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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

10,372 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Railway Fettler Injured. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 8

A fettler named Dungate, who was riding on a Shefield tricycle on the railway line between Shepherd's siding and Junee, struck his chest on the handle of a tricycle and was thrown…

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Hankow-szechuan Railway. London, Sunday, 3.30 p.m

The Star · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 1

Advices from New York report that the Hankow-Szechuan railway difficulty has been settled. Great Britain, France, Germany, and the…

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Motoring

The Star · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. P. C, Mitchell, the commodore of the Motor Goat Club of New South Wales, left for England on Saturday, He will be absent about six months…

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Tramcar Etiquette. Not Encouraged in London

The Star · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 3

A point of interest to tramway-car passengers arose in a case heard recently at the North London Police Court, where an Upper Clapton builder, named Metcalfe, was…

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Manchurian Railways. Mr. Knox's Proposal for Neutralisation. Declined by Russia and Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 15

LONDON, Saturday.--Japan has firmly, rejected the proposal of Mr. P. C. Knox, United States Secretary of State, "To free Russia and Japan from their…

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Motor-cycle Hill Climb. W. Reynolds Wins on a Triumph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 18

The Motor-Cycle Club of N.S.W. held a hill-climbing competition on Saturday afternoon on the Baden Badenhill at Coogee. The event was originally listed for January 8, but was twice postponed. There was a large…

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Motoring. Automobile Club of Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 18

The Automobile Club of Australia held its first run of the new year on Saturday to Port Hacking. Fourteen cars, accommodating 50 members and friends, participated in the run. They were entertained by the…

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The Country. Railway for Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 16

GRAFTON, Saturday.--On Friday night a public meeting the following motion was carried:-- That in view of the fact that the permanent survey of…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Two Children Injured by a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 16

Shortly after dark on Saturday, Evelyn Cork (5 12), residing at 250 Riley-street, Surry-hills; and Maisey Davy (6 12), living at 43 Lower Campbell-street, City, attempted to cross the…

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Aggregate Railway Revenue

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 16

The aggregate of the railway revenue from July, 1909, to date is £2,321,182, compared with £2,220,695 for the similar period of the previous year, an increase of £100,487…

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Terrible Disaster. on a Canadian Railway. Express Train Derailed. Cars Precipitated Into Frozen River

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--An express train, running from Sudbury to Ontario became derailed and struck the Spanish River bridge…

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Cleaning Narrabri. Train Traffic Restored. Narrabri

The Star · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

At the flood relief meeting held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon great enthusiasm prevailed, and a sum or £100 15s [?] already in hand. Many applications for relief…

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Extraordinary Accident. Building Falls on Train. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 7

A building in Charleroi, Belgium, collapsed and fell upon a passing train, six people being killed…

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A Train at Moree. the First for Over a Week. Two Hundred Mail Bags for the Local Office

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 3

MOREE, Monday.—The first train from Sydney for over a week arrived at Moree at 6 , p.m. on Saturday. A large crowd gathered at the station, and its arrival was loudly…

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Kuring-gai Railway Station

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

Complaints have been made by excursionists to Cowan, on the Hawkesbury River, that the Railway Department has no one in charge at the new station at Kuring-gai, four miles from…

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Ontario Railway Disaster. Death Roll, Seventy. Twenty-five Bodies Incinerated

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evaning.—The death roll, by the railway disaster at Sudbury, Ontario, is estimated at 70. Twenty-five of the bodies were incinerated,…

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Railway for Grafton

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

meeting of residents at Grafton last week resolved:—"That in view of the fact that permanent survey of the North Coast railway line from South…

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New South Wales Railways

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

It goes without dispute that a practical railway policy for the best advancement of New South Wales needs to be evolved. It should provide for more…

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"A Positive Death Trap." Suggested Railway Improvements. Wee Waa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 7

A big meeting of the flooded-out population was held at the School of Arts on Sunday in connection with the railway embankment south-west of the town, which renders Wee…

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Grenfell Railway Service. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

A public meeting, convened, and presided over by the Mayor (Alderman Jno. Taylor), was held last evening in the council-chambers to urge upon the Railway Commissioners the…

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