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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Motor Boat Championship. Speed Kings on the Harbor

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 9

The weather was favorable this afternoon for the race for the motor best championship of Australasia which was held at Rose Bay. the course being from the club house of the Motor…

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Cruelty to Stock. Conditions in This State. Certainly Not Humane. Fifty Hours in the Trucks. Railway Department Blamed

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 10

Though Captain R. Muirhead Collins, the of [?] secretary to the Commonweath in [?] is a letter to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Creslty to animals, endeavored…

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Motoring Australasian Motor Boat Championship

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

Once again the time has arrived for an Australasian motor boat speed championship to be decided, and on this occasion, for the first time, a Victorian launch is to contest the honor…

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Remarkable Effect of a Serious German Railway Accident

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 13

A serious railway accident, which caused nine deaths, occurred one night last month at the southern end of the Harras Tunnel, in Saxony. On emerging from the tunnel the train crashed into a mass of debris which had fallen a few minutes before. Though the train was not travelling at great speed, the collision was very violent…

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Castle Hill Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 24

On Thursday evening a meeting was held at Baulkham Hills, when it was decided to form a Central Hills Tramway League, embracing Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, and Kellyville…

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Motor Cycling. Fixtures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 24

Canberra Club: Week-end club run, starting from the Glaclari[?] at. 9.30 a.m…

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Railway Murder. Inquest Result. Verdict Against Father. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 21

The inquest was concluded to-day into the death of William Starchfield, aged 7, who was found strangled in a railway car at Shoreditch…

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Dorrigo's Plight. Railway Promise Broken

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 21

A deputation waited upon the DirectorGeneral of Public Works on Thursday with a request that the construction of the line between Gleanreagh and Dorrigo should be…

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Navvies for Sydney. Railway Construction Work. Men From Victoria. Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 8

It is probable that many members of the United Laborers Union will leave Melbourne for Sydney, in order to take advantage of an opportunity to secure employment…

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Customs Windfall. £4700 Duty Demanded. the Falkiner Importation. Will There Be a Motor Show

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 3

An idea of the value of a remarkable petrol-electric road train now in Victoria may be gained from the enormous amount of Customs duty expected…

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At Its Moorings. Motor Boat Destroyed

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 1

The Marrickville police have received a report that a motor-boat, the property of Mr. Michael Loundas, of Herculcs-street, Chatswood, was destroyed by a fire at its…

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Motor Yacht Club

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

The next racing events for members of the M.Y.C., are included in the Lane Cove regatta, arranged for February 7. Two weeks later the club's fortnightly handicaps…

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City Railway

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 6

Work in connection with the design and plans for the city railway has been going steadily on under instructions from the Minister for Works, and a large number of test…

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New Railway Centre. Depot at Valleys Heights

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 6

By the opening at Valley Heights of the new loco, depot and down refuge siding, Penrith will lose, some of the importance that it has held as a railway centre. The…

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Motor-boat Racing. Australasian Championship. Nautilus Ii. Wins

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 9

The race for the Australasian motor boat championship was held under the auspices of the Motor Yacht Club over the Rose Bay-Manly course this afternoon. The Victorian…

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Railway Men's Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 13

At the last meeting of the council of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, the following motion was carried unanimously:--"That this association brands…

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Edwin Geach, Sen., Killed. Knocked Down by a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 14

Mr. Edwin Geach, the father of Mr. Edwin Geach, the well-known theatrical manager, was knocked down by a tram in front of the Customs House, Circular Quay, yesterday morning…

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Life of Railway Sleepers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 10

Sir.--Last week, before the Royal Commission, sitting in Hobart, a statement was made by a witness, who has Tasmanian experience of timber, that the life of sleepers cut from Tasmanian trees (presumably hardwood, though…

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Motor Cycling. Record Holder Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 18

Carl W. Korner, the Adelaide motor cyclist and holder of the world's 24 hours' record, met with a serious accident on Saturday last. As he was taking a corner at high speed, the back type pulled off, and he was thrown…

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Privy Council Appeal. Railway Commissioner V. Hutchinson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has reserved judgment in an appeal by the Chief Commissioner for Railways, New South Wales, versus…

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