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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

781 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 40

Motoring

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

Mr. R. Edois writes of his trip to Melbourne, after his recent visit to Corowa in his Talbot motor, that he had a very good run down though…

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Railway Excursionists

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

The cheap excursion train which left Albury for Sydney yesterday afternoon was well patronised. According to Hie official figures 46 passengers were…

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Opening a New Road. Through the Police Paddock. Long-standing Objection Withdrawn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 4

For some years past negotiations have been in progress between the Albury Borough Council and the Police Department with reference to running…

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Killed on the Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 2

An accident occurred to-day on the Seaham Colliery railway line, in which a miner. named Alfred Ogilvie, residing at West Wallsend…

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English Railways. Wasteful Competition. London, February 18"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 26

Working arrangements have been concluded between the Midland Railway Company and the London North-Western Railway Company with a view of minimising the present…

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Motor Cycles. Ordered for the Army. London, February 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 27

The use of motors in military operations has been recognised as a possibility by the British War Office. For a considerable time ordinary bicycles have been found useful in manoeuvres…

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The Ru[?] to London. Tramps and Workless

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 7

Mr J. S. Fletcher's "By the Waters of Babylon," the pathetic story of a Yorkshire couples calamitous migration to London to seek the streets…

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The Railway Crossing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 5

Another matter which I think the local Farmers and Settlers' Association might give their attention to is the crossing at the railway station…

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Sensational Developments of the Gembrook Railway Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 6

Developments quite breathlessly sensational have arisen out of the departmental enquiries regarding the recent Gembrook railway accident. A…

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Polly and the Tramp

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

"Yes, Polly is a pretty bird, and as bright as she is pretty," said Aunt Abbie to us children, who crowded about the cage to admire the bird's bright…

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Suicide on the Railway. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 3

An elderly woman, whose name has not yet been ascertained, to-day deliberately threw herself across the rails in front of an approaching train, and…

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The Railways Inquiry Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 3

The special commission appointed to inquire into various matters in connection with the management of the railway department met to-day. At…

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Another Border Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

An agitation in favor of an extension of the railway from Bairnsdale through Eastern Gippsland to the border of Mew South Wales has been…

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Tocumwal Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

A large camp of laborers has been forming near Tocumwal on tho Victorian bank of the Murrumbidgee during the past few weeks, consisting of…

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Turkey and Egypt. Construction of Railways. Egyptian Frontier Threatened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

Turkish railways in Western Arabia arc gradually approaching the Egyptian frontier. Moslem subscriptions have enabled…

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Director of Railways Murdered

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

M. Ivanoff, the Director of the Vistula Railways at Warsaw, in Poland, has been, killed by an unknown gang. The murder is supposed to have been…

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Tram Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 3

A serious tram, collision, occurred Pitt-street early this morning, which was caused by the points being improperly set. "Four persons were more…

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Railway Workshops Burnt. Damage. One Million Dollars

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

The Intercolonial Railway Workshops at Moneton, the port of entry of New Brunswick in Eastern Canada, have been destroyed by fire…

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Oaklands-hopefield Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 1

A meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last. February 22. Mr. Thos, Parkin occupied the chair…

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The Railway Inquiry

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

The Railway Inquiry Commission held another sitting to-day, when Mr Oliver was further examined. Witness gave some evidence regarding the…

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