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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Railway Employees and the Arbitration Act

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 3

Judgment was given in the High Court to-day that an Association of State railway employees could not register under the Federal Arbitration…

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Proposed Abyssinian Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

King Menelik, of Abyssinia is making tentative proposals for the establishment of a railway from Khartoum to the interior of Abyssinia with a…

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Cycling. Wodonga Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon a road race was run at Wodonga, over 10 miles. There were ten starters, and after a very interesting race and close finish the…

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Abyssinia. Proposed Railway. London, December 17

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

King Menclik of Abyssinia is making a tentative proposal to the Egyptian and British Governments for the construction of a railway line between Khartoum and…

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British Railways. Important Announcement. London, December 14

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

A deputation has waited upon" Mr. Lloyd George, president of the Board of Trade, with reference to railway control and management in Great Britain…

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Terrible Street Accident. Run Down by Motor Fire-engine

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

A shocking accident occurred in the principal thoroughfare of Wellington (N.Z.) on Monday afternoon. When Mrs. Kensington, the wife of Mr. W. C. Kensington,…

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Sunday Work on the Railways

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

The Premier in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, agreed to the appointment of a subcommittee of the Cabinet to make a full inquiry into the…

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The Motor Mystery. St. Petersburg Red Car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 5

From St. Petersburg on 22nd September the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:—The mysterious motor-car which was…

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The Railway Commissioner

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

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier stated, in reply to Mr. Lemmon, that Mr. Tait, Chairman of the Railway Commissioners, has…

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The New Railway Commissioners

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

The names of the new Railway Commissioners will be anounced shortly and it is stated that a strong and capable Board is being constituted…

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Canada Cycle and Motor Co

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

The Canada Cycle and Motr Co., Olive-street. The home of the famous Massey-Harris bicycle, has just received a large shipment of the latest models of…

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A Railway Fatality

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

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner to day at the inquiry into the death of Richard Jonathan Armstrong…

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Suspension Bridge Made of Vines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 8

That "necessity is the mother of invention" is seldom better exemplified than in the case where man is confronted with an engineering problem with nothing but…

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Rules of the Road at Sea

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 22

Everyone knows that there is a right and a wrong side for vehicles to pass each other in the street, but it is perhaps not such common knowledge that there is just…

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Train Telephones. a Problem Solved. London, December 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 28

A highly interesting discovery has been made in the direction of opening a now field for telephonic communication. It is announced that the problem of…

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A Racial Conflict. Incident on a Train. Fifteen Persons Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 2

A disastrous affray took place on a train at Wahalak in the State of Mississippi, U.S.A. Some negroes were quarrelling on…

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Troubles in Russia. Exulting Incident at a Railway Station. a Passenger Drops a Bomb. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 2

News from Russia reports an exciting incident at the Kharpoli railway station. While a traveller was quitting a…

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Road Maintenance Men

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 2

Mr Briner asked the Secretary for [?] Works, in the Assembly,—(1.) W[?] shire councils take over the roads will [?] maintenance men be retained by the [?]…

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Stolen Railway Metal. Two Youths Accused. Mr Panton and the Witnesses

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 5

In the Melbourne City Court yesterday, before Mr Panton P.M., and a bench of honorary magistrates, William Lindsay, aged 12 y years, and William Tuchin, 18…

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Troubles in Russia. Another Terrorist Outrace. a Railway Station Held Up. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 December 1906 · page 2

Another outrace by the Terrorists is, reported from Russia. A band of terrorists attacked the Miedzyrzee railway station on the…

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