Teams Competing with Railway
On Wednesday five teams arrived at Bathurst with loading from Sydney, having been six days on the road. Three went through to Orange, while two…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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Sensational Motoring Accident
A sensational accident happened on the Port Hacking road on Wednesday afternoon, when a large motor car containing two ladies and two…
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Although on the Continent the tramway companies have long considered the needs of their smoking passengers, British companies have rigidly…
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A short time ago I had occasion to visit a neighbouring town, and on arriving there boarded a car to take me to my destination. Seated opposite me was a man with a little…
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At the Moss Vale Co[?]cil meeting on Monday night, a letter was read from the Bowral council asking whether official information had been received [?] the running…
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The Government has decided that the cost of the central station must be reduced as much as possible, by adopting a less costly [?] yle of decoration than that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bowral Free Press And Berrima District Intelligencer. Wednesday, September 21, 1904 The Early Train
We are informed by the secretary of the Bowral Tourist Association that he gained, during a conversation which he had with the Superi[?]tendent of Lines yesterday that…
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A bicycle road race, starting from the Moss Vale post office, thence via Berrima, Cross Roads, Button Forest, and finishing at the Moss Vale…
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On Wednesday afternoon last under very favorable weather conditions a bicycle road race over a 23 miles track was run off. The day was beautiful with scarcely any wind and a large-number of…
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A handicap road race from Moss Vale to Cross Roads (via Berrima) and back (via Sutton Forest), a distance of 23 miles, was ran on Wednesday last, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A wful Railway Disaster. A Train Engulfed. 100 Lives Lost
Approximately, 100 lives—no certainty is possible —were sacrificed in the wreck of the "World's Fair flyer" on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, near Eden, Colorado, on the night of August 7 (writes a…
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The express was ready to start, when a stout old lady came running up the platform in breathless haste. The obliging guard seized her by the arm, pushed her…
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Restrictions on motor-cars on the Continent have. begun to border on the farcical. In Antwerp and Brussels regulations were made that automobiles must not travel in…
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Widespread sympathy is being expressed with lady Rattigan for the terrible loss she has sustained in the death of ber husband. Sir William Rattigan,…
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Speaking at a function at Hurstville recently, Mr. Carrathers sounded what might be taken as a key to the reform policy. He said that a time had been…
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Motor-cycles are all the rage just now, but the expense of learning to work them is very heavy. The annual death-roll is high. A specially…
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The Hon. W. M'Court has received from the Public Works Department reports by Mr. Allman and Mr. Rossback in response to a petition to have…
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Mr. Justice Simpson remarked, at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, that he was not at all surprised when he heard of actions being brought against the Railway…
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SIR,—I notice in your issue of the 7th inst. report re the above proposed road from Messrs. G. F. Allman and J. A. Rossback. In his report, Mr…
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The Northern Agricultural Association has decided to communicate with all the agricultural societies of the State concerning the action of the Railway…
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