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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Improved Motor Cars Edison's Latest Invention. London, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 43

Mr. T. A. Edison, the American inventor, in the course of his latest experiments in the use of electricity, claims to have worked out an idea which will permit of the…

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The Railway Trouble. Companies Prepairing. London, October 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 43

So far no settlement has been arrived at in the difficulty between the railway companies and the Amalgamated Society. The companies are preparing for trouble by…

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Fall in Railway Shares. London, October 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 42

The effects of the recent panic on the Wall-street Stock Exchange are still being felt in New York. The operations on the Exchange have been marked by the feverish selling of…

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Railway Accident at Gawler Trains in Collision. Several Persons Injured. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 2

A sensational collision took place between two trains at the Gawler railway station this morning. A passenger train from Adelaide was turned on to the wrong line, when it…

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The Railway Trouble Sir. Bell and Lord Claud Hamilton's Manifesto. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 5

Mr. Bell, M.P. the Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, declares that the statement which Lord Claud Hamilton, the Chairman of the Railway…

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Upper Murray Railway. Deputation to Victorian Premier on

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 3

It has been decided at a meeting of the Wodonga Upper Murray Railway League to appoint Cr. Leighton as delegate to represent the league on the deputation, which will…

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Negligence Punished Railway Company Fined £5,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 3

Great damage to property and nine lives were lost at Essen, Ontario, on August 11, through the explosion of a car load of nitro-glycerine, which…

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The Railway Trouble Railway Companies and Mr. Lloyd-george. Situation Discussed in Conference. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 3

It is announced by the Board of Trade that Mr. Lloyd-George, the president, had a conference, which lasted for an hour and a half, with representatives of the railway companies' directors at which the present railway trouble was discussed. The conference was adjourned to enable…

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Alterations at Prince's Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

The railway bridge at the approach to Prince's Bridge is to be extended 6lit. On the north side to allow the new No.1 platform of the Central…

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An Early Morning Sensation. a Man Jumps off the Hay Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 2

Another case of apparent suicide by drowning occurred yesterday morning about 7.40, when a carrier named Michael Sinclair, a man of about 60 years of ago, was…

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Electric Train Disaster Collision in a Dense Fog. Three People Killed—17 Injured London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 2

A dense fog which prevailed in London on Saturday was responsible for a series disaster. An electric train from Baker-street crushed into another, which was…

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Rising Railway Revenue

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

The railway returns "for the" seven days ending October 21, amounted to £79, 020, being an increase of £8,533 over the total for the…

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The Railway Trouble Loyalty of Great Western Employes. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 2

A special staff meeting of 850 employes of the Great Western Railway Company has been had at Paddinton to discuss the present crisis. By a large majority…

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Motor-car Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 3

An inquest on the lad: Oscar Tucker, who tiled from injuries received in a collision with a motor-car at Fitzroy last Sunday, was opened at the…

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The Railway Trouble Strike Considered Impossible Two Free Labourers for Each Striker. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

The Congress of the National Free Labour Association, which is meeting in London to-day, adopted a resolution condemning the action taken by…

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The Upper Murray Railway. an Important Deputation. Mr. Bent in a Compliant Mood. "I Will Go the Whole Hog." Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

A large and influential deputation, representing all the Upper Murray interests, waited upon the Premier (Mr. Bent) to-day toplace before him the oft stated…

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Very Sudden Death. at Central Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

Mr. James Patrick Broderick, a resident of Mossman, with his family went to the Central Railway Station to-day with the intention of catching…

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Chasing His Hat. Knocked Down by a Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

A young seaman named James Magnussen, aged 19 years, residing at the Queensland hotel in Market-street, was knocked down by a tram in Rawson…

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Bridge at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 6

In the near future a bridge will be built over Sunday Crock at Wahgunyah, . The crock in question divides the town' from the racecourse…

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Rules of the Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 12

About the beginning of the nineteenth centudy there was a change in the "rule of the road" in England, and carriages were supposed to go to the left. In order to remain…

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