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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Railway Commissioners in Albury. Deputations From Public Bodies. Local Requirements Submitted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 2

The New South Wales Railway Commissioners and staff, consisting of Messrs. Johnston (chief commissioner), D. Kircaldie, H. Richardson (commissioners), J…

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Adventure of a Railway Engineer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 3

The late Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil once gave audience to a young engineer who came to show him a new appliance for stopping railway…

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Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 5

An accident occurred to the North west mail train early this morning. The train was on the down journey, and just as Derris Creek was reached, a first-class…

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Darling River Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 3

At a meeting of the Darling Railway League held at Broken Hill, it was decided to invite the Ministry and members of Parliament to visit Broken Hill. The…

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Inquest on a Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 3

An inquest was opened to-day into the death of Joseph Gardiner, a tram guard who died from injuries received at the corner of Castlereagh and…

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GERMANTON. Wednesday. the Railway Commissioners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners arrived here yesterday on their annual visit of inspection, and were met at the station by Cr. John Ross (president of the…

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Mail Train Wrecked. Derailed at Points

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 28

The North-Western mail train, winch left Sydney on Monday night, met with disaster early on Tuesday morning at Werris Creek. This is the station where the…

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Applications for the Closing and Purchase of Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 20

Notice is hereby given that applications have been made, under the Public Roads Act of 1902, for the closing and purchase of the following roads, and that it is intended to close such…

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Railway Ambulance Class

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

An examination in connection with the Albury branch of the Railway Ambulance Class was conducted by Dr. Woodward, the Railway Medical…

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Peculiar Accident to a Railway Guard

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 3

A peculiar accident to a railway guard is reported from Singleton. On the arrival of the north-western mail train from Sydney, shortly after midnight the…

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Railway Wants at Hay. Flying Visit of the Commissioners

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon, to decide what steps should be taken in the matter of waiting…

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The New Railway Commissioner and Colleagues Visit Corowa. a Good Impression

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 7

On Tuesday last the special train containing. T. Johnson, Esq., the new. Chief Commissioner of Railways, his colleagues, D. Kirkcaldie…

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Motor-car Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 33

The inquest concerning the death of Rev. J. W. Gillett, of St. Matthias' Church, Paddington, who was run over and killed by a motor-car at Elwood on Sunday, was held in…

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Stock-owners and the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 33

The Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. R. Johnson) received two deputations from stock-owners and agents. The stock and station agents and others asked that the recent…

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Motoring. the Kaiser's Cup. London, June 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 23

Nazzaro, the Italian motorist, in a Fiat car, has won the first international race and the Kaiser's Cup, at Hamburg. The distance was 300 miles, and he covered it in 5h. 34min. 26sec…

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Railway Commissioners at Albury. Early Morning Deputations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 28

The New South Wales Railway Commissioners—Messrs. Johnson (Chief), Kirkcaldie, and Richardson—arrived in Albury on Thursday morning at about five o'clock…

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Rhinoceros V. Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 6

Railway travelling is not so flat in British East Africa as it is in this country, as the following story will show…

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Theft of the Ascot Gold Cup Escape in a Motor Car. Gang of Colonial Thieves Suspected. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 2

It is believed that four men were implicated in the theft of the Ascot Gold Cup, and that after the trophy was abstracted from the room in which it was exhibited,…

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Why There Are No Tramps in Germany

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 3

To-day the lot of labouring men in Germany is in many respects better than that of ours. When the German labourer becomes old or feeble, the…

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Terrible Motor Accident. Prince and His Friends Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 2

A terrible motor accident, attended by loss of life, is reported from Italy. The Prince of Pesearas, an Italian nobleman, accompanied by the Duke of Sant-Angelo,…

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