the strikes of railway employees, and the damages to be Siberian railway no train has started for the front in Manchuria for a…

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Victorian Notes. Bent and Brick Boodling.—the "Brake" Down Railways.—bush J.P. FEROCITY

The Worker · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 7

Whatever Bent's object may have been in acquiring "Hutton's Land" nominally for the purposes of State brickmaking, the Labor Party is determined to leave no stone…

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The Motor Car.—a Mania and Menace

The Worker · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 4

Sydney "Daily Telegraph" chortles with joy, also it gurgles with glee, because the motor-cars and motor bikes taking part in the Sydney to Melbourne reliability…

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Road Tenders

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

The following tenders for roadwork were opened at the Wagga Ronds Office yesterday:—Contract No. 2704/5, Wagga to Kyeamba, John…

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John Bridge & Co.limited's Report

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 4

For our sale on Wednesday we brought forward a catalogue of 686 bales of about equal quantities of scoured aud greasy. We found the market rather weaker for…

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New South Wales. (By Telegraph.) SYDNEY, Monday. the Motor Test

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

The deciding test in the Dunlop Motor Contest from Melbourne to Ballarat was won by Tarrant. ALLEGED CIUJLINAL ASSAULT…

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Motor Buses in Tasmania

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 4

DURING his stay in Tesmania Mr. Bent was much impressed by the motor buses in use there. He went on one to Brown's River, and covered a distance…

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Victoria. the Motor Test Race. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

The Sydney to Melbourne motor test raw, held last week, was run off from Melbourne to Ballarat to-day. The winners were: Tarrant (heavy car),…

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The Motor Test

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

The final test in the motor reliability trial was run off lost Monday, when the competitors who tied on the long run from Sydney to Melbourne on last Saturday week were set…

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Motor Car Run Off

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

The motor test from Melbourne to Ballarat and back took place on Monday. The winners were:—Tarrant (heavy car), Craven (light car), and B. James (motor cycle)…

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The Siberian Railway. Strikers Destroy Supplies. Cessation of War Demanded

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 2

The situation in the Far East has been rendered much more alarming for Russia by a serious strike on the Siberian railway…

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Latest News Kuropatkin's Line of Retreat. Siberian-railway In-operative. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 2

Generals Kuroki and Nogi are holding the RUssian left and centre while General Nogi rolls up the right and gets to the rear to the north west…

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Army Trial Motor-car Fatality in the New Kent Road. Extraordinary Statements

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 5

Yesterday (December 22) Dr Waldo concluded an Inquiry at the Southwark Coroner's Court Into the circumstances of the death of Emma Simpson, aged 54…

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