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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Progress in the West. the Need for Settlement. Railways and Wheat-growing. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 10

The rapid progress and prosperity of the State is nowhere better verified than in the western district. The area embraced by it is tremendous; and this development applies…

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Manly Moves. History of the Spit to Manly Tram

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 16

The opening of the Spit to Manly tram on Monday will be a red-letter day for the Village, and, indeed, the residents of the whole district. There is bound to be an…

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Boarding a Tram. Young Man Fatally Injured. Newcastle

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 10

David Gilmore, 23, a butcher's carter, lately living in Lindsay street, Hamilton, attempted this morning to board a tram while it was in motion. He slipped and fell, and sustained…

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The Railway Superannuation Fund. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11

Sir,--As an officer of the department of nearly a quarter of century service I must express my appreciation of your leader in your paper of to-day on the above subject. I feel sure that fully 90 per cent, of the Chief…

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Killed by Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 21

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A car driven by a motorman named Clark collided this afternoon near John-street, Parkside, with J. Southwell, of Victor-street, Unley. Southwell, who was…

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Motoring & Motor Gossip

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 22

The Automobile Club of Australia is starting the new year well, and members will have more competitions and outings arranged for them in the future than has. been the case in the past. The first event for 1911 will be…

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Excitement at Central Station. Tram Traffic Blocked. Live Wire in Play

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 15

Considerable excitement, and not a little groundless alarm were manifested at the Central Railway Station between 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday morning, when an accident, which held…

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Tullamore Railway. Considered by Public Works Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 17

The Public Works Committee this afternoon considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Tullamore to Tottenham. Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary,…

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Civil Servants' Minimum Wage. Railway Commissioner Endorses the Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 13

Mr. Carmichael, the Assistant Treasurer, was asked by a "Daily Telegraph" representative yesterday if anything further had been done in the matter of paying a minimum wage for…

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Spit to Manly Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 14

In connection with the official opening of the Spit to Manly tramway on Monday next, the invited guests will leave Circular Quay by launch at 1.30 p.m…

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A Tramp's Mistake

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11

It was in the gloaming, and Weary Welker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed n sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards in front of…

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Killed by Train

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14

A fatal railway accident occurred on Wednesday morning on the railway near Woy Woy, when the 8.15. a.m. train from Sydney dashed into two telegraph' linesmen, killing one and seriously…

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Train Passengers Incinerated

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14

The carelessness of a passenger, who was carrying some benzine, caused an outbreak of fire m a train at Grodno, Russia. Many of the occupants of the train were burned…

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Train Falls Over Embankment

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14

A train of holiday-makers at Catheart, 45 miles north-north-west of king William's Town, Cape Colony, toppled over an embankment. Eight people were killed and 50 others seriously…

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Freight Train Wrecked. Vancouver, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

A freight train was wrecked at New Madison, in Ohio, and several trainmen were killed…

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Train and Steamer Robbed. a Suspect Arrested. New York

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

Intelligences from Portland states that in connection with the robbery of the mail car of the North Pacific express, while on its way from St. Paul to Seattle. James…

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Buttel Bludgeoned. For Muckering Cop Morgan. Antics in the Abattoir-road. Youthful Novice Among the Boozy Yokels

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 11

A young constable named William Morgan mew his or-r-r-gan to some effect at the Balmam Police Court on Wednesday, when a young man of comparatively smaller…

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Parcels Post Office for Sydney. to Be Commenced Forthwith—site Near Central Railway Station. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 12

The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. King O'Malley) has given directions for the calling of tenders, immediately, for a new parcels post building near Sydney…

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Tram Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 11

About 8.30 last night Ellen Waudrope of 45 Cook-street, Rozelle, fell from a moving tram in George-street, near Bathurst-street, receiving [?] scalp wounds. The Civil Ambulance, after…

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Huge Railway Map

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 19

Although Germany and England lead the world in the art of map-making, we doubt (says the "Scientific American") it they have ever produced a single map which…

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