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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

969 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 49

An Upper Murray Railway a Hint for Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 2

Just now a very live agitation is being carried on throughout the Upper Murray districts for railway extension from Bethanga or Huon…

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Equatorial Africa. New British Railway Proposed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 2

Mr. Churchill, under-Secretary for the Colonies, has stated that the Bannerman Government has decided to construct a pioneer railway, 400 miles long, through…

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A One-wheel Railway Car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 3

Quite recently the suggestion was made, that the rolling of vessels— and consequently seasickness—could be prevented by providing ships with…

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Railway Smash at Ponts-de-ce. Thirty Lives Lost London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 5

Further details have been received of a disastrous railway accident near Ponts-de-ce in France where a train when crosing the river Loire was detailed partly…

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Motor Boating. Speed Supremacy. Fairbanks Defeats Invincible. Winner's Exciting Experience

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 4

The motor boat match between Mr Davies's Fairbanks and Mr Ralph's Invincible, to decide the speed supremacy of the State, was held recently…

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A Proposed Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Albury Council Ald. Ringwood drew attention on foot to have a railway line from…

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The Commonwealth Parliamentary Proceedings. Quarantine Bill Going Through. the Trans Continental Railway. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 3

In the House of Representstives to-night the Minister for Customs (Mr Austin. Chapman) in reply to Mr Graitan Wilson (Corangamite, Vic),…

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Which Road?

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 5

If you could go back to the forks of the road, Back the long miles you have carried the load…

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Land Notes. Proposed Opening of Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 4

Land "District of Corowa:--Description of roads to be opened. Road from a road from Jerilderie to Corowa, toward Oaklands,…

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Train Falls In a River. Seventeen Bodies Recovered. London, August 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 43

A terrible railway accident, the full effects of which have not yet been determined, occurred yesterday in France. While a train was running between Angers and…

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D. and M. Railway Company. a Five Percent. Dividend

The Independent · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 2

The sixty-sixth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above Company was held on Tuesday morning at the Company's offices, when Mr John Holton (chairman of…

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Mr. Edge's Motoring Feat. a Tough Australian

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 1

At the conclusion of his remarkable 24 hours' motor drive at an average of 65 7-8th miles an hour, Mr. S. F. Edge said he was as "fit as a fiddle." He…

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Motor Race Accident. Five Persons Killed. London, August 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 42

The Criterium de France road race, from Paris to Trouville, for motor-cars, was marked by a distressing accident yesterday in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. Two of…

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Across Two Continents. Peking-paris Motor Race

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 41

The special correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," who is travelling with Prince Borghese, leader of the Peking to Paris motor race, telegraphed from…

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Upper Murray Railway. Action by the Albury Council. an Important Matter. Public Meeting to Be Called

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 45

At the meeting of the Albury Borough Council on Wednesday evening, Alderman Ringwood brought up the question of the Upper Murray. Railway, which is the…

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Upper Murray Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 2

The mayor of Albury elsewhere convenes a public meeting for the evening of Tuesday, August 13, to consider the question of an Upper Murray Railway. The…

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A Country Sweetheart Now First Published. All Rights Railway Reserve Chapter XXXI.—Continued

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 1

But scarcely had the dog of the room closed behind him, when a great change came over May’s face There came over it despair—blank, bitter,…

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Cut Down, by a Tram. an Old Man's End

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 3

An old man named John Harding, 60 years of age, living at Ultimo, met with a tram accident yesterday from the effects of which he succumbed…

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Sir James Goold. Working on the Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 3

Sir James Stephen Goold has resided in Gladstone (S.A.) for the past 20 years, where he has always been known only as Mr. Goold. He is…

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English Railway Companies. Serious Trouble Ahead. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 2

Following the lead of the Great Eastern and South Eastern Railway Company the Great Western Railway Company has refused to recognise the Amalgamated So…

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