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Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Independent · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 4

Tho fifty-ninth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above Company was hold at the Company's Office, Deniliquin, on Tuesday morning last. The Hon…

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Japan in Korea. Occupation of the Korean Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 3

A dispatch from Vladivestock states that dap[?]ese troops have occupied the railway from Fusan to Scout, and have also transported a number of…

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The Railways. Illness of the Minister

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. Shiels, Minister of Railways, is still confined to his room, Mr. Bent called to see his colleague this morning, and expressed regret that he was…

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The Motor Car Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

Knowles and Daley were before the court to-day on a charge of conspiracy to obtain moneys in connection with the Mount Kembla Motor Car Art…

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Railway Accident at Halifax. an Embankment of Thirty Feet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 3

A serious railway accident has occurred near Ha[?]ltax, the capital of Neva Sc[?]la, The train by some means was…

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[?]illiquin and Moama Railway Company. Half-yearly Meeting. Three Per Cent. Dividend

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 3

[?]fty ninth half-yearly meeting at shareholders [?]bove Company was held on Tuesday morning. [?]Jon. G. Sammie, chairman of direc-[?] and the following gentlemen were…

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The Motor Car Company Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

The hearing of the charge against certain promoters of the Mount Kemble Motor Car Art Union was continued on Friday at the Central Police…

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Schooner Orbost Wrecked. a Boy Drowned. Yacht Foundered. Railway Embankment Washed Away. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

Further news has been received of the damage and losses occasioned by the fearful storm which prevailed last evening…

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Cape to Cairo Railway. Great Railway 350 Miles Long. Another Section to Be Made

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

A contract has been let for a further extension of the railway which, it is intended, will ultimately connect Cape Town with Cairo…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday. Japan and Russia. The War Cloud. Peace Regarded As Hopeless. Russia Laying Her Railway. Russian Laying Her Railway. Over the Ice on Lake Baikal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

The correspondent of the London "Times" at Tokio says that the prospect of maintaining peace between Japan and Russia is now regarded as…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. the Motor Car Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 3

The defendants in the Mount Kembla Conspiracy Motor Car have been discharged, as the Crown were found to have no case…

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The Sherwood Foresters. to Protect the T[?]etsin Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

It is reported from Shgughal that a da[?]ment of the Sherwood Foresters have been ordered to proceed at once to Ching Wanglan, for the purpose of…

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Differred Visit of Railway Commissioners to Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. Bent's characteristic explanation of his inability to be in two places at one time and disclosure of his well- filled Programme for one day which…

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A Novel Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 1

The story of a remarkable engineering feat comes from California A great section of mountain was recently torn off by l0.000lbs. of…

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Telegrams. Interstate. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the Tramways Employes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

A deputation of tramway employes, attended by several labour members, waited on the Premier (Sir John Sen) to-day with regard to increases in…

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In a Racing Motor-car

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 1

Mr. Charles Jarrott describes in the "Badminton Magazine," how he won the Ardines Automobile Race. To do this headed to cover 321 miles…

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The Minister for Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 February 1904 · page 3

As was generally anticipated, Mr. Shiels, the Minister for Railways, has asked the Premier to excuse him from joining the Government on account of…

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Great Fall of Earth. on Vienna and Warsaw Railway. Fifty Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 February 1904 · page 3

A great fall of earth has occurred on the railway between Vienna and Warsaw, causing the death of fifty nav[?]vien…

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The Japanese Occupy Seoul. Two Thousand Russian Troops Captured. A Manchurian Railway Bridge Destroyed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

The Japanese have occupied Seoul, the capital of Korea. The Japanese have captured three vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet…

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Three Transports Captured. with Two Thousand Russian Troops. Railway Bridge in Manchuria Destroyed. Thirty Russian Killed. Seoul Occupied. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

The correspondent at Shanghal, of the London "Daily Telegraph," says that the Japanese have captured three vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet,…

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