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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Sydney to Melbourne. Motor Reliability Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 18

A week ago it looked as though the proposed motor car reliability trial, from Sydney to Melbourne, would fall through. The local club had suggested the trial to the Victorian Club six…

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Linking Up. North Coast Railway Extension. Opening of Line to Taree. the Government and the [?] Mr. Griffith on Extravagance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 12

TAREE, Tuesday.--The second and third sections of the North Coast railway, which complete the connection between Maitland and Taree, on the Manning River were officially…

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Railway Through Mining District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 55

Further consideration was given by the Public Works Committee at Parliament House, on January 31, to the proposal to extend the railway from Craboon to Coolah…

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Cycling and Motoring. Sydney to Melbourne Record

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 51

J. E. Yee, the Newcastle rider, who tried to lower the Sydney-Melbourne motor cycle record, lost his road after crossing the first railway gate beyond Goulburn, and gave up, being…

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Disastrous Railway Smash at Murphy's Creek, Near Toowoomba, Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 33

Passengers Changing Trains over the Wreckage…

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Railway Accident Neat Toowoomba-- Six Persons Killed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 32

Six men were killed and a number injured while clearing up a railway smash which…

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Glamor of the Road

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 31

A curious case lately came before the Paris courts of a young man belonging to a very wealthy family who, after reading M. Jean Richepin's "Chanson des Gueux," was…

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Not Dangerous. Motor Cycle Racing. Mr. Henson's Opinions. Blames Roads for Accidents the Isle-of-man Contest

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

Mr. R. E. Henson, hon. secretary of the Sydney Bicycle and Motor Cycle Club, does not agree with the writer of an article printed in the "Evening News" recently, and who said…

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German Railway Smash. Express Train in Collision. Kaiser's Son on Board. London, Wednesday, 10.25 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 8

While an express train with the Kaiser's second Bon. Prince Wilhelm, on board, was travelling to Berlin to- day it ran into a goods train…

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An Aeroplane Destroyer. Remarkable Invention. Capsizing Machines in Mid- Air. Paris

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 9

French army officers are just now investigating an apparatus which it is said, is capable of causing an aeroplane of any type to capsize while in mid- air…

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Rule of the Road. Lord, Montagu's Suggestions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 10

Several valuable suggestions were recently made by Lord Montagu in a lettor to the London "Times," with a view to the bette[?] regulation of street traffic. "As the l[?]w now…

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'Arrival of the Ministerial Train 'At the Terminus 'At Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

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THE Amalgamated Railway & Tramway EMPLOYEES’ Federation. Executive Meeting

Co-operator · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

A meeting of the executive of the Amalgamated Association was held at Head Office, on Monday night, 3rd February, 1913. There were present :…

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Superannuation. Railway & Tramway Employees Fund Confiscation of Contributions. Men’s Representatives Who Misrepresent Them

Co-operator · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 8

A meeting was held on Friday, 24th instant, in the Board room, at the Chief Commissioner’s office. Fifteen officers over [?] years of…

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Late on First Trip. Tares Train Loses Staff. Passengers' Long Wait

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 1

The introduction yesterday of a railway passenger service between Taree and Sydney has brought with it to the people along the route of the new line an early example of…

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"Raffling" a Motor. the Good Old Game! "For a Melbourne Charity."

Watchman · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

The benighted people who live outside this State (says the Perth, W.A., "Sunday Times") evidently look upon Western Australia as a twentieth-century El Dorado,…

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Head-on Collision. Motor Cars Meet. Both Badly Damaged

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 8

A startling head-on collision between two Motor cars occurred in Darlinghurst-road, near the top of William-street, on wednesday afternoon, but although both automobites were…

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Motor Accident. Young Woman Injured. Rounding a Corner at Manly. Four or Forty Miles an Hour?

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 9

Benjamin Fabstein, a motorist was charged at Darlinghurst Session with driving a motor car at a pace faster than four miles an hour, whilst turning a corner,…

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Motor Smash. Five Persons Injured. Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 9

Another motor car smash is reported. Early this morning a party of five drove out from town. When going along the Toorak-road,[?] man who was sitting almost on the [?]…

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A French Trail. Paris Motor Bandits. One Accused Cornered. Paris

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 10

The trial of the [?] motor bandits was continued yesterday. The President of the court [?] who is accused of an [?] on a bank clerk on December 21, 1911…

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