Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

969 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 49

Lockhart-clear Hills Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 3

The following is the report of the Traffic Officer (Mr Usher) on the Boree Creek route, which was recommended by the Public Works…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Brennan's Mono-railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 5

According to the "London Spectator" of May 18, Mr. Louis Brennan has given the Royal Society of London an exhibition of his new…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Motor Heart

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 3

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

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Great Motor Race. Peking to Paris. Desert Adventures. London, June 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 23

The Contal-Tri car, the feature of which is two steering wheels in front with one driving wheel behind, has come to grief in the great "Le Matin" motor race from Peking to Paris…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Proposed Opening of Roads. Land District of Corowa

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 8

Description of roads to be opened: Road from a road from Jerilderie to Corowa towards Oaklands, being part of the Oaklands-Savernake…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Motor Driver Loses Control of Car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 2

While driving a motor car down a steep hill near Hartley, a man named Alfred Barden, working as a mechanic for Messrs Innes and Co., of Sydney, met…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Land Notes. Proposed Opening of Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 4

Land District of Corowa: -- Description of roads to be opened. Road from a road from Jerilderic to Corowa, towards Oaklands,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Record Railway Revenue

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

The total revenue received by the Rail­way Department from July 1, 1906, to June 30. 1907. was £4,012,220, the highest sum ever recorded by the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Railway Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 3

A message received to-day from West Maitland reports that two coal trains collided early this morning in, the vicinity of the East Greta junction,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Proposed Opening of Roads. Laud District of Corowa

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

Description of roads to be opened : Road from a road from Jerilderie to Corowa towards Oaklands, being part of the Oaklands-Savernake…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Freights and Fares

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 3

The Country Party of the Legislative Assembly at its meeting to-day carried a resolution to the effect that it was desirable to appoint a Royal Commission…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Road to Disillusion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 15

The woman who marries a man fondly imagining that by means of his love for her she will be able to mould him according to her own ideas, makes, in 99,999 times…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Land Notes. Proposed Opening of Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 5

Land District of Corowa: -- Description of roads to be opened. Road from a road from JcrUderie to Corowa, towards Oaklands,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Military Train Attacked. London, July 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 42

While a military train on the Warsaw to St. Petersburg line was conveying the Volhynia Guards to Tsarskoye Selo, the summer residence of the Czar, an attempt…

Continued on Trove, page 42 →

Tragedy in a Train. Fight Ends in Death

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 3

A fra[?]s, which resulted in the death of a passenger, took place last night (21th April) in a train which was returning from the races at Epsom…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Adventure of a Railway Engineer

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 4

The late Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil once gave audience to a young engineer who came to know him a now [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Terrible Motor Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 28

M. Albert Clement, son of the well-known French motor manufacturer, was killed while trying a 125-h.p. car over the Seine Inferieure circuit. M. Clement, who was serving his…

Continued on Trove, page 28 →

Motoring Across Asia. Peking to Paris Race. London, July 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 42

The lead in the motor race from Peking to Paris is still held by Prince Borghese, the Italian competitor, who has arrived at Krasnoyarsk, in Eastern Siberia, about 2500…

Continued on Trove, page 42 →

Proposed Opening of Roads. Land District of Corowa

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 8

Description of roads to be opened Road from a road from Jerilderia to Corowa towards Oaklands, being part of the Oaklands-Savernake…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Pekin to Paris Motor Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 5

The Italian representative in the great motor race from Pekin to Paris has arrived at Tomsk, a town in Western Siberia, 2809 miles east of St. Petersburg…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →