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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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The Railway Smashes Are the Directors Responsible? an Incriminating Letter. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

The point, which has been raised, as to whether the directors of the leading railway companies are indirectly responsible for the recent smashes on English lines,…

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The Railway Trouble Mr. Lloyd-george and Chairmen of Companies. Companies Preparing for a Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 3

Mr. Lloyd-George, the President of the Board of Trade, has invited the chairmen of the principal railway companies to privately and in an informal way discuss with…

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Revenue on Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 2

The railway receipts for the seven days ending 14th October, 1907, totalled £77,221, as compared with £69,737 for the corresponding period of last…

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The New Road-making Machine. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

Sir,--In your issue of the 15th under the heading "Coreen" I notice Mr. Ross has been laying fare his troubles about the working of…

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The King of Spain Falls Into a River. Through Collapse of a Bridge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

A sensational accident happened to King Alfonso of Spain, which caused intense excitement in the neighborhood of the occurrence. His Majesty was motoring…

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N.Z. Drowning Disaster Seven Lives Lost. Motor Launch Capsized. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

A dreadful tragedy has happened at Whangape. On Sunday evening a fishing party of 12 persons were returning from a cruise in a motor lauch which was…

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The Railway Trouble Men's Position Improved. Engine Drivers Make Common Cause. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

The position of the men in the English railway dispute has greatly improved owing to the engineers having thrown in their lot with the other employes. A…

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Wall Street Panic Railway Shares. Feverish Selling Operations. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

The Wall Street market continues in a very excited state. Feverish selling, of large blocks of railway shares occurred on Saturday, with the result that many…

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Victorian Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

We have received from the Victorian Railways' Commissioners their report for the financial year ending June 30 from which we…

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Another Fatal Railway Smash

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 5

Another railway smash occurred on the Bendigo line this morning. A guard's van and two trucks became detached iron a goods train at…

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The Railway Trouble Warning by Enginemen's Secretary. Companies Terms for Blacklegs. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 5

Though his men have come into fine with the Amalgamated Society, Mr. Fox, the Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen is not…

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Crushed by a Road Roller

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 3

Whilst driving a heavy road roller at Maddington, Western Australia, yesterday a young man named Thomas Goggin fell in front of the roller, which crushed…

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The Railway Trouble the Enginemen's Attitude. Cannot Support the Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 2

Mr. Fox. the Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. who is strongly opposing a strike has been interviewed regarding the…

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Railway Clerks Support Mr. Bell. M.P. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 2

The Railway Clerks Association has decided to support the view of the struggle taken by Mr. Bell. M.P., the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway…

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German Train Disaster. Mysterious Wrecking of an International Express

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 8

On 7th August the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Berlin:— Germany was thrilled to-day with the news of a disastrous railway accident on…

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Motor Tragedy in Ireland Child Killed by an Earl's Car. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

A tragic occurrence is reported from Belfast. The Earl of Shaftesbury was motoring in that city, when his car ran over a little girl. The child was picked up…

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Shrewsbury Railway Accident Bad Record of Driver. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

An important fact was elicited yesterday at the inquiry which is being held into the railway disaster near Shrewsbury on the 15th inst., when an express was…

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Cablegrams. the Railway Trouble State by the Companies. No Room for Irresponsible Control. Deep-laid Socialist Move. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

Lord Claud Hamilton, the chairman of the Railway Companies' Association, has . issued a statement, giving the reasons why the railway companies are firmly resisting…

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Narrow Escape From Death. Railway Pokier Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

A porter at Ryde railway station, named. Percy Woods had a very narrow escape from death. to-day. He attempted, to jump from a moving…

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Honeycombing the Alps. the Railway Tunnels

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 6

"Ever since the inauguration of Simplon Railway. France, Switzerland and Italy have been flooded with tunns literature setting forth the advantages…

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