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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Boy Killed by a Train Attempt to Cross in Frost. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 2

Henry Brittles, a lad 8 years of age, residing at Artarmon, was run over by a train at St. Leonards railway station. The body was fearfully…

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Trams Oxerflowing. Passengers Riding on Locomotives. Many Accidents Reported

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

The unparalleled demands made up on the city and suburban transport services proved far beyond their resources. The trains were densely…

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Railway League

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the Adelong Railway League was held at the Literary Institute on Friday last. Present: Messrs. Purcell, Merryfull, R. W…

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Between Cart and Tram. an Old Man Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

Alexander Hutchinson, aged 60, got jammed between a cart and a tram in Oxford-street, Paddington, this afternoon, and received severe injuries…

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Accident to the Mayor. Pushed From a Tram. a Narrow Escape

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

On Saturday night, in Sydney, the Mayor (Mr. Fred Pinkstone) met with a very sudden surprise. He was returning from the illuminations on the…

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The Fleet in Sydney. Train and Tram Traffic Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 2

The tram and railway traffic during fleet week was very heavy The department anticipates ten million passengers will have been carried on the…

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Tramway Traffic. Tem Millions Carried Sydeny

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 2

It is estimated that ten million pimple have been carried on the Sydney trains since the arrival of the fleet…

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[?]He Loco. Association and the Tramway Strike

The Worker · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 14

We have been asked to publish the fol[?]ing statement from the Locomotive [?]gine Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' association:—…

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Tramway Victims. Sydney Labor Council's Appeal

The Worker · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 17

The following appeal for aid for the victimised Unionists in connection with the recent Train Strike has been issued by Sydney Labor Council:—…

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Delagrange's Record Aeroplane Fight

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 8

M. Delagrange, the French sculptor who has been experimenting latterly with an acroplane which is practically a duplicate of M. Farman's machine…

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Liner or Tramp? Ship’s Officer’s Problem

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 8

Here is an interesting glimpse of some of the life problems which come to the ship’s officer—his life—what shall he do with it ? The article is taken from…

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Pianos, Machinery, Vehicles, Cycles and Motors

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. exhibited a contrivance which simplifies the sewing up of wool bales. By this new method, it is stated, bales…

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Knocked Down by a Tram £100 Worth of Jewellery Stolen

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Perkins, wife of Dr. Perkins of Marrackville, was knocked down by a tram in pill-street, Sydney, near the…

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Motoring Accident. German Crown Prince Upset. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 2

A motoring accident, similar to that which befell Queen Wilhelmina of Holland last year, happened on a country road near Metz yesterday…

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Motor Omnibuses. the London Example

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3

For the moment the proprietors of motor-om[?] should be reaping a goldern harvest. The takings of the latest type of these…

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Tramp's Costly Cookery

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3

Rachael Andrews, a tramp, was indicted at the Norwich Assizes last January for setting fire to a stack Witton. She was arrested while hurrying from the…

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Railway

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 7

We learn that Messrs. Vernon and Crimson have yet somewhere about four months work on the station buildings Barellanwards…

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The Irrigation Railway. (To [?] Eurrob of the Argus.")

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

SIR,- If the Minister for works is sincere in his desire to make fodder grown in the irrigation area useful to starving stock our north…

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Knocked Down by a Tram

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

An old lady, about 60, name unknown, was knocked down by a tram in Oxford—street last night and killed…

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Tram Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

Miss Allison, an elderly woman residing at Darlinghurst, was killed last night through being knocked down by a tram while crossing…

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