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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 250

Swimming, Waverley Tramway Depot. Carnival at Bondi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 11

The Waverley Tramway Depot Club conducted their initial carnival yesterday afternoon at Bondi baths. In point of attendance and sports detail the club may be congratulated on the success of the event…

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Fire in a Railway Truck. Bungendore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 8

Upon the approach of the mail train from Cooma on Monday night the station-master saw smoke and flames issuing from a truck next to the passenger coaches. He stopped…

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Boys' Long Tramp Ballarat to Walhalla

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

Edward and Walter Toogood, aged 12 and 10 years respectively, were arrested in Walhalla (Vic.) on Tuesday by Mounted- constable Hayes, and sent back to the Department…

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Railway Points Opened a Timely Discovery

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

On Sunday morning a railway employee in Bendigo found that the points on the Kerang line at the rear of Lake Weerona had been opened, so that, had a train come along…

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Transcontinental Railway. "Certain to Be Built in a Few Years;"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5

PERTH (W.A.), Wednesday.--The Premier, at the annual dinner of the National Liberal League, in referring to the transcontinental railway, said that acting on the advice on Sir John…

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Amalgamated Railway Employees. Picnic and Sports at Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5

WAGGA. Wednesday.--The 23rd annual picnic of the Amalgamated Railway Employees of the Southern District i was held on the Wagga showground on Monday. Special trains brought about 3000 excursionists, and this…

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Railway Troubles at Dubbo

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5

DUBBO, Wednesday.--The Railway Commissioners again refused the application of the Dubbo Railway and Progress Association, for the extension of the Orange day train to Dubbo,…

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B0wral 21-Miles Road Race

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 10

BOWRAL, Thursday.--A bicycle road race yesterday over a 21-miles' course resulted in C. Murchie winning by half a wheel from H. Lawson, while J. Smith was third…

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Continental Train Thief Arrested. Charged with Murder

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Meddi, an expert train thief, has been identified as the assailant of Miss Lowe, who was robbed and murdered on the Turin express on January 13,1907…

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A Train Outrage the Perpetrator Identified London, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 1

An expert train robber, one Maddi, has been identified as the ruffian, by whom Miss Susan Low, a young lady, was so murderously assaulted and robbed in January of last…

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New Railway Station

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

NARRABRI,Friday.—The building of the new railway station will be commenced next week. It will be an elaborate construction, 78ft long, and will cost a considerable sum. Much…

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Robbed at a Railway Station £30,000 Stolen. a German Merchant's Loss

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Thirty thousand pounds worth of bank notes and shares were stolen from Herr Meyerstein, a resident of Giessen, while he was waiting for a train…

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Chinese Railways. a Dispute Settled

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The dispute relations to the Che-Kiang Railway Loan has been at length settled with the Chinese Government. This removes the last serious question…

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Waratah Tramway. Promised by the Minister

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 3

A deputation representing the Waratah and Hamilton Councils, the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, and the Newcastle Agricultural Society, was introduced to Mr. C. A. Lee,…

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Fall From a Railway Carriage

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

Margaret Julia Jones, 55, residing in Bourke-street, Darlinghurst, while attempting to alight from a train at Roseville, on the Milson's Point to Hornsby line last night fell under…

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Railway Freights

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

A MAN once said to a woman, "Do you believe that a woman can make a fool of any man ?" The reply was, "No; a…

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Cycling Aud Motoring. League Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 10

The Deniliquin Cycle Club will a[?]te with the League of Wheelmen at an early date. The Ganmain Club joined the league last week. The members intend holding a race meeting on St…

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New Motor Yacht

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 10

A fine new motor yacht, built to the order of Mr. L. J. Davies, was launched on Saturday. Designed by Mr. W. Reecks, and built in the yard of Messrs. Morrison and Sinclair, the new vessel is regarded as…

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The Cronulla Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 5

A public meeting to urge tho construction of the tramway to Cronulla by way of Tom Ugly's Point was held at the kogarah School of Arts on Wednesday. The Mayor (Alderman C. H. Halstead) occupied the…

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Motoring Bound the World. Comepetitors Smeared with Bear's Grease. Men[?] of Wolf and German Sausage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

The latest flies, in referring to the great New York-Paris motor contest, say that the run from New York across Behring Straits and through Asiatic Russia to Paris is creating…

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