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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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The Motor Cycle Curse. (To the Editor)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

Sir—Your paper is deserving of the commendation of all who use the roads for your article on the motor cycle curse. The experience that Mr…

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Notification of Roads Remarked-of Proposed Opening of Road, and of Proposed Closing of Parts of Roads Deemed to Be Unnecessary

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 6

Notice is given that the Minister is of opinion that it is expedient to clone the parts of roads hereunder specified, and all persons interested…

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Bridge Over Boiling Down Creek

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 5

As a result of floods the wooden bridge over the Bolling Down Creek at Mooratunka was completely washed away. The contract has been lot…

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Railways of the World

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 15

The United States leads the world both in the present mileage and the recent growth of its railways. This is shown in a report on "the transportation routes and…

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Railway Track Disappears

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Portion of the railway track of the Southern Pacific Railway Company has entirely disappeared under water, A crowded passenger train bound for…

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The Motor Cycle Curse. (To the Editor)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

Sir,—As I am leaving the district. and the motor question is on just now I would like to clear myself of any doubt about careful riding on the…

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Crevices Six Feet Wide. Tram Tracks Suffer Severely

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Crevices six feet wide have been opened in several streets, while the tramcar tracks and rails have been torn up and twisted into all kinds of…

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A Family on the Tramp

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

A remarkable sight was witnessed in Collins-street recently, when a man, his son and two little daughters, the youngest of six or seven years old filed…

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Tramway-car's Leap. Over a 70 Feet Cuff. Passengers' Marvellous Escapes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

An accident occurred on the Isle of Thanet Tramways, on August 5th, making the third of a serious nature on the line since it was opened…

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Anti-[?]asickness. Motor-car Deck Chairs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

The Hamburg-American Steamship Company announces the installation of a new chair to prevent sea-sickness, says the Paris "Herald."…

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Tunnel Mystery. Railway "Ripper" Theory. Mr G. R. Sims Discounts It

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Mr G. R. Sims wrote the following letter to the editor of the "Daily Mail" on 1st February:-- I see by the newspaper discussion that…

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Decapitated by a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 3

At Lindfield to-day a schoolboy named Ernest Ives met a dreadfully sudden death. He attempted to board a moving train but was. knocked…

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Jumped on a Moving Train. Remakes by the Coroner

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 2

At the inquest held to-day on the body of the boy killed on the railway line at Lindfield, a verdict of accidental death was returned. It was shown to…

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The Temora-Barellan Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 29

Progress is being made by the Works Department in the construction of railways now in hand. The first section of the. Temora to Barellan line as far as…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 28

A frightful accident, by which a fireman, named Thomas Newby. was jammed against the heated boiler of a locomotive and slowly burned to death, and two other…

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Railway Extension to Tocumwal

The Independent · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

Some matters in connection with the suggested railway extension across the River Murray from Victoria into New South Wales territory have been before…

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Tocumwal Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

In a telegram to the Acting Premier(Mr. Murray) last week. Mr. Bent, stated that he and Mr. Carruthers, Premier of New South. Wales, had…

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The Tramways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners talk about doubling the tram lines in Castlereagh and Pitt Streets in order to case the traffic in Elizabeth-street. It…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 5

Mr. Arthur Griffith has entered the lists on behalf of the Railway Commissioners, especially of Mr. Oliver. He points out that the Commission…

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The -Tocumwal Railway Extension Agreement Arrived At

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

For Some years past negotiations have been in progress between the Victorian and New South Wales Governments respecting a proposal to extend the Victorian railway at…

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