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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

969 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 49

Items of News. Upper Murray Railway League

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

Mr. J. V, Petersen, [?] of the Albury branch of the Upper, Murray Railway League, notifies that a meeting will be held to-night at the…

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Motoring Extraordinary Three Hundred Mile Race. Nearly a Mile a Minute. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2

The great International Motor Race, of 300 miles, was run towards Brescia, in Lombardy, on Saturday. The event was won by Signor Minoia,…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Show Railway Traffic

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

The railway traffic in connection with the Royal Agricultural Show was very heavy to-day. This year the department has made…

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Reckless Motor Car Drivers

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

Two drivers of motor cars were fined to-day for driving through the streets at over a speed of eight miles an hour within a radios of four…

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Railway Accident in Canada. Train of Excursionists Derailed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 2

An Canadian excursion train, running on the Canadian-Pacific route, while travelling at a high rate of speed, was derailed when within 30 miles of Toronto…

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Special Train

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

On the second day of the Wangaratta Show (18th inst.), a special train will run from Wahgunyah, leaving at 10.15 a.m., and returning at…

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An Illustrated Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 11

To help the excited traveller to find his or her own seat, which may have been temporarily vacated in a long and crowded train, the illustrated train has come…

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The Upper Murray Bridge Question

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 41

A public meeting was held recently at Corryong to consider the best site for another bridge over the Murray. Cr. Cronin read the requisition calling…

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Cycling. Dunlop Road Race

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 23

The Warrnambool-Melbourne Road Race has attracted an entry of 340 riders. There are 35 interstate nominations—eight being from New Zealand. The entry list is not yet…

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Cable News. Great Bridge Collapse. Appalling Loss of Life. London, August 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 42

Intelligence was received from Canada this morning of a sensational accident, involving heavy loss of life, at Quebec. A cantilever bridge—the largest…

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The Oily Street. Another Motor Nuisance

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 3

In a case at Lambeth, a motor-bus driver, in the service of Messrs Thomas Tilling, Limited, was summoned by Mr C. W. Tagg, Town Clerk of Camberwell,…

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Motoring Sensations. an Eventful Race. London, September 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 42

Tragic incidents were associated with the annual international motor race for the Targo Florio, promoted in Sicily by the Chevalier Florio, and run this year…

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Madame Melba's Motor Car. an Up-to-date Machine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 30

Madame Melba's motor-car, which has been sent on to Melbourne to await her arrival, has been specially designed for turing in comfort. The car possesses all…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 21

Whilst engaged in shunting work at the Albury railway station on Friday last, a porter named M'Inerney was jammed between the stanchions of two trucks. At the…

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Train Wreckers Near Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

A fearful outrage on the part of train-wreckers is reported from Berlin. The miscreants loosened the rails of a line near the city, and a…

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Cheap Motor Power on a Farm

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 7

In the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture" for this month, Mr. J. M. B. Connor, dairy supervisor, writes as follows:…

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Mrs. Wicks on "Motor-cars."

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 7

I can't abide them, myself! I've heard folks say that earthquakes an shipwrecks an famines an pestilences ought to be regarded as blessin's in…

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Disaster to the Quebec Bridge. an Expert's Opinion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 2

The remarKable collapse of the bridge which was in course of construction at Quebec is receiving the attention of experts. The consensus of opinion amongst…

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A Rocky Mountain Hold Up. Burglars on an Express Train. Gover Passengers with Revolvers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Omaha, the chief, city of Nebraska, U.S.A., states that some of the passengers on the Kooky Mountains (Ltd.) express, while the train…

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Upper Murray Railway League

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 2

A meeting of the Albury branch of the Upper Murray Railway League will be held in the Council Chambers at 7.30 this evening, when the…

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