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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Strategic Railways. the Russian Advance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

PETROGRAD, Monday.--An army messenger states that the Russians now hold the strategic railways connecting Bukowina, Western Galicia, and Hungary, and that the…

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Railway Passes for Naval Men

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Sir Alexander Pea cock, having requested the Railway Commissioner to issue free passes on the railways to Australian Naval men visiting their homes on…

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Labor. Railway Men Confer. Wages and the War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 9

At the opening of the annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Laborers Associations in the Trades Hall yesterday morning, the president (Mr. W. Rosser) Characterised…

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Railway Traveller's Complaint

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 9

A correspondent writes to complain of the inconvenience caused travellers by the practice of the Railway Department issuing tickets in excess of the train accommodation provided…

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City Tram Block

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 9

The Railway-bound trams in pitt Street were blocked for about 20 minutes during the heaviest business traffic yesterday evening. A tramear collided with a motor car at the…

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Motor Cycling. Inter-state Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 9

The official result of the inter-state [?] trade, wish concluded on New year's day, will not be published untill Thursday. The expert committee messrs. J.O'Neil and F.[?]have completed their…

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Train Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 12

William Wilson, 40, a furniture dealer, of Piper-street, Bathurst, fell between the railway platform and a moving train at Gosford about 9 o'clock last night and had his…

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Woolloomooloo-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 13

The delay in the completion of the new road to Woolloomooloo, through. Cook and Phillip Parks, the work having been in hand for the best part, of three years, was animadverted…

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Fell Under a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 10

William Wilson (49) a furniture dealer, living in Piper Street, Bathurst, was hoarding a train at Gosford station at about 9 o'clock last night, when he tall between the train and…

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Four Killed in Train Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

The overturning of the guard's van attached to a train on the Trans-Australian railway resulted in the death of four men at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) on Tuesday. The train at the time was…

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The Eyes of the Contending Factions. Advancing Under the Direction of an Aeroplane

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 21

Both sides in the great European conflict have made good use of aircraft, which has proved the most powerful instrument of reconnaissance ever known. The British Aerial Corps in particular has carried out some daring scouting on both land and sea. Our picture shows Algerian troops…

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Waverley V. Woollahra. Flooding Old South Head-road

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 8

At the meeting of the Waverley Council, the Mayor (Alderman J. Barracluff) said:—"Water, the result of recent rains, has been deliberately turned into Towns-road (and it has run into…

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Country Unemployed. Deputation to Railway Engineer. What the Government Is Doing. Wagga

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

A deputation, representing 200 local unemployed, waited on Mr. Bernard, resident engineer of the Wagga-Humula railway, to inquire as to the truth of a report that the…

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Norton-griffith Scheme Railway Workers' Executive Resigns

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

A crisis occurred at the annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Laborers association, held at the Sydney Trade Hall, this morning, concerning the Norton-Gri[?]…

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Pinned Under a Motor

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 7

Through a motor car in which he was riding in Armidale-road, Uralla, on September last overturning and pinning him to the ground. Micheal Dioss, 22, received injuries to his spine…

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Poultry Feed. Cheap Substitute for Grain Overheard in a Tram

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

The long tram ride to Drummoyne was last night brightened for some passengers by the entertaining prattle of a little 6-year-old girl, she, it seems, was down from the country on…

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Fooled Tram Passengers. Delays at Erskine-street

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 8

Hundreds of tram passengers disembarking from the Balmain Ferry at the foot of Erskino-street, and desirous of taking the tram from the terminus, have complained of the…

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Fifth Interstate Motor-cycle Trial Weather Favorable and Performances a Record

Referee · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 10

Australia's biggest annual motor-cycle event took place for the fifth rime last week, and was a complete success. The promoting clubs were the M.C.C. of New South Wales and the…

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Tram Troubadours. a Farewell to the Festive Season

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

The fun and the frolic have faded. And drunk is the Christmas cheer, As round all the bars we paraded. Aye, wishing a "Happy New Year!"…

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After Three Months. Motor Car Fatality

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 6

A motor car accident on the Armidale-road three miles from Uralla, about three months ago, has ended fatally for Mitchel Diore, 32, an engine-driver, who lived at Enmore-road,…

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