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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Oaklands-Hopefield Railway League. Tour of Provisional Committee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 24

The Provisional Committee, by the Central Corowa League, Messrs. A. A. Piggin, Dr. Shortt and F. A. Currie, visited Burryjaa, Daysdale and Clear Hills…

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Whisky Advertisements in Tram Cars

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 2

Mr Oliver, railway commissioner, replaying to a deputation of prohibitionists who waited on him to-day requesting that all whisky…

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Oaklands-hopefieid Railway League. Tour of Provisional Committee

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 3

The Provisional Committee appointed by the Central Corowa League Messrs. A. A. Piggin, Dr. Shortt and F. A. Currie, visited Burryjan…

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Prince Arrested for For[?] Motoring

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 2

Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria was recently arrested at Lomberg in Austria, for furious motor driving. He was released from custody on…

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Appalling Train Accidents. Fast Express Derailed. Dynamite Explosion. New York. June 23

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 1

A shocking accident has chocked the speedy rivalry of two great railway lines between New York and Chicago. The course of the Pennsylvania's road,…

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The Liverpool Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 2

A signalman has admitted that he caused, through an error in s[?]alling, the recent accident at the hall Road station on the electric railway…

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Original Correspondence. the Proposed Railway To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 3

Sir.--Your Careen correspondent struck a true and rightful sote in last week's issue of your paper, when be advocated the forming of a…

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Railway Collision. Dreadful Loss of Life. London, July 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 27

A shocking disaster occurred yesterday on the electric line of railway which connects Liverpool with the town of Southport, 20 miles away. The line has only…

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Lucky Tram Conductor. INHERITS £200,000. London, July 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 26

A decision has been given by the Law Courts, San Francisco, which gives to a tram conductor an estate worth £200,000. The man is a Russian by birth, and the…

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Tho Railway Finances

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 19

If the claim of the Railway Commissioners that the business of the railways is the barometer of the financial position of the State, be conceded, there should be…

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D. and M. Railway Company

The Independent · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 2

The sixty second half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held on Tuesday. The Hon. Geor Simmie (Chairman of Directors)…

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Runaway Motorists. Lady Cyclist Left Senseless. Unravelling a Mystery

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the accident which has occurred to Miss Adlercron of Park Lodge, Binfield, near Windsor…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Dividend of 3½ Per Cent

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 2

The sixty-second half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above Company was held on Tuesday morning at the company’s offices. Hon. G. Simmie (chairman of directors) presided, and Messrs W. V…

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Short Story The Mysterious Tramp

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 1

‘NOW, then, sit, what is it you want?’ The speaker was a middle-aged woman; the one addressed a tramp, whose…

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Strikers Attack a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 2

A larlge body of strikers at Novor-ossisk, a fortified port in Caucasia, or the Black Sea, made an endeavour to prevent the departure of a mail train…

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The Opening of China. Anglo-french Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 2

France is cordially co-operating with England in regard to the construction of railways intended to open up trade between the yangtse River and…

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Japanese Railways in Manchuria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 2

Japan has ordered in America 350 steel bridges, 150 locomotives, and 2000 steel cars to be delivered as quickly as possible, for 150 miles…

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Important Indian Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

The first section of the railway line in India, which is ultimately to connect Poshawar, near the Khyber Pass, 190 miles cast by south of Kabul, with…

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The Proposed Railway. Meeting at Oaklands

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

At a largely attended public meeting held at Oaklands on Saturday last, 5th inst., the following resolution were carried unanimously.--…

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Motor Car Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

Viscount Selby has been appointed chairman of a Royal Commission to report upon an Act for the Regulation of Motor Cars…

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