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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Avalanche Buries Train. Sixty People Killed. London, March 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

Another disaster has been caused in America by an avalanche. The avalanche swept down the slope of the Cascade Mountains, in the State…

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Road Plant. Mitchell Shirk and Proposed Second Purchase

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 1

The question of the advisability of purchasing a road plant in addition to the one already in their possession, was discussed at yesterday's meeting…

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Mitchell Shire Council. Lands Department and Road Defining

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Shire Council was held yesterday. Councillor A. Leitch, the newly-elected president, was in the chair, and…

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The Wheat Market. Railway Neglect. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 3

Wheat.—N.S.W. milling, sales and buyers (on direct country purchase) at equal to 4/1 (Sydney). Business is almost at a standstill. Private cables…

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Philadelphia Tram Troubles Sympathetic Strike Proclaimed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

The Central Federated Labour Union at Philapolphia has proclaimed a general strike in sympathy with the [?] men. The strike will commence…

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Wilful Damage of Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 3

At last Friday's meeting of the Jindalee Shire Council the following report was approved:— It has been reported to me by one…

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The Motor Hog

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 4

THE Coroner last week held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Boatwright, who was killed by a motor car while…

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Philadelphia Tram Trouble. General Sympathetic Strike. Commenced. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 3

The general strike in sympathy with the tram men at Philadelphia eventuated at midnight on Friday in accordance with the resolution of the Central…

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Coal Importations. Government Anxious to Sell Holding Up Railway Stocks

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 2

The coal the Government imported from India, Japan, aud elsewhere amounted in all to between 35,000 aud 40,000 toils. Official information…

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Why They Struck. Corrupt Philadelphia. Comment on the Tram War

The Worker · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 2

An American journalist at present in Melbourne, sends the following to Melbourne "Herald":— _ Nothing but gospel truth was told by…

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Philadelphia Strike. Unionist Outrage. a Car Dynamited. City Bridge Destroyed. Vancouver, March 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 2

In order to prevent 100 non-unionists coming to Saratoga to take the place of strikers at the International Paper Company's, the car in which…

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New Edison Battery Advantages for Motor Cars

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 1

If all that is claimed for Mr. Edison's new storage battery—the first public trial of which was described on Jan. 21—be found to be…

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Barellan to Hillston Railway

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works has taken further evidence regarding the expediency of constructing a…

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Tubbul Railway League. Proposed Line to Forbes. Leagues Straight Offer

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

Mr. W. T. Lewis, President of the Tubbul Railway league, was in town yesterday (Friday) and lie gave a 'Chronicle' reporter an interview upon…

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Boy Tied Down to a Railway Line. Terrifying Adventures of Youth at As[?]ion Moss

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

An astounding [?]sult case in which the complainaid a young lad was [?] to the railway lines by his tormentors was investigated by the Ashton…

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Train Wrecking. Narrow Escape at Katoomba. Commissioner a Passenger. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

A dastardly attempt at train derailment was made Dear Katoomba last night. The train from Mount Victoria was approaching the station…

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Railway Strike Averted. London, March 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

Mutual concessions have averted a strike on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway…

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Motor Car Fatality. a Consul Killed. Companions Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

Senor Geiger, Consul for the Argentine at Munich, Bavaria, has been killed by his automobile crashing into a tree. Hit wife, and the Consul for Paraguay, and…

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Floods in the North. Railway Lines Unsafe. Traffic Partially Suspended Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

The washaways on the railway line between Moree aud Inverell prove to be nearly as serious as those which caused so much inconvenience in January…

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Mail Train Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

The second division of the western mail train that left Bathurst for Sydney last night met with a sensational accident at Wambool early…

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