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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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From Wyalong North-west. Railway Considerations

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

WYALONG, Saturday.--A largely attended meeting was held at West Wyalong last night to discuss the question of the railway extension to Lake Cudgellico, Representatives of all the…

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The Fatal Railway Crossing. Victorian Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--George Grant, employed at a cordial factory at Sunbury, was driving a team of three horses over a railway crossing at Sunbury at 10 p.m. on Saturday,…

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Australian Tram Men. Conference to Be Held

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At a special general meeting of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association to-day the executive was empowered to call a conference of all the States which…

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The Ryde Tramway. Proposed Extension to Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

"The merits of the proposed extension are unassailable, and must impress any Minister who visits the district." Thus spoke Mr. F. J. Foster, M.H.R., at a large and representative…

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Agricultural Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

PROSPECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. is not far advanced legislatively. The first batch of five lines, east and north-east from the Perth-Albany railway through the wheat belt…

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Railway Resumptions. Loss in Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

Ald. J. Leitch, Mayor of Redfern, referring at the last meeting of the council to a letter received from the Railway Department in connection with the quadruplication of the permanent way, said that the commissioners held a large portion of laud in the municipality on…

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Killed on the Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The dead body of a young man, Norman Leslie Colquboun, lately residing in Ormond-st., South Kensington, was found on the railway line near South…

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Tram and Sulky Collide Six Persons Injured. Horse Swerves Across Rails

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 7

BRISBANE. Sunday.--An exciting collision between a tramcar and a sulky occurred on Milton-road this afternoon. Fred Moles, employed by the Brisbane Tramway Company,…

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Fall From a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

Mrs. Ellen Wardrope, of Cook-street, Rozelle, fell off a tram in George-street, near Bathurst-street, on Saturday night. She sustained a severe scalp wound, and was badly…

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A Dangerous Road. Clifton

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

On Saturday afternoon last a heavy fall of rock took place on the Cliff-road, which completely suspended traffic for some time, but a track was cleared in time to prevent any…

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Camorrist Prisoners. Removal by Armored Train. Old Murder Case Revived

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 7

ROME, Sunday Afternoon.--Thirty-eight members of the Camorra, an Italian criminal secret society, who are charged with the murder of a man named Cuocols, and…

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Railway Rates

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

question is pushing along. Mr. Graham, the Canadian Minister for Railways, is conferring with the United States railway authorities for the…

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Casualties. Railway Fettler Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

At the City Coroner's Court an inquest was hold into the death of a railway fettler, Patrick Fanning, lately living at Portland, which took place at Sydney Hospital on…

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Bellevue Trams. Council and Commissioner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 9

A letter from the office of the Chief Commissioner for Railways was read last night at the Woollahra Coun[?]l meeting, intimating that consequent on a petition from residents…

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Railway Extension. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

Sir,—In reference to a letter in your issue of the 5th inst., by Edward Weaver and Co., no one who knows the country can do more than wonder why the connecting line from…

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Cape Railway Disaster. Terrible Sufferings. a Brave Doctor. Capetown, Jan. 9

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

Full particulars, which have now been received, of the fatal train accident at Cathcart reveal the terrible sufferings of the injured and dying…

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Spit to Manly Tram. the Official Opening. Speech by the Minister for Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 6

Yesterday was a red letter day for Manly. The marine suburb was bedecked with bunt ing, and the line of route of the now Spit to Manly tram was dressed in holiday…

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Cycling and Motoring. Bicycle Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

The committee meeting of the Willoughby District Club is to be held at the Oaks Hotel, Milltary-roat. Mosman, on Wednesday, at 8 p.m. Nominations for the club's one-mile track race at the "club night"…

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Motor Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 8

A fine-looking flush-sided torpedo body 15.20 horse-power B.S.A. car has just been placed with Mr. Viver, of Glen Innes. Motories, Limited, the agents, have only been handling this car for a few months, and…

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Railway Station Burned. Strikers' Supposed Incendiarism. Santiago (Spain), Jan. 9

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

The Central railway station has been partially burned, and sleeping anti restaurant cars destroyed. The damage is estimated at £150,000…

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