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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

A Cody Aeroplane Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--Mr. S. F. Cody, the aviator, is forming a company with a capital of 120,000 to exploit his aeroplanes…

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Aeroplane on Roof. Exciting Adventure

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 6

An exciting and peritous adventure in London the other day befel Mr. J. B. Manio, the aviator, who created so much excitement proviously by flying over the city in an aeroplane…

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Native Chief Dead. Aeroplane V. Submarine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 10

PARIS, Wednesday.--Naval experiments mnde to test the value of aircraft in locating submarines, moved that the aeroplanist was at no time able to warn battleships…

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Kings of the Road. Motorists in Paris

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 10

"One-thing I would like to say about England is that they have lovely roads from one end of the country to the other." Mr. E. F. Sutton, the last of the New South…

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Railway Disaster. Stock Train Smashed Up. Breakdown Gang at Work. Second Train Crashes Into Them. Four Men Killed. Brisbane

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 9

A serious accident secured on the main range railway at a spot 84 miles from Brisbane, and near Toowoomba. It happened at midnight,when a live stock…

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Run Over by Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 13

MURRURUNDI, Wednesday.--Thomas O'Brien, of Wingen, was accidentally killed at Wingen Grossing by the Armidale passenger train this evening, and the body was convoyed by the…

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Motor-cycling Risks. Club Secretary's Defence. Not Dangerous Sport. Bad Roads the Trouble

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 9

"I am glad you called round, for, to tell the truth. I was undecided whether to feel amused or [?]gham on rending the article which appeared in Monday's 'Evening News' under the…

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Train Dashes Into Sulky. Scone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 10

Mr. Thos. O'Brien, a prominent resident of the district for many years, and recently licensee of the Durham Hotel, Wingen, was cut to pieces by the passenger train this…

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"We Own the Road." Episcopal Procession Blocked

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Prior to the laying of the foundatiori-stone of the Cheimsford Institute at Stockton this afternoon, an amusing incident, which the Governor did not fall…

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Blood Bespattered Engine. Train and Sulky Smash. Werris Creek

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 7

Upon the arrival last evening of the passenger train from Sydney the engine was found to be bespattered with blood. It subsequently appeared that when near Wingen…

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THE Amalgamated Railway & Tramway EMPLOYEES Federation. Bathurst

Co-operator · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

The members of the above, branch are reminded that t[?]e branch meets in the Masonic Hall, Keppel Street, at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, [?]th February…

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N.S.W. Railways & Tramways Consultation & Advice

Co-operator · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 8

We [?] be [?] formation within our power. Questions should be written on one side of paper only, with room enough under each [?]…

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Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association. Annual Conference 1913. Notices of Motion by Branches

Co-operator · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 7

The following arc the Notices of Motion sent in by Branches for consideration by the Annual Conference of the above Association, which opens on Monday, February 10th, at 10 a.m., in the Trades Hall, Sydney. “CO-OPERATOR.” NARRABRI…

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Goods Train Derailed. Accident in Queensland. Number of Cattle Killed. Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 7

A railway accident occurred last night at Murphy's Creek, on the Brisbane-Toowoomba line, when 17 waggons of mixed goods and cattle train left the rails. Some were piled…

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About Roads. Where Our Makers Hail From. Bowler Sutton Has a Word What He Saw Abroad

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 8

Mr. E. Sutton, the last of the New South Wales team of showlers to return from England, was a passenger to Sydney this morning by the H.M.S. Orviste…

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Mr, Johnson's Impertinence Penalising Priests. the Archbishop on the Chief Railway Commissioner

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 21

"This will be the third or fourth time have spoken about the refusal of the Chief Railway Commissioner to grant the usual concessions to priests attending quarterly…

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Hampering the Clergy. Railway Commissioners and Conferences

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 24

Speaking at the blessing of the new convent school at Erskineville on Sunday, his Grace the Archbishop referred to the refusal of the Chief Railway Commissioner to…

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Railway Superannuation. Fifty Pensioners Die

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 14

At the last meeting of the Railway Service Superannuation Board, 15 officers over 60 years of age and 5 officers under 60 years of age were approved for penatons. making 662 to date it…

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Across the Harbor. the Tramway System. a Factor in Progress

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 5

Prior to the introduction of a tramway system on the north side of the harbor the progress, if constant and promising was small when compared with the development…

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Paris Bandits. "Hold Up" a Tram Car. Revolvers and Daggers. the Officials Triumph. Paris. Wednesday Night

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 4

A daring "hold up" by armed ruffians caused a sensation in the city this afternoon. Six youths, armed with revolvers and daggers. stopped a tramear and proceeded to help…

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