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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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The Tram Men's Grievances. Many Foolish or Frivolous!

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 2

The Tramway Board sat and look its first evidence to-day. Many foolish and frivolous complaints were alleged against the higher officials. Exception…

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Boy Trampled to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 2

A lad named Peter Ernest Lowe, 17, was killed at Ararat to-day i remarkable circumstances. Lowe was on a bicycle riding beside a 1-horse brake…

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District Road Works

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 4

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has received the following:— "Public Works Department, Sydney, 26th July, 1906. Sir,—With reference to…

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A Late Express Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

The Sydney express arrived at Albury two and three-quarters hours late yesterday morning, tho delay being due to the "exchanger" on the engine…

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The Tram Men's "Grievances." More "Most Trivial Complaints."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 3

At the sitting of the Tramways Board to-day, several more employees were examined. They made a number of complaints to the Board, most of…

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The Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

THERE are few better indices of the condition of the State than the railway traffic, and the report of the Commissioners for the year ended on 30th…

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Motor Fatality. Near Paris

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 7

On May 21th the correspondent of the "London Daily Mail" wrote from Paris:--Mr William Groff, a wealthy…

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Zanzibar's Sultan. Motors Too Fast

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 7

The young Sultan of Zanzibar, who is on a visit to London, has so far graduated in the ways of Westerm civilisation as to have incurred the…

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Upper Murray Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4

The Log Bridge Creek has been made crossable by placing heavy spars across from one bank to the other and putting stringy bark saplings across and…

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Sporting. Cycling. Bathurst—sydney Road Race. Won by Larcombe. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 4

The Bathurst to Sydney Road Race was run yesterday in most unpleasant and unfavourable circumstances. The weather was very wet and dull, and…

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Road Works

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 2

In our business columns tenders are invited for district road works by the District Engineer, returnable up to Friday next, 24th inst…

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Killed by a Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at Lang Lang on Thursday evening. when a man whose identity has not yet been established, was killed while making…

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Prince Mahomet's Motor-car. a Terrible Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 2

An Egyptian Prince named Ibrahim Mahomet has met with a serious accident. While motoring near Bernaye, in France, his car collided with a train…

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Cutting Railway Rates. How They Operate in Riverina

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 3

One of the great boons federation was to confer on Australia was the abolition of the war of railway rates, which were said to be inimical to the…

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Benalla. the Tatong-benalla Railway. Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 4

Mr. D. H. Coghill, secretary of the Tatong-Benalla Railway League, says that the Railways Standing Committee tooks evidence in the hall at…

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The Tram-men's Grievances

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 3

Before the Tramways Inquiry and Appeal Board to-day the Tram-men's Union Secretary, in tie course of giving his evidence, said that the strongly…

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Great Railway Disaster. Details Anxiously Waited

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

A railway collision has occurred at Sulcoats in Scotland. Only brief particulars have been received but it is known that seventy people were…

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General Cables. a Church Worth Robbing. Motor-car Burglars Big Haul London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

An act of sacrilege is reported from France. Burglars broke into the Mont Saint Michel Church in Paris and stole the…

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Tramway Men's Grievances. Union Secretary Apologetic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 2

At the meeting of the board appointed to inquire into the alleged grievances of the Sydney tramway employes to-day, Mr. Wharton, secretary…

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Cycling. Albury Bicycle and Motor Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 4

A general meeting was held last evening at Davey's Australian Hotel. Mr. N. H. Skinner presided, and there were also present. Messrs. P. Howard…

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