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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Tired Railway Engine. Express Late Again

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

The Melbourne, limited, express due in Sydney at 10.5 a.m., was nearly an hour and a half behind schedule time on arrival on Friday…

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Stockinbingal-forbes Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

About 16 miles of the For[?] Stockinbingal railway have been completed out as far [?] reports Temora 'Star.' At that…

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Railway Disaster Narrowly Averted. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

A passenger train had a narrow escape of being wrecked, near the big Woy Woy tunnel, on the edge of the Hawkesbury River…

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Motor Works Burned. Damage £5000. MELBOURNE

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

The premises of the Canada, Circle and Motor Company, and T. Hoyle, motor body builders, were extensively damaged by fire last night. A motor…

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Boy Tries to Overtake a Train

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 3

A little ten-year-old lad was found in an exhausted condition on the railway line near Arbon, Switzerland, recently. On recovering…

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Heavy Rain Storms. Railway Mishaps. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Heavy storms in various parts of South Australia have caused several washaways on the railway. Six chains of the line to Broken Hill were…

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Laborites Indignant. Resent Increased Tram . Fares. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

Considerable indignation has been expressed in Labor circles at the determination of the Ministers to increase the tram fares, especially in…

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Selling a Motor Car

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. Duane, of Junee, was fined for belling his motor car without notifying the nearest traffic authorities…

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Uncapsizable Aeroplane

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Walking, a young man of 14, who lives at Cardiff, has invented an aeroplane which he claims to be uncap[?]ble. "I believe I have hit on a series of improvements,"…

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Killed By Train. Fatality at West Maitland. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

While three ladies were crossing the railway line at West Maitland to-day on their way to church, the Moree mail train struck Mrs. Alice…

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Profit-sharing Scheme. Detroit Motor Co.'s Distribution. Two Millions for Employees

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 7

A remarkable instance of the success of the profit-sharing scheme has just occurred at Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. The Ford Motor Co., which carries on…

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Increased Tram Fares Mr. Hoyle's Reply to Deputation. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. Hoyle, in reply to a deputation from the Trades Hall protesting against the proposed increase in tram fares, said that the trams must be…

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Railway Collision. Stock Trains Crash Together. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

A collision occurred at Flemington this morning between the near portions of two trains, smashing an empty stock van into fragments…

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Timber for Railways

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Works on Wednesday stated that the time had arrived when it would be necessary to ask the Cabinet to give him…

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Local and General News the Motor Train

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 2

Under the heading of "Chickens come home to roost" a correspondent signing himself "Carrier" is sending to some of the papers in the electorate a…

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A Cruel Train Journey

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 2

On Sunday 40 trucks of cattle reached Wodonga, having been entrained at Armidale, N.S.W, on the previous Wednesday. For four days…

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Fall into the Sea. Aeroplane Fatality. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

An aeroplane fell into the sea at Jaffa, with two aviators, Nuri Boy and Ismail Bey. Both swam ashore, reaching the land in an exhausted…

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Motoring

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 3

Mr. H. Murray Aunger's feat of lowering the record for the Melbourne Adelaide run is a good one. He had to travel over 589 miles…

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Land Near Railways Resumed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 2

Answering a question by Mr. Wade in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Trefle stated that during the last Parliament no area within 10…

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