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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Chinese Railways. Anglo-french Co-operation. London, August 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 27

France is cordially co-operating with England in the construction of railways in China. The lines which they have agreed to construct are for the purpose of…

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Tram Sensation. Fall of Seventy Feet. London, August 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 27

A sensational accident occurred to a tram car yesterday at Ramsgate, the well known watering place in Kent. A car was descending the East Cliff into the…

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Afghanistan. Railway From India. London, August 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 27

The first section of the railway from Peshawar, in tho Punjab, towards the Afghan frontier will shortly be begun. This railway will run past Michni, on the left…

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Railway Extension. London, August 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 26

Japan has ordered an immense quantity of railway material from the United States. It comprises 350 steel bridges, 150 locomotives, and 2000 steel cars…

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Unrest in Russia. a Railway Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The railway porters who are on strike at Warsaw set fire to the goods warchouses at the terminus. The fire was discovered and…

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A Miniature Railway Line. Dispute About the Engine Repairs

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

A sitting of the Hay Small Debts Court took place this morning before Mr Clarke, P.M. Frederick W. Peterson sued Joseph…

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The World’s Latest Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

The Williamsburg Bridge, New York, is described as the largest in the world, and as having been built at the most rapid rate. The total cost has been…

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A Lengthy Motor Drive

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 August 1905 · page 3

A 28 h.p. potrol Morcedes motor car, the largest yet seen in this district, passed through Albury yesterday afternoon on route for Bombala. The…

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General Cables. Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

A passenger and a freight train running from New York to Chicago collided at a spot between Lorain and Vermillion…

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A Broken Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 29

A case having an important bearing upon the liability of shire councils was decided by Judge Molesworth in the County Court, at Benalla, on Friday. William J. Daniel,…

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Scientific Control of Wine. the Road to Renewed Prosperity

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

Mr Von de Velde, writing in the "Australian Vigneron," says that he considers the road to renewed prosperity is by the scientific control of…

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Railway Collision. Twelve Persons Killed. London, August 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 15

A shocking railway accident occurred yesterday on one of the railway lines connecting Chicago and New York. At a point between Lorain (which is 25 miles from…

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New South Wales Railway Commissioners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 28

On the occasion of a recent deputation to the New South Wales Hallway Commissioners from the Tramway Union, a request that a shorthand writer might be…

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Federation of State Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

The Farmers' Conference at Sydney had under consideration the question of railway federation. Mr W. W. Killen (Savernake)…

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A Border Railway. More Sydney Jealousy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

The Minister for Works on Thursday morning informed a deputation from Tocumwal that that Government was not prepared to authorise the…

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Bathurst Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 5

The bicycle road race from Bathurst to Sydney takes places to-morrow (Saturday). Seventy-five cyclists will take part in the contest…

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General Cables. London, Friday. Railway Accident in America. Negroes Killed and Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 2

While a heavily-laden excursion train, travelling at full speed, was nearing Norfolk, a city and port of entry of Virginia, on the right bank of the…

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Cycling. the Bathurst Road Race. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 4

The bleyele road race from Bathurst to Ashfield (Sydney) took place yesterday. Sixty-one riders took part, and the winner turned up in M'Malion,…

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The Railway Locomotives Commission. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission on the cost of making railway locomotives at the Phoenix foundry, Ballarat and at the Newport Railway…

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Daring Robbery on a Train. The Mail Bags on the Western Mail Cut Open. All Registered Letters Stolen. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

Upon the arrival of the western mail train this morning, nine mail bags from stations between Cowra and Blayney were found to have been cut…

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