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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Another Train Plundered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 14

The Polish revolutionaries have carried out another train-plundering plot, and got clear away with a large sum of money. Fifty of them took passage by a train…

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District Road Works

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 21

Letters have been received by Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., stating that the Minister for Works approves of £50 being expended on road through Brocklesby, and…

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Railway Accident. Toolamba Train Derailed. Narrow Escape of Passengers a Midnight Experience

The Independent · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

An alarming accident, and one which might have ended very much more disastroulsy, occurred to the train arriving at Echuca from Toolamba at 11.25…

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New South Wales Parliament. Railway and Tramway. Reports. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 37

The Legislative Assembly spent the whole evening on the Balmain Electric Lighting Bill, which provides for a £75,000 scheme…

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Train Ran Away Thrilling Ride of a Railroad Crew Down a Colorado Mountain. How the Engineer and Fireman Leaped From a Plunging Locomotive—Marvelous Escape From Heath

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 5

A leap from the cab of an engine going at the rate of fifty miles an hour is a feat that is sometimes accomplished in safety, but to make such a…

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Motor Accident. French Prince Killed. London, July 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 15

Another fatal, motoring accident is reported to-day. The victim is Prince Eugene Murat, son of Prince Louis Napoleon Murat, of Paris. His Highness was…

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Railway Thieves. Australian Lady Robbed. London, July 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 14

Mrs. Gardiner, an Australian, has been the victim of a serious robbery whilst travelling in France. Mrs. Gardiner was a passenger by train from Marseilles…

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Railway from Wagga and Humula

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 37

At a public meeting at the Wagga Town Hall on Friday night, the following resolution was carried, on the motion of the Hon. J. Gormly, M.L.C., seconded…

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Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 19

On Thursday a deputation waited on the Minister for Works asking him to get a report on the advisability of extending the railway from…

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N.S.W. Parliament. an Evening's Work. "Sunday Opening" Revoked. the Railway Commissioners. Compensation Claimed and Allowed, Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly to-night, on the motion of the Premier, the Standing Orders were suspended in order to allow of the passage of a…

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In a Tramcar

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

Just as she entered the doorway the car gave a lurch, as street cars are apt to do, and the pretty girl was thrown into the lap of a fatherly Irishman…

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The Hillston-barellan Railway. The Deputation to the Minister. Mr Lee's Reply. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 2

The deputation from Hillston, Gunbar and the Western lesses asked the Minister for Works to extend the railway from Barellan to Hillston…

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New Railway Commission

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 3

The Government has decided that the salary of the new Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways shall be £3000, and that of the two…

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Trampled to Death. an Explorer's End

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 2

The "Express" correspondent writes from Geneva on 15th:-- Mme. Streun has just received details of the death of her husband, Dr. Streun,…

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Railway Companies at War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 7

Papers by the last English mail, up to 19th May, stated that the cordial understanding between Great Britain and France has led to the inauguration of a…

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Motoring. the Calm Chauffeur

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 7

Mr Edgar Wallace writes in the "Daily Mail" of 17th May:-- "Do you do much motoring?" I made a [?]ippant reference to the…

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The Tramway Union. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

The Tramway Union has accepted the Premier's assurance that the Board of Inquiry into the men's grievances will be strictly impartial…

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Road to Ruin

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 5

Begins when constipation and biliousness fisten themselves on you, and drag down your beajth. Chambe[?]ain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure these disorders, and…

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Train Girls for Business

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 7

No girl in this age of the world should be permitted to attain the age of womanhood without having obtained a thorough acquaintance with the…

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Tenders for Road Work

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 2

Tenders for road work on the Great Southern road, within the Albury municipality, and on a number of other roads, close at noon on Friday,…

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