Motor Boat Club of New South Wales. Saturdays Races
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 14
Members of the Motor Boat Club of,N.S.W. will rendezvous at Shark Island on Saturday afternoon, when the club will decide two, handicaps. One event is, for boats of 8 miles per hour and under, and the other for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Marine Motoring. Saturday's Fixtures
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 14
Motor Boat Club of N.S.W.--Two members' handicaps over Shark Island course. Mr. W. Charles Moseley's new motor boat is to be launched on Friday from Holmes' yard. She is a natty…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Employees' Dwellings
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 8
With a view to effecting an improvement it the construction of residences for employees Whose duties comper them to live near the lines at places where bettor accommodation is not…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 10
MELBOURNE, Tueeday.--A fierce fire broke out to-night at the motor-body factory of the Tarrant motor, works, Exhibition-street. The flames, however, were under control within…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cause of Railway Accidents. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6
Sir,--An inquiry was recently held at Wollongong to determine the cause of the late railway accident at Stanwell Park, and evidence was given at the inquest, so I understand, to the effect that one wheel of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Round-the-world Motor Race. Cars Pass Through Chicago
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Snow and bad roads have impeded the competitors in the Paris motor contest from New York to Paris. They have passed Chicago, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Schemes. an Equity Decision
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9
LONDON, Tuesday.--Mrs. Justice Lawrence, sitting in Equity, has decided that the proposed joint scheme of the Great Northern and Great Central American Railroads…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring to the South Pole. How the Dash Will Be Made
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 23
It is only of late years that the quest of the Southern Fole has been prominent in the public eye. From 1898 onwards many nations have…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Our Railway Service. to the Editor
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2
Sir—I am sure every person who has occasion to use the service will feel grateful to the members of the Parramatta Council for their worthy efforts in trying…
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Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 6
Mr. A. Ringdahl writes:—Your anonymous correspondent, "Scrutator," states that in my previous letter I have said too much or too little when I say that a subway with four…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5
KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--The train which left Cessnook for West Maitland at 8.20 p.m. on Monday, left the rails just before entering Weston station. It appears the signals were…
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Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 8
On New Year's Day, amidst a scene of great popular enthusiasm, his Honor Mayor Maurice Quinlan, of Waterford, declared the old Toll Bridge over the Su[?] free to all. The…
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The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 1
Speaking on the subject of the proposed North Shore bridge this morning, Mr. Hugh Duff, hon. secretary of the Sydney and North Shore Bridge League, told a "Star"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Arbitration Office. Prace Albert-road, Queen's-square
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 10
Before the Registrar.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing, re Trolly Draymen's award, reference to Registrar under clauses 3, 7, and 18 (part heard)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Cabman's Death Was It Manslaughter? Language and Road Metal
The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7
The circumstances attending the death of John Hackett, 47, a cabman, from injuries to the brain, alleged to have been caused in a street melee. on Glebe- road, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Cabman's Death. Midnight Scene on Glebe- Road. the Inquest on John Hackett
Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 8
At the Coroner's Court yesterday, as inquest was held concerning the death of John Hackett, 47, a cab driver, which took place in the Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown. on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Where the Train Starts. Petty Larceny Rawpant. Luggage Thieves Have Easy Work. Detectives Badly Needed
Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 6
"Excuse me, sir, but if you are going to the train don't leave that luggage there," was the remark by a railway official to a gentleman one day last week. The latter had for a moment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Cremorne Tram
Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 6
Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., writes:—Anti-Hum-'bug's" fulminations against the Cremorne tram proposals are so ludicrously wide of the mark that it is hardly worth while taking notice of…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5
Some months ago subscriptions were taken up throughout the railway and tramway services for the purpose of employing an actuary to prepare a suitable scheme of superannuation. The committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Wyalong-cudgellico Railway. West Wyalong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5
The West Wyalong Progress Committee has decided to ask the shire council to convene a public meeting for the purpose of assisting in the agitation for the extension of the…
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