Killed on the Railway. a Cleaner's Shocking Death
Evening News · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 6
BATHURST, Saturday.—At the local railway yards at an early hour this morning a cleaner named Milne Smith, 19, was run over by an engine, sustaining fatal injuries. It is not…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 10
The competition committee of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland intend to deal very fully with the question of body work in this year's regulations for the Tourist Trophy Race, with the object…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 10
The Marrickville Club held two bicycle events [?] Canterbury Park on Saturday. The first race was a mile handicap, run in two heats and a final, and the other a musical chairs event. The following are the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 6
A railway accident occurred at the Bathurst station early this morning, by which David Milne Smith, 19, an engine-cleaner, lost his life. From the evidence given at the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Reliability Contest. Parramatta to Bathurst and Back. Honours Undecided Ties in All Classes. Some Excellent Performances
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 7
The reliability contest carried out by the Automobile Club of Australia was brought to a successful termination on Saturday, when 17 out of the 19 cars which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Holiday Traffic the Tramway Returns
The Australian Star · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 5
"How do the tram traffic returns for Anniversary Day pan out?" a "Star" man inquired of Mr. Kn[?]shaw this morning."Well the leading generally was very…
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The Australian Star · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 5
The opinion is held in some quarters in Sydney to-day that the Chief Commissioner of Railways will be Mr. T. H. Underwood, the traffic manager of the Great Central…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 9
Sir,--I would like to know whether the New South Wales Railway Department is illegitimately swellirg its revenue by the imposition of unjust fines upon travellers. Last Sunday I was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 8
BATHURST, Sunday.--A railway cleaner, Milne Smith (19) was killed in the Bathurst railway yards about 1 o'clock yesterday morning, through being run over by a locomotive. Smith…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 8
BATHURST, Sunday.--C. J. Jolliffe, who was admitted to the Bathurst District Hospital on Friday night, suffering from injuries to his head caused by being thrown out of E. S. Spears'…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 8
The tram traffic on Saturday was very quiet, not being much above ordinary days. About 104 cars were sent to Randwick Racecourse 160 to Bondi, 85 to the Sydney Cricket Ground, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country News. the Road to Kosciusko, Cooma
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 8
The first batch of 50 men from Sydney for the Jindabyne-Kosciusko-road contracts arrived by this morning'a train, and proceeded to the scene of the work. Much interest is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Combination Power Harvester. Can a Motor Be Used for the Gear, While Two Horses Draw the Machine? Mr. E. W. Turner makes a Spirited Reply
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 5
In the "Farmer and Settler" of January 22 ,was published a symposium of harvester and power motor manufacturers on the practicability of using a…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 17
The morning dailies have given the new chief railway commissioner their blessing in advance, so that presumably there is nothing more to be said…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 17
There are two railway matters which are special grievances with the rural community at the present time—the shortage of trucks to bring the wheat harvest to the port, and the absence of provision for cheap country excursions to the seaside…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 17
This is an ago of specialists, and there are colleges for turning out experts of every brand. Is it not time that there was an institution where…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 6
Mr. A. Miller, of A. Joyce and Co. Melbourne, the biggest dairy utensil manufacturers in the Commonwealth, spent some days in Sydney recently…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9
Instead of "looking into the question" of sorting mails on the trains between Adelaide and Melbourne, and between Brisbane and Wallangarra…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 1
The shortage of trucks means many handlings' and much additional ex-pense to the farmer. The government has a railway monopoly and should be…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 1
It may be that on the whole our farmers are as well treated by the N.S.W. railway department as the farmers of other states are by their respective…
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