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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

587 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 30

CABLEGRAMS. Italian Railway Troubles How Employes Block Business

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 2

It was recently cabled that the railway employes were observing the red tape rules to the strictest degree in order to gain their ends as they…

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Daysdale and Chimney Range Road Grant

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

We are notified through Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., that the Minister for Public Works has approved of a grant of £86 being noted for consideration…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Railway "Dossers."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 3

Owing to the frequent complaints made about men sleeping in the railway carriage at the Jolimont yard a surprise visit was paid to the yard…

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Motoring. Around the World on a Motor Car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 4

Mr. Gillier, who, some time ago, started from Liverpool on a tour round the world on a motor car, arrived in Albury yesterday afternoon about 5…

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CABLEGRAMS. Revolt in Russia. Trans-Siberian Railway. TRAFFIC suspended LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 3

All traffice on the Trans-Baikal section of the Trans-siberian railway has been suspended for three days…

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The Lighting of the Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 2

An evidence of the cheese-paring policy of Public Works Department of this State is its attitude in connection with the bridge which spans the…

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Notification of Proposed Opening of a Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 14

The Minister for Lands deems it expedient that a certain road should be opened, and that it is proposed to resume for the purpose, Tinder the provision of the Public Roads Act, 1902,…

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Italian Railway Men. Obstructing Traffic. London, March 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 27

The railway employes in Italy, who are dissatisfied with the conditions of their work, being forbidden by law to strike, are now endeavouring to attain their ends by other…

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Motor Reliability Test. Melbourne-ballakat Run. Won by H. TARRANT

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 15

In the Dunlop Motor Reliability Content, which was ridden over the road from Sydney to Melbourne, no fewer than eight of the competitors seared on equal number…

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The Cape to Cairo Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 8

Immense herds of elephants which roam the forests near Gondokoro, have seriously interfered with the construction of the Cape-to-Cairo Railway. Gondokoro, is an…

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Cost of Motoring

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 25

"One Who Has Tried Them All "writes, giving his experience of the cost of running the three most popular types of motor. He says amongst other things:—"So far as my…

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Killed by Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred this afternoon in Elizabeth-street, When corssing the street, Ethel Donaldson 14 years of age, was run down, and…

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Lockhart, Urana to Clear Hills Proposed Railway Extension

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 2

A deputation representative of the Clear Hills district railway league was introduced to the Minister a few weeks ago by Mr. R. T. Ball, M.P., who urged that the…

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Tram Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 3

The evidence at the inquest to-day on the body of the little girl, Ethel Donnison, who was run over by a tram in Elizabeth-street yesterday, showed…

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At the Railway Station

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

The scene was a railway station, and the excursion was due out in five minutes. One carriage was labelled ‘Engaged,’ and in it sat a sour-faced woman of about…

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A Motor-plough

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

Great things are anticipated of a new method of land culture by means of a motor-plough, the indention of Mr Gatling, whose inventive genius is better known to…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Railway Appeal Board

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 3

For the portion of employees' representative on the Railway Appeal Board, rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. J. B. Johnston, Mr. W…

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Trans Siberian Railway Blocked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

The sidings between Samara and Statonist on the Trans Siberian railway are choked by 2000 loaded railway vans westward bound…

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Round the World in a Motor Car. An American Millionaire in Australia. GUNDAGAI

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 4

Mr. Charles J. Gliddon, the American millionaire, who is touring the world in a motor car, reached Gundagai yesterday, and left for Goulburn early this…

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Railway Service Suspended. MINIKIN

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

Owing to the Japanese insisting on the use of the railway from Ninehwang to Siming (about 30 miles north west of Mukden) for the carriage of…

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