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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Suburban Tramway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 12

A Burwood correspondent writes:--The letters which have lately appeared in connection with the proposed tramway extensions in the western suburbs have so far failed to show how those additional…

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Proposed New Balmain Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 12

The Public Works Committee yesterday inspected an alternative route, suggested in connection with the proposal to construct a line of tramway from Harris-street to Evans-street…

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Courtesy of Tram-conductors. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 12

Sir,--I see by your paper that a complaint lodged, stating that tram drivers and conductors deliberately make a joke of would-be passengers losing their trams…

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The Camperdown Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 13

A deputation representing residents in the neighborhood of Cardigan-street, Camperdown, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. W. H. Mabony, M.L.A., to…

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South Australia. Petersburg Railway Collision. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

As the result of the special inquiry into the railway accident at Petersburg, when a freight train ran into an engine standing foul of a crossing, the porter who lowered the…

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Sunday Babour on the Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

In order to arrive at a perraanont settlement of the question of Sunday labour in the Railway Department, the State Cabinet to-day decided to appoint a sub-coramittee to…

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Motor Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 13

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trailers are considering the advisability of erecting a building large enough to properly accommodate then annual exhibition, and which will be suitably ventilated. The…

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Motor Cabs in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 13

According to the latest files the motor cab in London is at present, at all events, only available for the fuirly wealthy person, for the drivers charge exorbitant rates, and invent ingenious excuses when the…

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North Coast Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 56

Mr. C. A. Lee (Minister for. Works), replying to a deputation from Taree and the Lower Manning River, to protest against any alteration in the route of the North Coast line,…

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Railway Fatality. A Lady Crushed to Death, At Guildford Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Guildford railway station on Saturday evening, about half-past six o'clock. An engine running light between Clyde and Picton…

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Railway Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

On Friday evening, about twenty minutes past seven o'clock, an accident happened at Parramatta station. It is often said that in this district mishaps…

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Found Dead Under a Bridge

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

CAMPBELLTOWN, Thursday.— From the evidence given at the inquest held touching the death of the man named Seymour, whose body was found the previous day under a bridge on…

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Yachts and Motor Boats. Their Cost and Upkeep. Inexpensive Forms of Sport. on Sydney Harbor

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

Sydney Harbor would hardly look the same without the "white wings" of the numerous yachts which dot its surface summer and winter alike. They add to the beauty of the scene,…

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A Tamworth-nundle Railway

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Bowling Alley Point Progress Association the secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Levien, member for Tamworth, asking him to urge upon the…

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Proposed New Tram Route

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 4

For years past the residents of Enmore and the neighborhood have experienced much, inconvenience and loss of time when desiring to visit either Leichhardt or Balmain, it being…

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Railway Drain at Croydon

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 8

Complaints having been made to the Ashfield Council regarding an offensive drain at the Sydney end of the platform, on the north side of the line at Croydon, the matter was…

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Tram Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

Robert Hughes, 10, residing with tee parents. at 35 Susan-street; Ledchfaardt; fell off a tram while it was in motion in Annandale, this afternoon, and sustained concussion of the brain…

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Willoughby Tram Extension

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

The complaint of a newspaper correspondent that the Railway Commissioners had apparently forgotten a promise they made four months ago, to extend the Willoughby…

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Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 3

The death of Eileen O'Connor,9, who was run over by a tram in Crown-street on January 11, formed the subject of an inquiry by the City Coroner yesterday…

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Pioneer Motor Cycle Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Pioneer Motor Cycle Club the question of Mr. Finlay'a resignation of the secretaryship was considered. The members persuaded Mr. Finlay to retain the position…

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