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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Safety of Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 28

The question of the liability of the State Government in connection with a road accident was settled by the High Court in Sydney on Friday. Michael…

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Victoria Falls Bridge. Formal Opening Ceremony. a Great Scheme Completed. London, September 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 26

The members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science yesterday took part in an interesting and important ceremony, when they attended at the…

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Alleged Attempt to Defraud the Victorian Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 29

The chief accountant of the Railway Department, Mr. James Walsh, has been arrested on a charge of falsifying books, with intent to defraud. Mr. Walsh has been in…

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Canadian Land. £14,000,000 Offered for Railway Grants

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 15

The immense value of the land grants made to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company by the Dominion Parliament as a subsidy for the construction of the line are…

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The Marquis's Hint. Motorists Shot At

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

It will be remembered (wrote "Lloyd's Weekly" on July 10) that a short time ago the Marquis of Queensberry applied at one of the Metropolitan police courts for…

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Oaklands-hopefield Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Messrs. A. A. Piggin, S. W. Thompson, F. A. Curris and F. Fraser (secretary of the League) journeyed to Oakland via…

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Cablegrams. (Peh Reuter). Unrest in Russia. Train Robbers at Baku. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 2

Bands of robbers are attacking trains at Balon in Russian Transoaucasia. In one instance one passenger was killed and 53 others wounded…

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Payment of Labour Members. Vote by a Railway Union

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 2

The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, by a large majority, has voted a compulsory annual levy of one shifting per head towards the…

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Excursion Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 2

Yesterday a cheap excursion train Arrived at Wahgunyah from Melbourne. It conveyed 50 passengers to Corowa and Wahgunyah. To-day it…

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Oaklands--hopefield Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 2

The member of the local railway league return on Friday evening from their visit to Oakland on Thursday last and were accompanied by Mr…

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Railway Jubilee

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 September 1905 · page 2

The Premier, in opening this afternoon, the exhibition to commemorate the jubilee of railways in New South Wales, quoted many striking facts and…

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CABLEGRAMS. Murder in a Railway Tunnel. Young Woman Gagged. Thrown From a Train. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 2

The dead body of an attractive young woman named Mary Money, a bookkeeper, only 22 years of age, has been discovered in a railway tunnel…

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Story of a Motor-car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 6

He was a st[?] countryman, with enough love of the horse to hats the "moty-car," of which, however, he had only heard as yet. His first…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. the Railway Jubilee

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

The railway and tramway officers yesterday celebrated the jubilee of the New South Wales railways by holding a very successful picnic…

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Wahcunyah-springhurst Train. the Winter Time-table

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

Dally.---Dep. Wahguayah 7.80 a.m., leaving Springhurst on return at 1.28 p.m.. arr, Wahgunyah 2.8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.--Dep…

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Rival Railway Routes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 3

The Clear Hills correspondent of the "Albttry Banner" writce as follows on the above subject;-- "This district was visited last week by Mr. Hutchinson,…

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North and South. a District Farmer on Railway Matters

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 3

Mr. G. [?]…

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Cycling. Ten-mile Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 4

The road race arranged by the Albury Bioyale Club took place yesterday afternoon and aroused considerable interest. The race was from the…

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Motor Cars [?] Railway [?]

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 4

It is a [?] that we haven't associated with the railway where they cross [?] to carry [?] in canada. As…

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Railway Tragedy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 15

A terrible railway tragedy, which has created a painful sensation throughout England, has been brought to light. The victim is young woman named Mary Money, a bookkeeper of…

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