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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Railway Sensation. Bullet Passes Through a Carriage. Passengers Alarmed But Uninjured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 7

A bullet which crashed through the windows of a railway carriage in the 8.25 train from Parramatta last night, when it was midway between Croydon and Ashfield, caused…

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Kuropatkin Builds Railways. to Turn Kuroki's Right

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--General Kuropatkin has constructed light railways connecting Fushun and Yenling. Fushun is on the Upper Sha-ho, and the…

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Overland to Melbourne. Start of the Motor Car Ride

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 10

Though it moant "getting up in the morning early," a crowd numbering soveral hundreds saw the competitors in the Dunlop Rellability Motor Contests from Sydney to Molbourno start…

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Motor Reliability Contest.—Pienic to the Visiting Contestants

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 36

(Photos. by Roland Bishop.) (See letterpress in our Sporting Pages.) On the Steamer in Middle Harbour. Group Portrait of Autoinobilists…

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Nambucca Requirements. a Road Along the River

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 8

Residents of the Nambucca River district wailed upon Mr. Hogue yesterday morning with a request for the extension of a road, and also for the services of a dredge. Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A.,…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the " Catholic Press." Fes, or Convention of Tara, 205 Crown-road

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 30

Dear Playmate,—The most celebrated of ancient Irish meetings was the Fes, or Convention of Tara. It was held every third year, and was instituted by Ollamh…

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Railway Service Holidays

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 8

"Observer" writes:—A. letter recently appeared in one of your contemporaries condemning the Railway Commissioners for granting to their employees, of whom there are about 17,000…

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The Proposed Bellevue Tramline

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 8

Edgecliff writes:—It is to be hoped that no further steps will be taken for the construction of a tramline to unite Bellevue Hill with the , city, via Edgecliff-road and central Paddington…

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Motoring to Melbourne. a Reliability Trial. the History of the Hastewaggons

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 6

When a friend asked, ice to go in a motorcar trip to Melbourne, and said that over 20 cars were going, I had an idea that the whole commando would go together, and visions…

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The Overland Motor Car Ride

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Thursday.—Our army starts three short to-day. T. K. Rand took his car to the railway with a team of squatter's bullocks. A. E. Langford pulled his wheel off and…

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The Overland Motor Contest. Second Day's Running. Goulburn to Gundagai. Some Stirring Incidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

The competitors in the second stage—Goulburn to Gundagai—a distance of 121 miles— of the motor contest left the city of Goulburn between 6.45 and 8.22 yesterday morning…

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The Motor Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 7

The big moter race the second stage of which was completed yesterday, aronsed considerable local, interest, and the telegrams posted on the windows of several of the motor shops in Sydney showing the…

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Russia. Mob Law in the South. Strikes on the Railways. Czar Opposes Reform. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

While there is talk of Russia suing for peace, reports depiet the situation in the south of Russia as growing worse. Mob law prevails at Baku, and the authorities…

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Russian Commissariat. the Railway Failing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

Advices received at Berlin state that he Siberian railway is interrupted in four laces, and in consequence there is an normous congestion of Russian war…

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Cycling and Motoring. Training at the Cricket Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 7

With the near approach of the big carnival at Sydney in March, the Cricket Ground is now being largely used for training purposes, both by local and country riders. Each morning and evening,…

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A Railway Raid. Russians Violate Chinese Territory. Japs Repair the Damage. LONDON, Wednesday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 1

Three hundred Russians raided and slightly damaged the railway line between Hai-cheng and Ta-shi-chiao, violating Chinese territory west of the Liao River…

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The Motor Contest. From Sydney to Melbourne. Some Exciting Incidents. Two Cars Completely Wrecked. a Chauffeur Thrown Twenty Feet

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 7

GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.--Ideal weather prevailed for the running today of the second section of the Dunlop reliability automobile contest from Goulburn to Gundagai. The roads were…

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Ocean-street Tram Fares

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 4

A deputation from the Paddington Council waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday to urge that the first section on the Ocean-street-Watson's Bay line should be…

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Siberian Railway Interrupted. Serious Congestion of War Stores

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Berlin advices state that the Siberian railway is interrupted in four places, and that there is an enormous congestion of war supplies…

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American Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Senator S. B. Elkins (who is largely interested in American railroads) announced in the Senate yesterday that there would be no railway rate legislation this…

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