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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

969 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 49

The Recent Fatal Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 May 1907 · page 2

The case of Francis Lloyd, driver, and Louis Waunich, conductor, of the tram which caused the fatal accident at Circular Quay on the 13th inst…

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On the Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 12

I sit beside the window as the train is moving And watch the trees and houses as they all. go swinging past…

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The Circular Quay Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

The inquest of the body of John Foster, who was killed in the recent, tram accident at Circular Quay, was concluded to-day. A number of witnesses stated…

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Railway Agitation at Culcairn Proposed Clear Hills and Daysdale Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

A public meeting cunvened by Mr. R. T. Hough, was held the Culcairn School of Arts on Wednesday to consider the question of agitating for…

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The Motor 'Bus Driver. As in London

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 8

The motor 'bus driver will give way to nobody. He would not give way to a brewer's lorry. He would not give way to a traction engine. He would…

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Lockhart-clear Hills' Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 4

Sir Samuel McCaughey, M.L.C., in giving evidence on Tuesday last before the Public Works Committee regarding the proposed…

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Threatened Railway Strike. London, May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 43

Considerable alarm has been caused by the threat of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants to strike on the August bank holiday if the employes' unions are not recognised by…

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Items of News. Lockhart-clear Hills Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 2

Sir Samuel McCaughey, M.L.C; in giving evidence before the Public Works Committee regarding the proposed Lockhart-Clear Hills railway,…

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[?] To a Motor Car Ac[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

In the action [?] by [?] the [?] He [?] and [?]…

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Cablegrams. Mr. Thomas Bent in London. Victorian Premier Busy. Electrification of Railways London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Bent, Premier of Vic­toria, who, while in London has made investigations into the electrification of railways, has stated that he…

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A Motor Bicycle Sledge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 2

Mr Walter Wellman, who has a scheme on foot for, reaching the North Pole by means of an air-ship is utilising all the resources of modern invention and science…

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Miscellaneous. an Ice Motor-car

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 2

THE development of the steamship, the locomotive, and the motor-car would seem to have exhausted the field of novel means of transportation on land or water…

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Telegrams From Railway Stations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 May 1907 · page 3

It is not generally known that every railway station which is connected with the telegraph system will despatch telegrams for the public. Only…

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A Motor-car Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 May 1907 · page 4

The six-year-old lad. Leo Dowling. who resides in Evans-street. Brunswick, and who was knocked down and run over by a motor car in that suburb yesterday…

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Victorian Railway Commissioner

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 May 1907 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner for Victorian Railways, Mr. Thomas Tait, intends to return to Canada at tho end of une in order to visit his…

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A Railway Passenger Killed. Accident or Suicide? an Extraordinary Occurrence

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

Upon the arrival of the Sydney to Melbourne express train at Albury yesterday morning it was reported to the stationmaster Mr. Chas. James by Mr…

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Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

An action against the Railway Commissioners was commenced to-day by Nellie McDonnell, 9 years of age, suing by her next friend to recovet £400 damages…

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The Recent Fatal Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 2

The inquest on the body of the late Mr. Henry Batty who died as a result of injuries caused by falling from the Sydney express near Gerogery on…

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Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

In the case in which Nellie McDonell, 9 years of age, sued the Railway Commissioners by her next friend for £400 damages, for injuries sustained through her…

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In a Railway Carriage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 3

A Scotchman and an Englishman were travelling by an express. The Scotchman, was smoking his pipe. The Englishman also produced a…

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