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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

525 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 27

A Motor I[?].mmi

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 3

The motor car has developed the moter man, the motor mato[?] and the motor maid. It is now developing the motor dog. No kinger may we [?] the…

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Lights on the Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 2

It has been suggested that the residents of Wuhgunyah should approach the Ruthergien Shire Council with a view to having alight placed at the bridge…

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Wahgunyah-spring Hurst Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 2

Commenting on the above, our Rutherglen contemporary says:-- The suited request of the Shire and Borough, Council's, to have the trains reinstated that were…

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Fatal Fall From a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 29

A little child, John Hecker, four years of age, the son of Mrs. Hecker, of St Arnaud, fell from the passenger train that leaves Sunbury for Melbourne at 3.18 p.m…

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A Curious Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 32

A train that will conveniently stop whenever freight or passenger appear by the side of the railway line is described by Laurence Oliphant, in an account of his…

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The Great Motor Race. Another Death. London, June 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 20

Another death, caused by the motor race between Paris and Bordeaux on May 24, is announced, The victim, Mr. Loraine Barrow, has died from injuries he received on…

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Jumping From a Tram Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 29

A woman created some excitement in front of the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday afternoon, by jumping from an inward-bound Dulwich Hill tram, as the…

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Lockhart. Monday, June 15. Lockhart-clear Hills Railway, Via Urana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 16

The New South Wales Railway Commissioners estimated the cost of this railway line at £2900 per mile, whereas the line from Jerilderie to Barrigan only cost…

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Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 3

The Public Works Committee took the train from Berrigan on Tuesday morning returning to the city about 5, left on Sunday morning intending in call…

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Wahqunyah Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 2

Ordinary people. are mostly of opinion, that trains should be ran for public convenience, bat the Victorian Railway Department evidently…

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The North Shore Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 3

It the money market remains tight, as it seems almost certain it will, do the wildest lungworts wilt arcanely venturous to onerously bridging the…

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Pen Notes and Pencillings. the Imperial, Motor Car

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

Whether Mr. chami[?]tain is right or wrong in regard to his preferential [?] proposals won't take away from his claim on the gratitude of posterity. In…

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An Extraordinary Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

Small though it is, the accompanying picture has the recommendation of representing one of the most remarkable scenes in the world. What is [?]…

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Railway Disaster. Train Falls Into a River. London, June 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 27

A terrible railway accident ban occurred in Spain. A train running from Barcelona, on the north-east coast, to Bilbao, on the Bay of Biscay, was derailed while crossing the…

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The Walgett Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 29

The Walgett Progress Association passed the following resolution:—"That this meeting requests the Department of Public Works to fulfil its promise to…

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Future of the Motor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 36

E. R. Thomas, the well-known Buffalo manufacturer of automobiles and mo tot bicycles, calls attention to an editorial article in a recent issue of the English…

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Tramp Problem

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 1

The Kansas farmers have overcome the physical inertia of the tramp. They did it with a gun. A train westward bound was wrecked near the town of Pratt, and…

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Hanger Street As a Main Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

In view of the heavy expense which Sanger street wound entail on the Municipal funds for maintenance, the Minister for Works some time ago, when…

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Proposed Lockhart to Clear Hills Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

The committee advanced another stage with the inquiry concerning a line of callway from Lockhart to Clear hills last Wednesday. Mr. C.C. Yeo, a…

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A Really Up-to-date Train Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 4

In March last, the London County Council Inaugurated a new electric tram system In the world's greatest city. The very up- to date ears cost £700 apiece, and one of them…

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