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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

The Overland Motor Contest. Last Day's Running. Euroa to Melbourne. an Enthusiastic Reception. a Dead Heat. Run Off Early in March. the Aggregates. (From Our Special Reporter.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 8

The great motor car and motor cycle reliability contest betewen Sydney and Melbourne, a distance by the old coaching route of 572 miles, ended yesterday. The result is…

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Casualties. Railway Fatality. an Infant Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 8

Andrew Bernard Garlick aged l8 months, died in the Children's Hospital, Glebe, at 4.45 a.m. yesterday as a result of injuries sustained by being run over by a train at the…

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Railway Porter Kille[?]. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 8

Lance M'Lean, 17, porter, employed at the Hamilton Railway Station, was walking along the line near the platform on duty on Friday morning when a light engine and tender…

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Cycling and Motoring. the Sydney Thousand. the Handicaps. Comments on the Starts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 4

Mr. Austin, the official handicapper to the League of Wheelmen, has just issued the starts in this season's Sydney Thousand, a mile handicap event of £1000, to be run next month on the Sydney Cricket…

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The Railway Strike. Directors Making Terms. LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 1

The directors of the Warsaw-Vienna railway offer the strikers an increase in wages during the current year, aggregating £65,000, ten hours a day, and other…

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Baby Killed on the Railway

The Australian Star · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 3

Through straying on to the railway line at Helensburgh on Saturday, the 18-months-old son of Mr. Garlick, the station-master at the Metropolitan Coal Co.'s siding at that…

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Deadheads on the Tramways. Non-Paying Passengers. on the Increase

The Australian Star · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 4

The tramway authorities extend to the travelling section of the community a privilege that is much abused. When a person having entered a tramcar realises that he…

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Russian Unrest. Another Assassination. Prince Androvimkoff Fatally Stabbed. Disturbances in Poland. Riots and Murders. Railway Strikes Extending. the Czar Interferes. M. Witte Speaks His Mind

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Another sensational assassination is reported to have occurred in Russia. The victim was Prince Androvimkoff, who…

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Outpost Fighting. Railway Raiders at Work. Cossacks or Chinese Brigands

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--An artillery duel took place along the Sha-ho line on Wednesday and Thursday last, and there were also several collisions between the outposts…

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Tramway Officers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 4

The tramway officers have decided to launch, out into an association, and at a meeting held at the Railway Institute during last week, the Tramway Officers' Association was successfull…

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The Strike Movement. Serious in St. Petersburg. Extending Among Railway Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The labor difficulty in St. Petersburg has been accentuated by the fact that 40,000 workmen, mostly belonging to the well-paid class, and employed at…

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Motor Contest. From Sydney to Melbourne. Stevens in First. Nine Competitors Secure the Maximum Points

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The motor car contest promoted by the Dunlop Tyre Company as that of the reliability of motor cars and cycles, from Sydney to Melbourne, a distance of 570…

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Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 6

A sad railway fatality occurred at Helensburgh late on Saturday evening, when Andrew Bernard Gar[?]ck, eighteen months old, son of the stationmaster at the Metropolitan coal…

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Charitable Institutions. Railway and Tramway Hospital and Convalescent Funds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 8

The fifteenth annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Employers Hospital and Convalescent Funds was held on Friday evening. The secretary, Mr. T. D. Richards submitted the report of the committee of…

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Railway and Tramway Appeals. Work of the Board

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 6

The Railway and Tramway Appeals Board hold weekly meetings to investigate the merits of appeals against punishments inflicted on the railway and tramway staff…

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Victorian Railway Strike. a Plea for Forgiveness

Evening News · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A strong appeal was to-day made to the Premier and Mr. Tait, Chief Commissioner of Railways, by an influential deputation, including Mr. Frank Madden, Speaker…

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Railway Institute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Railway Institute the following were elected as officers for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. H. M'Lachlan; vice-presidents, Messrs. P. J. Llpman, F. Vogel, and…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

A general meeting of the above club is announced to take place to-night at Batcman's Hotel, George-street…

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Cycling and Motoring. the March Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

The minor events to be decided at the Sydney Thousand meeting have been declared. The entries for the various races will be received by the league secretary up to the time of taking in the Sydney…

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Refusing to Pay Tram Fares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

In the Summons Division of the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., Walter S. Wigg, a tramway inspector, proceeded against Mrs. Eaton, of Neutral Bay, for that being a passenger on…

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