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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Train Robbery in Russia a Moving Train Boarded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 2

Further outrages are reported from Russia. On Monday several revolutionary robbers, armed with revolvers boarded a…

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Victoria. Melbourne. Thursday. the Mitta Mitta Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 3

Mr Craven. M.L.A., and Cr. Pooley. representing the Wodonga and Towong Shires, asked the Minister of Public Works late this afternoon for a special…

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Cablegrams. Accident to the Queen of Norway. Her Carriage Horses Fall Into a Lake MILlLE Crossing a Bridge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

An accident attended by some canger to the Queen of Norway, H.R.H. the prmcess mand, daughter of king Ldward vII., occurred while her 31a…

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Railway Demurrage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

A new regulation is about to be introduced by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners with reference to demurrage and storage. It is felt…

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The Circular Quay Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 3

Francis Lloyd, driver, and Louis Wannick, conductor, who were in charge of the tram which caused the recent fatal accident at Circular Quay, appeared…

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Brooklyn Tragedy. Appalling Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

Before the eyes of her husband, Mrs. Jacob Tunbridge was thrown from an automobile on Brooklyn Bridge [?] afternoon, Match 5th, and cut [?]…

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The Motor Bus Driver. As in London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

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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Mysterious Railway Fatality. Found on the Line. English Visitor's Sad Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 25

When the Sydney-Melbourne express arrived in Albury on Monday morning, it was reported to the local stationmaster 1 (Mr. Chas. James) that a passenger in the…

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Sensational Tram Smash. Car Runs Into a Fence. One Passenger Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 19

A tramway smash, with fatal results, occurred at Fremantle (W.A.) on Monday evening. A Marmion-street car was descending High-street from Monument…

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Concessions on Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 47

The Executive Council has sanctioned further concessions made by the Railway Department in the matter of railway rates. Prominent among the alterations is the…

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Proposed Lockhart to Clear Hills Railway

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

The Public Works Committee devoted further consideration on Tuesday to the proposed railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills…

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The Motor Heart

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 4

The very latest disease discovered by the medical profession is known as the "motor heart." Motorists with hearts that have the slightest…

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The Motor Car. on the Riviera

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 8

The chief thing that struck us was the extraordinary change that has come over the quality of the visitors to the French Riviera during the last fifteen…

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The Government Policy. Absence of National Railway Proposals. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 8

Sir, -- I venture to think the electors generally will approve Mr. Carruthers' policy so far as it goes. Whilst so many smaller matters have had…

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American Railways. "High Finance." Low Efficiency

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 3

Among the permanent problems of Amberican life and politics, the railways stand second only to the negro[?]s. For the moment they dominate even the…

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Peculiar Railway Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 6

On Tuesday, May 28, and on Wednesday last the tender of the train front Springhurst, timed to arrive at Wahgunyah at 2'p.m. with the…

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Dustless Roads

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 2

An experimental road has been laid down at Zurich which recalls the roads of the County Council, Utopia. when all thoroughfares will be paved…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. THE CIrCULAR Quay Tram Smash

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 5

Driver Lloyd and Conductor Wannick, who were in charge of the tram which caused the fatal accident at Circular Quay on May 14. were again before the…

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In a Crowded Railway Carriage

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 2

It was her first holiday excursion, and she entered the compartment of a railway carriage with much trepidation, and sat down rather gingerly in one of the corner seats…

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Motor Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 3

The Rev. J. M. Gillett, of St. Matthia [?] Church, Paddington, Sydney, was killed in St. kilda. this afternoon through being run over by a motor-car…

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