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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Entering a Moving-train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

At the Parramatta Court, before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., Railway inspector Davies proceeded against Edward Meally on a charge of entering a railway carriage at Auburn railway station whilst the train was in motion, in…

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Fatal Jump From a Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 6

A man named John Charles Roberts, 34, Jumped from a through train from Parramatta to Sydney, near the Petersham station, yesterday, and sustained such injuries that he…

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Jumped from a Train. a Printer Killed

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

John Charles Roberts. 34. a printer, lately employed at Turner and Henderson's establishment, received fatal injuries last evening through jumping from a moving train…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fall From a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

John Charles Roberts (34), a printer, residing at Mosley-street, Strathfield, fell from a train whilst at was running between Lewisham and Petersham yesterday afternoon, and sustained,…

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A Swagman's Surprise. FALLS 60 Feet From a Bridge

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

On Saturday, about 2 a.m., a swagman named Edward Fahey had a remarkable escape from] instantaneous death. Fancy was crossing the Murray River Bridge, from the Echuca…

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Tilings Spanish. the Land of Inconsequence. "The Express" Train

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

It is unwise to enter Spain with any preconceived convictions or plans. The opinions of the most determined Suffragette would die of inanition owing to the fact that in Spain a lady…

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Still the Bridge. "This Run of Luck." an Alderman's Harbor Experiences

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5

The long-agitated-lor North Shore Bridge came is for discussion at Monday's meeting of the Willoughby Council. Alderman Campbell, who was absent, wrote a…

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Railway Advertisements. Burwood Aldermen Object. an Artistic Council

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

On the retaining wall supporting the overhead railway bridge at the western end. of Burwood Station, and directly, opposite the main and only exit from same, several local…

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Remarkable Escape. Man Hun Over by a Tram. a Park-street Incident

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

John Leeson, 40. an upholsterer, residing in Darlinghurst-road, Darlinghurst, had a narrow escape from death this morning. He was crossing the tramlines at the intersection of Park…

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The All-night Drivep. Protection at Last. Closed in Tram Fronts

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 6

Something is at last betas done for the tram driver. This official has to stand up to all sorts of weather. Me braves the storms which beats against onrushing car, he shivers in the…

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Motor 'Bus Strikers. Demand for Inquiry. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

Nine hundred motor busmen who are on strike because the owners propose to pay them according to the number of trips run instead of according to the…

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Motor Cycle Tour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5

Messrs. O. M. Young and H. Filmer, motor enthusiasts, start to-day for a 10 days' tour through the southern districts. Both are mounted on Austral Moto-reve cycles, fitted with twin cylinder 2½-h.p…

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Immigration and Private Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

Mr. W. A. Oakley, a vice-president of the Immigration League of Australia, writes:— The Immigration League of Australia is advocating the opening of the more remote…

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Cycling and Motoring. Cycling Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5

Corry, the Bathurst rider, who was disqualified for 12 months at O'Connell on New Year's Day, has appealed to the council of the League of Wheelmen against the decision…

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Railway Labour Arbitration. Who Bears the Cost? Mr. Bell's Objection. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

Mr. R. Bell, M.P., general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, complains, on behalf of the railwaymen, that the London and…

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Empress and Motor Racing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

Addressing the tenants on the Beaulieu estate at their annual dinner, Lady Montagu mentioned that when at Windsor the Empress of Germany referred to Lord Montagu…

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Past a Tram

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

Henry Switzer was proceeded against at the North Sydney Court yesterday on an information charging him with driving a motor car at a pace faster than three miles…

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Municipal Motor-cars

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

In Birmingham the tramway, water, electricity, and fire departments have adopted motor cars, and the results are reported to be satisfactory. Every car used is of…

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Closed Fronts for Tramcars

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 6

After years of agitation on the part both of employees and the public, the Railway Commissioners are having the fronts of tramcars covered in. The advantages of the innovation have…

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The Tramway to Cronulla. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 9

Sir,--Will you grant me sufficient space to explain the silence which bas been misunderstood, on the part of the officers of the Sutherland to Cronulla Tramway League, in relation to the correspondence winch has recently…

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