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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

781 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 40

The Proposed Bridge Over the Klewa River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3

About 40 residents of Dederang and Upper Gundowring met the Councillors representing the Kiewa iding of the Yackandandah Shire (Councillors Crosthwaite,…

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Lockhart to Clear Hill Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 45

The question of the construction of a railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills was before the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Wednesday. The estimated cost…

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Lockhart to Clear Hills Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 4

The question of the construction of a railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills was before the N.S.W. public works committee on Wednesday. The…

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Motor-car Romance. Millionaire's Daughter and Chauffeur

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5

Novelists have substituted recently the chauffeur for the coachman or riding master of the old romance as the hero with whom the young lady of the…

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The Long-Suffering Motorists

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

The total amount of damage done to motor cars through the avoidance of fowls and dogs far exceeds the value of live stock killed by motorists…

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Cycling. Albury Bicycle and Motor Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the above club was held last evening at Vine's Rooms. There were pressed Messrs. Vines, (chair), Goddard,…

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Railway Terminal Charges at Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 4

Mr G Arthur Thompson, who has so active a part in endeavoring to lighten the railway terminal charges at Albury, has handed us for…

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Railway Accident in France. an Extraordinary Mishap. Railway Engineer and His Wife Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 3

All extraordinary railway accident is reported from France. An iron bar protruding from a goods train struck the peninsular…

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Cycling. the Prospect Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 4

The above race owing to the authorities objecting to it taking place on the roads was run on the Chiltern racing track on Saturday afternoon…

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Bridge Contractor Strloken

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 7

Bridges also claim their victims. The Brooklyn Bridge was a particularly fatal structure. Washington T. Roebling, who, after his father's death, took charge of…

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Special Bridge for Autos

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 35

New Mexico boast of an automobile bridge, believed to be the first oft its kind in the world. Th bridge was constructed by a mail and passenger stage…

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Bridge Dynamited. Express Waits the While

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 6

On the Brighton and South Coast Railway the other day a bridge over the line was destroyed by dynamite, while the 5 o'clock express from Brighton waited a…

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A Road in the Mitt a Mitta District

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

In Melbourne on Friday, Mr. Justice Cussen discharged an order nisi made by Sir Edward Holroyd as far back as April last for a mandamus against the Shire of…

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Dangers of the line. Shocking Railway Accident. London, December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 42

A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday in France in connection with the express train which run's to Marseilles with passengers for the P. and O. liners. The…

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Irish Railways. High Freights. London. December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 42

A commission appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant, the Earl of Aberdeen, is at present engaged in investigating the management of the railways in Ireland, and…

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Gape to Cairo Railway. a Strip of Territory Wanted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

The British Government in negotiating with the Congo Free State foe the cession of a strip of territory on the western shore of Lake…

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The Motor Mystery. St. Petersburg Red Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

The mysterious motor-car which was driven with tremendous force through the palings of the park at Tsarskoe Selo is probably the same as a car for which…

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Lockhart-Clear Hills Railway. Public Works Committee Inquiry

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 6

The Public Works Committee on Tuesday began an inquiry into Die expediency of constructing a line of railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills…

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Travelling on Motor Skates

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 5

France may not be the leading country of inventors, but Frenchmen are coming to the front nowadays with new devices…

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Railway Monopoly in England. Early Legislation to Be Introduced. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, replying to a deputation which waited on him, to protest against the "gigantic English…

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