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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Superannuation. the Railway Board. Deadlock Still Continues. Friendly Treatment Demanded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 11

The deadlock still exists regarding the transaction of business by the Railway Superannuation Board. Mr. J. H. Catts, still insists upon his right, as a member of the board,…

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The Adelaide Tramways. Compared with Those of Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 11

When in Adelaide last week Mr. A. Carmichael, Hon. Minister assisting at the Treasury, was much interested in the tramway system in vogue there, it having been founded…

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Spit to Manly Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 11

The construction of the tram line from the Spit (Middle Harbor) to Manly has now been completed, but the line will not be opened for public traffic until after the official ceremony,…

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Sporting Review. "The Pace That Kills." Trials of Motor Cyclists. Will Arnst and Pearce Meet? Swimming Supremacy. A.j.c. Autumn Carnival Cup and Doncaster. Bowls, Golf, and Athletics. Rowing As an Exercise

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

CRICKET, LAWN TENNIS, SWIMMING, ROWING, SCULLING, BOXING, TURK, ETC…

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What Happened the Motor Cyclists. Why Riders Lost Points, and Why Others Retired. It Was the Pace That Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

It is the pace that kills," his said, and the motor cyclists who participated in the reliability trial from Melbourne are quite satisfied that such is the case. They were aked to average on the various stages, speeds or…

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Motoring. Motor Car Cycles. Features of Interest Noted at Olympia Motor Cycle Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

The very representative motor cycle exhibition held at Olympia last month brings into evidence a new phase of motor cycle construction, insomuch that certain well-tried features in car design and equipment are…

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North Coast Railway. the First Section

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The operations on the first section of the North Coast railway, which were suspended on the Thursday before Christmas Day, were resumed to-day, when the…

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Motor Cycling at Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

WAGGA, Tuesday.--The first purely motor-cycle racing carnival took place on the Wagga racecourse yesterday, and attracted a large gathering of spectators and good entries. The racecourse, which is a shade over a…

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Marine Motoring Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

The members of the Motor Boat Club of New South Wales will have an atfernoon's sport provided for them on Saturday afternoon, when the club will hold three races on the triangular course in Rose Bay, which starts…

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Northern Territory. Working of the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Under the terms of transfer of the Northern Territory to the Commonwealth, the Port Augusta-Oodnadatta railway, as a section of the proposed…

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N.s.w. Railways. What Has and Is to Be Done

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 44

The staff of the Engineer for Existing Railway Lines, under Mr. J. [?]aser, has carried out some very important works during the year just ended, and has others, still more important, in…

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Railway Fatality. Train Strikes Two Men. Telegraph Linesman Killed. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

A fatal railway accident occurred this 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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Bandits Hold Up a Train

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 8

VANCOUVER, Wednesday.—Two masked bandits robbed 100 passengers of the Southern Pacific express near Ogdon, Vish. They shot with a revolver a negro potter, wounded others, and…

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Gosford Train Accident. Another Death

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—William Cook, who with hit male. Patrick Flanagan. was Injured by being run down by a train near Gosford yesterday, died in the hospital last night, without…

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Our Land Policy. Admiral Bridge's Opinion

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 13

Thirty years ago Rear-Admiral Bridges was commanding on the Australian station, and life ashore so fascinated him that he left off ploughing the sea and took to plough-…

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Our Little Folks To-morrow's Bridge

Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 10

There's a stream of trouble across my path; It is black and deep and wide; Bitter the hour the future bath When I cross its swelling tide;…

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Bay-road Station. Closing a Short-cut Track

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of North Sydney (Alderman Milson) and others, asked the Chief Railway Commissioner this morning not to adhere to the reported…

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Run Down by a Train. Inquest on Horan and Flood

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

GOULBURN, Thursday.—An inquest concerning the death of Patrick Horan, 58, and Richard Flood. 30, who were killed on the railway dear Broadsibane on Sunday morning, was held at…

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Railways and Tramways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 5

The revenue from the State railways for the week ending December 31 amounted to £39,097 as against £108,888 for the same week last year, or a decrease of £9786. the tramways in the…

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The United States. Bandits Hold Up a Train. Vancouver, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

Two masked bandits robbed 100 passengers of the Southern Pancific express near Ogden Utah. They shot with a revolver a negro porter, wounded others, and then…

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