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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Tramway Arrangements

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 14

Commencing from Monday next the Bellevue Hill tram line will be opened for traffic, and a regular service of electric trams will be run between Circular Quay (Young-street)…

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Railway Extension. Girlgadra-curlewis Line

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 11

GILGANDRA, Friday. -- A meeting of the local committee of the Gilgandra-Curlewis Railway League was hold last night, Mr. A. F. Carling presiding. A public meeting was arranged for…

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Railway Revenue

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 14

The revenue of the railways for the week ending January 23 was £96,963, as against £91,732 in the corresponding week last year -- an increase of £5231. During the samp period the…

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Motor Boat Club of New South Wales. Races and Concert for Saturday Next

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 21

On Saturday next the Motor Bout Club of New South Wales will provide another afternoon's racing for members, to he followed by a gipsy tea aud a concert at night. The course for the racing has not been definitely…

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The Tram Sections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon an officer of the Railway Department, in company with Mr. J. C. Hunt, M.L.A., met a deputation at Model Farms-road in…

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Tram and Train

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 6

The expansion of the railway and tramway receipts continues in a satisfactory manner. For the week ended January 23 the railway receipts were £96,963, as…

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Vehicular Bridge at Warrawee

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 3

A deputation, representing the Kuringai Shire Council and residents of Warrawoo, waited upon the Railway. Commissioners yesterday to ask that a vehicular…

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BRIDGE. "No Trumps." [All Rights Reserved.]

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 8

The aspirant to Bridge honors has much to learn, and his first duty to himself and to the world in general is to acquire all the knowledge obtainable on the subject of the…

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Killed at Marrickville Station. Man Knocked Down by Train

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 7

Richard Cruise (29)), a vanman; residing at Codey-street, Marrickville, met with fatal injuries at the Marrickville railway station yesterday afternoon. He had left…

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Run Down by a Train Man Killed at Marrickville

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 1

Last evening Richard Cruise, a vanman, aged 29, single, who lived with his parents in Carey-street, Marrickvile, was attempting to cross the Belmore railway line near…

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Revenue for January. Railway and Tramway Increases. Decreased Commonwealth Returns

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 7

The revenue received by the Now South Wales Government in January was £l,120,832, being a decrease of £51,888 compared with the receipts (£1,172,720) in January, 1908…

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Runaway Train Wrecked in Tunnel. Fatal Panic Follows a Collision. Paris, December 21

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 12

Twelve people were killed and at least 15 badly injured in a curious railway wreck which occurred at 8 o'clock last sight in the Pouche Tunnel, near Limoges,…

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Tramway Arrangements

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 3

It is notified that, commencing from to-morrow, the second section on the Watson's Bay tram-line Ocean-street cars will terminate as at present…

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Oil Fuel for Railways

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 5

According to the report of the United States Geological Survey on the petroleum industry for 1907, nearly 18,855,691 barrels of oil were consumed that year as fuel…

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Travel Taught to Board Trams

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 5

The moving tramear is perilous problem of American city life. The car is a necessity, but the drivers will not stop it they can help it. The authorities of…

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Stanmore Railway Fatality

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 3

Mr. S. Murphy, City Coroner, held an inquest yesterday concerning the death of Frederick William Clarke, the man who was killed by a train at Stanmore railway station on 23rd inst…

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Petrol For Railway Trains

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 5

A Melbourne engineer, who has already Supplied the Victorian Railway Department with several petrol-driven railway tricycles for the use of gangers and…

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To-morrow's Night's Carnival. Motor Match Race

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 15

The feature of to-morrow night's cycling carnival, which is to be held at the Sydney Sports Ground, is the motor car match race. This event is the first of its kind…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Killed by a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 8

Richard Cruise, a vanman, recently residing at Codey-street, Marrickville, was fatally injured by a train at the Marrickville railway station on Saturday afternoon. He had left his…

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Cycling and Motoring

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 2

V. Schultz was successful to the two races held at Brisbane in connection with the representation of Queensland in the Australasian half and 10 miles amateur…

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