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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Wahgunyah Train Services

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 2

Mr. Levy, who has interested himself greatly in the matter of re-instatement of the daily train service connecting with the Sydney express, has received a…

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Railway Accident in Scotland. Miraculous Escape of Passengers. Goods and Passenger Trains Collide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 3

A sensational railway accident has occurred at Carlisle, the junction of a number of the great railway systems in Cumberland…

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The Fighting Motor Car

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 1

The "horseless carriage" has come to stay, but we do not seem to have found a name for it of a permanent character. The French call them " auto-mobiles," and the…

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Electric Traction Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 December 1903 · page 3

In the Council, this afternoon, Mr. Melville urged a favourable consideration of electric traction railways…

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How to Train Girls for Marriace

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 10

What sort of wives do men want? One man seeks a good cook and practical housekeeper; one demands beauty, another form, another grace; while others look for wealth…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the Fiscal Campaign. London County Council. Foreign Manufactured Train Rails. a Searching Inquiry. Into Methods of Production

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 3

The London County Council, moved to action by the fiscal controversy, has authorised an enquiry into the conditions of the production of the…

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Caution to Railway Passengers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 29

Some persons appear to think, say the railway authorities, that because they pay railway fares they have a right to do as they please during a railway journey…

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Railway Charges on Travelling Stock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 37

The Commissioner of Railway announces that the specially low rates for the carriage of starving stock removed from drought stricken districts and being returned thereto, as also the…

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The Tumut Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 28

The announcement was mads in the Government Gazette that the Railway Commissioners had taken over the railway extensions from Gundagai to Tamut, and…

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Motor Car Speed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 29

The Warrnambool shire council has taken the initiative in regulating the speed of motor oars and motor cycles in country districts. The matter was brought forward…

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Railway Collision. the Scotch Express. London, December 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 26

An alarming railway collision, which was fortunately not attended with loss of life, occurred yesterday at Carlisle, in Cumberland. The Scotch expreas, which runs through the…

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London Railways. Mr. Yerkes's Scheme. London, December 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 27

Ad important announcement has been made by Mr. C. T. Yerkes, the American capitalist, who has matured a scheme for laying down electric railways in London. Mr…

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British Newspapers in Siberia Refused Carriage on the Railways. Other Newspapers Not Affected

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 3

The Russian Government has declined to allow British newspapers for the Far East to be conveyed via the Trans-Siberian Railway, but has not This arbitrary action has caused indignation among the British residents at Tientsin…

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Railway Employers and the Arbitration Act

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 3

Judgment was delivered, by the Arbitration Court in the matter of the appeal of the New South Wales. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association…

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Tocumwal Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 2

Word has been received at Tocumwal from Mr. James Hayes the member for the district, that the New South Wales Government has [?]ed the agreement…

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Grammar School V. Railway Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

A match between the above teams will be played on the School ground this afternoon, when the following players will represent the Railway:—…

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SPORTING. (By Our Sporting Reporters.) Grammar School v. Albury Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 3

The above teams met on the Grammar School ground last Saturday, and after a very friendly game the Railway came out with victory, winning…

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Telegrams. Inter State. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Opening of the Railway Line to Wyalong. Mr. O'sullivan "Manking Time." When Money Can Be Again Borrowed. Soending Will Then Be Recommenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 3

The Hons. T. Waddell (Colonial Treasurer) and E. W. O'Sullivan (Secretary for Public Works) attended the opening of the Wyalong railway on…

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MELBOURNE, Sunday. Williams Versus the Railway Commissioners. Railway Employees Consider Adverse Verdict. Appeal to Privy Council, Resolved Upon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 3

A meeting of 200 railway employees, held to-day, considered the adverse [?] of the Full Court in the [?] of Williams [?] the Railway…

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Inundations in Russia. 11 Miles of Railway Submerged. 330 Miles Endangered

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 2

Owing to pluvial disporsment, the the River Syr-Daria (the "Nile of Turkestan") submerged the northern half of the Orenburg-Zashkent railway for…

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