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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

1,126 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 57

The Motor Fiend. a Woman Run Down. Driver Gets Three Years' London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

Stubbs. a chauffeur, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude for manslaughter, in driving over a woman at Manchester, when under the…

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Bulgarian Aeroplane Captured by Turks

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A Bulgarian aeroplane piloted by a Russian lieutenant, fell at Adrianople. The officer was taken captive by the Turks…

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An Urgently Needed Bridge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A law body of farmers have for some [?] been agitating for the construction of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee at a point about half-way…

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Railway Smash. Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

There was a railway [?] at [?] Junction this morning, a timber train being divided, when two trucks were derailed, an da number of men who were…

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The Care of Motor Cars

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

The proper care of your motor car will indefinitely extend its life and usefulness, and it was expressly to aid owners of motors in this direction that…

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Items of News. Wagga-tumbarumba Railway

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

Our Sydney correspondent wires that two tenders were opened for the supply of 100,0000 sleepers for the…

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Sussex Street Produce Market. Trouble with the Railway. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

Sussex-street produce firms reported to-day that owing to the shortage of [?]rgines and trucks, it is difficult for millers and shippers to secure prompt…

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Railway and Tramway Union

The Worker · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 24

The Amalgamated Railway and Tram way Employees' Federation, now in conference at Sydney, is the second largest industrial organization in New South…

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Barellan-merool Railway Extension

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 2

Mr. M'Garry, M.L.A., has informed the Barellan-Merool Railway League that he has had a very satisfactory interview with the Minister in…

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Items of News. Motor-car Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 2

While Mr. F. Lillian, with Mrs. Lillian, of Wagga, were on their way to Tumut yesterday morning, the motor-car of which they were occupants,…

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Shocking Tram Fatality Boy Badly Crushed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 3

Arthur Fiddick. 14, was knocked down by a tram in Oxford-street this morning. His back was broken and his head almost severed from the body…

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Motor Car Burnt

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs. F. Lilian left Wagga to go to Tumut in their motor car. When about ten of twelve miles along the Tarcutta road…

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Serious and Overwhelming. Position of Midland Railway. Possibility of General Strike London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 2

The "Pall Mall Gazette" urges the Midland Railway Company to negotiate with the Railwayman's Union in connection with the richardson case…

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Excursion Train to Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

The Railway Department announces in this issues the running of cheap trains to Sydney, the fares by which will be at the rate of single fare for the double…

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English & Australian Rules for Road Vehicular Traffic. to the Editor of the “Review”

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

SIR,—I have an idea that many who drive buggies, sulkies, and motor cars are quite obvious to the fact that there are such rules, and their ignorance is…

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Cab and Tram Collide. Drivers Seriously Injured. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

A collision between a cab and a tram occurred early this morning in Pyrmont. The driver of the tram, Francis Smith, sustained a…

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Serious Motor Accident Returning from a Wedding. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

While a number of people were returning from a wedding ceremony at Albion, Queensland, yesterday, a motor car capsized and rolled…

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A Railway Trick

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

A new dodge for defrauding railway companies has come to light. The. following is an example of the modus operandi:—A man in an East Coast…

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On a Motor Car

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 5

Podrell (looking at the machinery, of his car, which after, violent spasms has stopped with a jerk): "I swear to you on my solemn word of honour that I didn't do…

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"Detroiter" Motor Cars

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 3

Some further interesting particulars of this fine little ear will be found in our business columns, but no [?]ta is so convincing as the human document…

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