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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Motor Cycling. Boloer's Melbourne to Sydney Ride

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 8

Jim Bolger from the Warren, out Dubbo war, made a good try to beat the motor-cycle record from Melbourne to Sydney on saturday last. but called. The record for the distance…

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The First from Gloucester. Homebush and the North Coast Railway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

A consignment of cattle from J. R. Ross, of Barrington, via Gloucester, was sold in the Homebush market yesterday. Cattle are frequently sold for J. R. Ross…

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Lack of Railway Facilities

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Lack of reasonable transit facilities in connection with our railways is responsible for a never-ending string of complaints from the country…

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Emu Bay Railway. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 11

The receipts of the Emu Bay Railway Company for last month amounted to £5447, as compared with £5179 for January, 1912…

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Trial of Motor Bandits. Paris, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 9

The trial of the 20 motor bandits was resumed yesterday. A bank messenger named Ca[?]y identified Dieudenne as the man who attacked him on…

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Motor Cycle Records

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 12

J. Bolger, the N.S.W. motor cyclist, who failed to beat the record from Sydney to Melbourne, put up by the Victorian rider, J. Gunn, states that he had to abandon his ride about 15 miles outside of…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse and a jury.) Mr. Herbert Harris Crown Prosecutor. Tram Passenger Assaulted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 6

Frank Compton, about 32 years of age, was arraigned on a charge of assaulting and inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Francis Percy Dudman, at Glebe, on December 6, 1912,…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Cycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 6

Phillip Vincent Dalton, 19, was charged at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Love, S.M., with stealing a motor cycle, valued at £30, the property of Bennett and Wood, of Sydney, on November 13…

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Killed on Railway Line. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

Shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday night Mr. Frank Goldsby, a Katoomba resident, reported to the local police that someone had met with an accident on the railway line…

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Fighting for Air. Tramway Men Smash Windows. One Hundred Cooped Up. "Working in an Inferno."

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 1

Fighting for air! And this at the very gates of the beautiful, lake- dotted, wide expanse of Centennial Park!…

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Sydney Hospital Fete. Decorated Motor Cars. Procession in the Rain

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

The rain tried its best to quell the enthusiasm of the folk connected with the Sydney Hospital Fete this afternoon, but, nevertheless, a good beginning was made…

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Railways and Harvest Wheat and Chaff Trade Troubles. Serious Dislocation of Business

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

"Last year there was a transparently honest attempt made by the railway, authorities to promptly handle the harvest. It was mostly a failure, but we had to give credit for the effort,…

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Police Courts. Monday, February 10. Breaches of Tramway Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Three person were before the Paddington Police Court, charged by Hubert Jessop, an inspector of the department, with offences against the tramway laws. Ernest Alien was charged with having on December…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Mr. Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown. a Tram Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Frank Compton, a tram conductor, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Francis Percy Gudman, an electrician, on the Balmain tram about 11 o'clock on the night of December 6…

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Motor Boat's Pltght

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

A telegram was received from Barranjoey, Broken Bay yesterday, stating that the motor launch which went ashore near the entrance to Brisbane Water on Sunday was in a…

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Russia in Persia. Railway Concession Signed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

TEHERAN, Monday.--A Russian syndicate has obtained the Julfa-Tubriz railway concession, and the contract has been signed…

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French Motor Bandits. the Jury Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

PARIS, Sunday Evening.--At the trial of the Bonnot gang of alleged motor bandit. Caby, a bank messenger, identified Dieudonne as his assailant…

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Wanted, a Train

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 16

The Jemalong Shire Council has decided to co-opcrate with the Parkes F. and S. Association in approaching the railway authorities for the running of a day pasenger train…

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The Winding Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 7

To-day the drought fiend has it in its grip and it glimmers like steel under the summer sun. Across the plain patches of brownish…

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Fell From a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 14

ADELAIDE. Tuesday. -- A fatal accident occurred at Cockburn, to-day, when guard Stoner lost his life. It appears that deceased fell from a train and died 20 minutes after. He leaves a…

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