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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Pioneer Motor Cycle Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 11

The Pioneer Motor Cycle Club decided the final test in connection with its reliability run on Saturday. Four previous tests had been held, without any decision as to the various prize winners being arrived…

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Motor Boat Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 11

At the monthly meeting of the M.B.C., held on Saturday, Messrs. A. H. [?]attersley, P. W. Pearson, and A. Halloran were elected members. The hon. secretary road a paper on "Rules of the Road at Sea…

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Peak Hill Railway. Tomingley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. John Hurley, chairman of the Public Works Committee, has informed Mr. Eden George, M.L.A., that they have practically ceased taking evidence at Sydney at present…

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Pioneer Motor Club

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon the [?]nal reliability run of the Pioneer Motor Cycle Club was decided over the Prospect course. The roads were in bad condition. The contest was…

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New Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 4

The announcement as to who the new Railway Commissioners are to be will in all probability be made this week. Negotiations are proceeding in England, and it is likely that the…

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Indignant Auburn. Better Railway Accommodation Needed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 7

A largely-attended public meeting was held in the' Town-hall, Auburn, on Friday evening, to express indignation at the way in which the town and district had been treated by the…

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Killed on the Railway. Woman's Death at Guildford

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 5

An elderly, woman, Mrs. Evans, was knocked down by an engine at Guildford on Saturday, and sustained fatal injuries. Mrs. Evans, who was very hard of hearing,…

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Abercrombte-street Tramway '

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 7

A public meeting of Presidents of Redfern, Darlington, and Ereklncville was hold on Thursday evening last for the purpose of taking steps to carry out some function to mark the turning of the first sod of the tram…

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Preferential Railway Rates. Objected to by Portugal. Retaliatory Measures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Portugal complains' of the preferential 'railway .rates conceded to Cape Colony and Natal by the Transvaal as unfair to the Delagoa Bay…

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Motoring. Automobile Club of Australia. Opening Run of the Season

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 8

The Automobile Club of Australia opened its 1907 Season on Saturday afternoon, with a run to Pennant- hills. where afternoon tea was partaken of at Eaton a Hotel. A great number of those taking part also availed…

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Motor-cycling. Pioneer Club's Reliability Trial. Won by L. V. Palmer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon the final of the Pioneer Motorcycle Club's reliability contest was decided over 60 miles on the Sherwood-Prospect course, which was covered six limes to obtain the necessary distance…

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Cycling and Motoring. Cycling

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 8

For the Victorian Mutual Benefit Society picnic, to be held at Ballarat on February 9, £112 in prize-money la to be given for the cycling events, under the auspices of the Victorian league…

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Open Road Race

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

The Ashfield Club has decided to promote an open read rice for member of the League of N.S.W. Whorl, men. The prizes for the event, have been donated to the club, A date and course and other details have yet…

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Valuation of a Road

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

WINDSOR, Tuesday.— At the Windsor Land Board, a case deferred from the previous sitting was continued. It dealt with a road at the mouth of Colo, which passed through the late…

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In the Genoa-Paris Train. Murderous Assault Amp Robbery

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.— Miss Susan Lowe, an English lady, travelling from Genoa to Paris, was murderously attacked and robbed in the train before it reached…

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Knocked Down by a Train. Verdict. of Accidental Death Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 6

Mr. W Clarke, D.S.M., held an inquest this morning at Parramatta Hospital on the body of Mrs. Esther Evans, who died from injuries received by being knocked down by…

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Railway Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 8

Parkes branch F.S.A. has decided to make representations to the railway commissioners with a view to having main line rates adopted on the…

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The North Coast Railway

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 8

At a meeting of the Macleay Railway League it was resolved.—"That the Macleay League co-operate with the residents of other districts in…

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Poor Railway Facilities

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 8

The Ariah Park correspondent of "Albury Banner" says:—I believe the commissioners are entertaining an idea that this siding…

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Tramway Employees' Union

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

The forthcoming election of a general secretary to the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union is causing considerable stir among the tramway men. Mr. A. C…

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