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Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Cycling and Motoring. Champions to Arrive To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 4

Major Taylor, Floyd Macfarland, Don Walker, and all the cycling stars who were engaged at the adjourned M.B.C. meeting in Melbourne on Saturday, will leave Melbourne per express to-day, and are due…

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Expectoration in Trams and Trains

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 4

With a proper appreciation of its health value the Railway Commissioners a few months age passed a by-law imposing a fine not exceeding £2 upon any- person who expectorated in any…

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Seized by a Tramp. Girl's Sensational Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

WAGGA, Sunday.--A girl had a sensational experience whilst walking from town at 6 o'clock this morning to her home. She alleges that a strange man of the tramp class followed her…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Man Cut to Pieces

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

GUYRA, Saturday.--George Bates and his son William were returning home last night on a tricycle, which was run down a mile and a half from Guyra by the Brisbane mall. The son saw…

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The Siberian Railway. Will Break Down in War Time

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Major Nathan, who held the post of a high railway transport officer during the Boer war, has inspected the Siberian railway, and is…

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"What Time Does the Train Go ?"

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

A surveyor, named David Barker, 28, was charged before the Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted Timothy M'Mahon. Prosecutor, who is the leading porter at the…

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Queensland. Railway Extension to Etheridge. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The Queensland Government has been approached on behalf of a company called the Etheridge Goldfields Railway Company witn a proposal for the extension of the present…

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Emu Bay Railway Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The secretary of the Emu Bay Railway Company reports that the receipts for December were £3832, compared with £3178 for November…

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Cycling and Motoring. Orlando Stevens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

The recent brilliant achievements in the meing aren[?] by Stevens have made him a hot favourite for the Sydney Thousand. The American came out here some months ago, and although his early appearances on…

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Guarding the Siberian Railway. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

Military posts have been placed every five versts (three and a third miles) along the Siberian railway…

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Motor-car and a Flock of Sheep

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

A serious motor-car accident occurred near Retford. The Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Colin and Lady Ilene Campbell were driving in a motor-car from Retford to the Duke's…

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A Nasty Wound. The Tramp and His Dagger [By Telegraph.] KIAMA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

A serious case of stabbing was perpetrated yesterday morning at Yallah, near Albion Park. William Bidgood, merry-go-round proprietor, well-known on the South Coast, who…

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Siberian Railway Guarded

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

There are military posts at every five versts on the Siberian railway…

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Porter Assaulted. On the Redfern Railway Station

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

David Barker, 28, surveyor, who said he hailed from Melbourne, appeared in the dock of the Central Police Court to-day to answer a charge of unlawfully assaulting Timothy…

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Treaty Rights in Manchuria " a Golden Bridge."

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 4

The "Times" says that the treaties with China entitle Japan and the Powers to residence and equality of trade in Manchuria. Russia, the "Times" adds, possibly permitted…

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Trades and Labour. Railway and Tramway Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

The annual conference of the Railway and Tramway Employees' Association is to be held on Monday, February 21st. A petition has been received, asking for the formation…

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Our Inter-State Turf Letters. Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. leigh Road Races

Referee · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

WITH no race meeting in Mclbourne last week, a number of metropolitan racing men went up to the leigh Road races, near Geelong, a special train having been…

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Tram Death Trap

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. C. Cato writes:— I think I can safely claim that if the Commissioners will turn up their accident record they will find that a far greater number of accidents occur at the intersection of Hay,…

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Cycling and Motoring. Arrival of Champions From Melbourne. Some Good Work on the Training Track

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

The Melbourne express which arrived yesterday carried for the most part racing cyclists who are engaged to race at the international carnival, which is to be continued this evening at the Cricket Ground…

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Tram Death- Trap. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 4

Sir,—I think I can safely clalm that if the Commissioners will turn up their accident record they will find that a far greater number of accidents occur at the intersection of Hay, Sussex, and George streets…

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