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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

The Rule of the Road

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

A complaint came before the Dorrigo Shire Council at a recent special meeting, relative to teamsters ignoring the rule of the road. Those…

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Roadside Fruit Trees. How Good Roads may be Financed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 7

Reference has been made more than once in these columns to the German system of plaining fruit trees along the roadsides. It is now reported that…

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Dauntless George. Chancellor Threatened. His Train to Be Wrecked. London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 1

While at [?] where he opened the Scotish land campaign, the chancellor of the Exchequer received a [?] the writer of which threatened to wreck express train by which…

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Limit of Motor Speed

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

Balranald Shire Council has received a notification from the Under-Secretary in answer to an application to erect notice boards to limit…

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The Motor

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 16

The Automobile Club of Australia, at its last meeting, elected 20 new members. The club membership will reach 500 by the end of the present…

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The Motor

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 15

Light cars are now being produced in which efficiency is more markedly a feature than ever before, although there have been light cars claiming…

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The Motor

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 16

The Automobile Club of Australia, at its last meeting, elected 20 new members. The club membership will reach 500 by the end of the present…

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Limit of Motor Speed

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

Balranald Shire Council has received a notification from the Under-Secretary in answer to an application to erect notice boards to limit…

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The Motor

The Land · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 15

Light cars are now being produced in which efficiency is more markedly a feature than ever before, although there have been light cars claiming…

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Tram and Van in Collision

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 6

A horse attached to a van was being driven along King-street, Newtown, near Holmwood-street, this morning, by William Williams, when the near rein broke, and the animal,…

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New Railway Engines. Ten to Arrive in March

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

Ten of the engines being built at the North British Railway Company's works for the New South Water railways are on board the stamer Ascanius. She is expected to arrive in Sydney…

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New Railway. Extension in the Northwest. Moree

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

Satisfactory progress [?] now being made in the construction of the second section of the railway from [?] The rails are now within four miles of the border town,…

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Railway Passes for School Children

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

Speaking at a meeting of the Bathurst branch of the Catholic Federation on Sunday night, Rev. Father Lonergan, inspector of Catholic schools,…

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Railway Line Inundated. a Deluge at Cunnedah

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a great downpour of rain, broke over Cunnedah on Monday, afternoon, and caused considerable damage…

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Motor Cyciing. Army Motor Cycles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 12

After three years of observation and experiment, motor cycles have been adopted for use in the United States army, and are included as part of the regular equipment of the signal corps. Until the latter part…

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Motor and Sulky Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

A motor-car, driven by Henry B. Spaull, collided with a sulky, driven by Alfred Eliss, in Oxford-street, early yesterday morning. Mrs. Spaull was thrown out of the motor. The…

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Deadheads on the Railways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

Sir,—I think the general public should strongly protest against railway passes being given to the wives of all the members of Parliament of the other States. We have too many…

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Motoring. the "Austin Advocate."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 12

We have received from Dalgety and Company, Limited, copies of the "Austin Advorate," a monthly motoring publication issued grat[?]s by the Austin Motor Car Company, Limited, Northfield, England. While…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Waggon and Motor Car Collision. Morrison v F. W. Hughes, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 6

This was an action by John Stuart Morrison, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, King-street, Newtown, to recover from F. W. Hughes, Ltd., of Gresham-street, Sydney, £50, for damages…

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Killed on the Railway

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 1

George Wilkie, who was run over by a train on the Sydney side of Bourke Crossing on Monday night last, died in the Dubbo Hospital on the following day. The deceased…

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