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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Rating Railway Premises. Wagga P.m.'s Decision

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 2

Our Junee correspondent writes:— Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., gave his reserved decision ret the appeal of Mr. W. Duane, of the refreshment rooms…

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To-day's Cablegrams. Railway Disaster, London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

A California special train was derailed at Rock Island, New York, and the carriages caught fire five persons being killed and nine' injured, several…

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Railway Accident. Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

Mr. John Patrick Lloyd, carnage examiner in the employ of the Railway Commissioners at Junee. met with an awful accident on Monday morning…

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Defrauding the Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

Norman Best was charged with travelling on the railway between Henty and Wagga, with intent to avoid payment of his fare. Inspector R. A…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, January 3. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Defrauding the Railways

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

A charge was laid against Norman Bert for travelling on the railways between Henty ana Wagga, with intent to avoid payment of his fare…

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General Cable News. Fatal Railway Collision. a Banker Killed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Spencer Franks, a New York banker, has been killed in a railway collision at Croton. Mr. Fransk was sleeping in his private car at the tail…

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Manhattan Suspension Bridge Huge Undertaking Completed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

The Manhattan Suspension Bridge, the fourth that has been constructed across the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan Island (U.S.A.),…

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Wood As a Motor Hog Protector. Chauffeur Defended by Crown Law Officer

The Worker · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The engagement of a Crown law officer to defend the motor driver of a car in which was Mr. Wood, Chief Secretary, on a charge of excessive speed in motoring…

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Encouraging the Motor Hog

The Worker · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 14

Rocky Point Road, Rockdale, has special police stationed along it to check the wild careering of motor cars. At Newtown Court last week, Donald Gillies, of…

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Mitchell Shire Council. Many Complaints of Bad Roads

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council was held at the Shire Offices yesterday morning. Present—President, Mr. J. Crawley, and…

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Mr. Winston Churchill at Dundee. Favors Nationalisation of Railways. Declares Against Home Rule. London, Jan. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Dundee, advocated the nationalisation of the railways…

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Pestilential Area. Railway Building in Brazil. Fearful Mortality of Workmen. London, Jan. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

A terrible story of the sufferings of German workmen in Brazil is related in the German Socialist newspaper "Vorwaerts."…

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Aeroplane Record

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Hubert Latham, the French aeronaut, made an aeroplane record at Chalons. He ros e to a height of 3200 feet in…

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Train Wreckers at Albury

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

At Wodonga on Now Year's Eve a train from New South Wales ar rived at 2 a.m. with several trucks of sheep. When the sheep bad been…

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Fall From a Train Found Wandering on the Line at Junee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

Whilst the driver of a shunting engine was walking along the main railway line at Junee on Sunday morning be saw a man walking…

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Proposed Tumbarumba Railway

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Johnson, Chief Railway Commisisioner, paid a brief visit to Adelong on Friday last, having journeyed hither per motor car. His visit is in…

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Railway Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 3

A young man named Hare was cut to pieces by a train near Young…

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New Railway. Station Tenders. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

Five tenders were received for the erection of station buildings. Part one. on Lockhart-Clear Hills railway. A. Ringholm, £2730, is the lowest…

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Railway Fatality. Man Terrible Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

George Mullins, 35, an employee of the Interlocking department at the Central railway station, was knocked down by a train near Redfern tunnel…

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Frightful Railway Accidents Men Cut to Pieces. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

Early this morning George Mullens, a railway employee, while crossing the line at the central station, was run over by a train. He was shockingly…

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