Motoring. Motor Boat Club of N.s.w. Races and Venetian Night
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 21
The members of the Motor Boat Club willi rendezvous at Gore Bay this afternoon when the club will held their monthly races. During the afternoon three races will be held, one for slow cruisers, another for launches…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 22
Rea Stuart Hall, wife of John R. Hall, of Newcastle, merchant sued the Chief Commissioner for Railways' and Tramways, claiming £15, for the loss of a parcel. Mr. James and…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 17
The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works made an inspection yesterday of the proposed route of a line of tramway from the Military-road to Cremorne. The committee was accompanied by…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 22
At the Summons Division of the Central Court, Robert Davies, chief ticket inspector of the Government railways, was the complainant against Jack Moriarty, in two informations, charging him with selling the return portion…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 14
The railway receipts for the week ending January 39, which have been compiled at the instance of the Commissioners show a slight decrease of £6,707, as compared with the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 14
GILGANDRA, Friday. -- The Railway Inspector, Mr. Asher, arrived here to-day, and met, by appointment, Mr. Maysteers, chief stock inspector for the district, and with him is proceeding…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4
The petitioners for alterations to the new tram sections on the Baulkham Hills tramway have been informed by the Commissioners that the present…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 11
The tramway receipts continue to show a steady expansion. For the week ended January 30 the earnings totalled £24,263, as compared with £21,102 last year, an…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 8
At the commencement of a game, the dealer, having decided that his cards do not permit his calling No Trumps, may yet see his way to a very powerful red suit…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 7
Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringla, Bavaria, and Tyrol, owing to the sudden melting of snow…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 5
"Just forty years ago," said T. C. Newton, a Chicago railroad man, "the Chicago and Alton Railroad put on the first dining car ever operated on any…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 5
Remarkable figures showing the growth of Greater London and the problems which accompany it are contained in the report of the London Traffic Branch of the Board…
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Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 3
James Duncan, 707 Illawarra-road, Marrickville, horse trainer, was proceeded against at Newtown Police Court by Walter S. Wigg, tramway inspector, for travelling on a tram…
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Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 3
The steam tramway connecting East and West Maitland with the southern cool fields of that district was opened for traffic to-day. The work has been completed according to the original…
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Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 7
The usual monthly races of the Motor Boat Club were held on Saturday afternoon, in disagreeable squally weather. The finishing and starting point was in Gore Bay. Great…
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Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5
A tram and a van collided in Pitt-street near Hay-street this afternoon, and two men, Peter Smart, 40, a dealer, and W. J. Love, 27, a carter, received injuries which necessitated treatment…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 7
Sir Edward Fry, formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal, has acted as Board of Trade arbitrator between the London and North-western Railway Company and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 9
A public meeting was held on Thursday night to make arrangements for holding a demonstration on the date of the opening of the railway to Gulgong. It was decided to…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5
Two tram conductors, named Wm. Jenkins and Joseph Barclay, the former living at Wallsend and the latter at Wickham, were admitted to the hospital to-night, suffering…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 8
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At an inquest concerning the death of the late George Smith, who was, killed on Marshalltown railway crossing on January 28, the coroner found that no blame…
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