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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Original Correspondence. the Proposed Lockhart-mulwala Railway To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 3

Sir,--It is a pity that your Daysdale correspondent, in criticising my action in connection with the Lockhart-Mulwala Railway League, does not stick…

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A Yankee Railway Crash. a Train Precipitated Into a River

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 2

Information has just been received of a terrible railway accident in the United States. Near the village of Dover, Oklahoma…

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Cheat Railway Excursion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 2

This morning a specially cheap excursion will leave Wodonga at 8.20 for Melbourne, to convey visitors to the State Schools' Exhibition of…

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Pushing on with the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 33

The construction of the Collarenebri and Walgett railways, the Barrellan extension, as well as the Bogan Gate to Bulbodney line, is proceeding satisfactorily. Both the…

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Motor-Boats for War. Scouting Fleet Suggested. London, September 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 42

The "Standard" has made a suggestion in its columns which is attracting some attention, with regard to motor-boats for naval purposes. It proposes the formation…

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Royal Motorist. Car Kills a Boy. London, September 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 43

A fatal motor-car accident has occurred in a London suburb. The car was passing through Hounslow, when it ran over a boy and killed him. The boy is…

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General Cables. London's Latest Lunacy. Imports German Motor-cars. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

A Berlin company has secured a contract for the manufacture of five hundred motor-omnibuses for London. The cost will be £325,000…

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Railway Accident in England. the Scotch Express Burnt. Five Killed, Many Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 3

A shocking accident has occurred to the famous tram known as the Scotch Express, which runs from King's Cross to Aberdeen…

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Tramp Leaves L11,000. "Owd Alf."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

A considerable sensation was a fow weeks ago caused in the Peak District of Dorbyshire by the publication of the will of Alfred Booker, at one…

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The Proposed Lockhart-daysdale--mulwala Railway. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

Sir,--As your correspondent here I do not with to be drawn into a newspaper controversy, and for that reason I am always careful that my…

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A Bridge of Elephants

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 2

In ancient times in India a famous general used elephants to bridge s stream. Ho possessed a battalion of over five hundred elephants, and…

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New South Wales. the Tram.-men's Grievances.evidence. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 5

The case for the .Railways Department was presented to the tramways Board this morning by kneeshaw, the Tramways superintendent who in…

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The New Bridge at Howlong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 2

The condition of the big bridge across the Murray (says the Wangaratta "Chronicle") has for years been the subject of agitation by the…

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Dunlop Road Race. Won by Riley. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 4

The Dunlop Road Race from Warrnambool to Melbourne, a distance of 165 miles, was held on Saturday. The field comprised a number of long…

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Cycling. Goulburn-sydney Road Race. Won by A. E. Fowler. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 4

The above road race, promoted by the Cyclist Association, was run on Saturday. A good deal of interest was taken in the event, which resulted…

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The Daily Train

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 2

IT is to be hoped that the renewed agitation for the restoration of the daily train to Hay will be successful, as with the increasing business of the…

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The Tram-men's Grievances

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 2

Mr Kneeshaw, the Tramways Superintendent, gave further evidence to-day, principally on the question of appeal, etc…

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The Future of the Motor-boat

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 3

Count Recope, a great admirer of the motor-boat, writes with enthusiasm of its future in the "London Magazine." As he truly says, the…

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In a Tramcar

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 3

A clergyman who has just returned from a tour in the North of Ireland narrates an amusing incident which occured one day in a tramcar…

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The Tram-men's Grievaeces

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 2

The Tramway Board proceedings still drag along. The superintendent (Mr Kneeshaw), in the course of further evidence to-day, made a full reply…

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