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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Electrification of the Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 5

Mr. Charles H. Herz, the electrical expert engaged to report on the proposel for the electrification of Melbourne railways, arrived in…

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The Railway Trouble Mr. Lloyd-george's Probable Proposals. Conciliation Board or Compulsory Arbitration. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 5

Mr. BelL M.P. secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants states that he has learned unofficially that the proposals of Mr. Lloyd-George,…

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Cablegrams. the Railway Trouble Transport Workers Would Support Strikers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 November 1907 · page 3

The National Council of the General Laborers and Transport Workers' Union has resolved, in the event of a railway strike, or of a lockout, to recommend that…

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The Corridor Train. Its Jubilee

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 8

With the great increase in the number of Corridor trains in the current summer time-table, together with the practice of forming…

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Sensational Suicide. Head Severed by Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 45

A man committed suicide in a sensational manner on the railway line at Spencer-street station, Melb., on Wednesday afternoon. The engine-driver of the 2 o'clock…

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Calabrian Road a Royal Experience

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 2

A correspondent writes in the "Westminster Gazette":--"Much public money was voted, and much was privately bestowed, for the relief of distress in…

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The Question of a Bridge. the Premier Wants Information

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 3

The Premier to-day in reply to a deputation, asking him to construct a bridge over the Williams river at Nelson's Point, aid that he must have more information…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) the British Railways Peace Now Assured Mr. Lloyd-georges Mediation. Pact of Peace for Seven" Years. Boards of Conciliation London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 2

Mr. R. Bell M.P General Secretary of the Amalgamated social of Railway Serconference, which Mr. David Lloyd-George,…

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Electrification of Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 3

Mr. C, H. Merz, the expert engaged to report on the electrification of the suburban railways, made trips on a number of metropolitan lines to-day…

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Tram Conductors Pay Increased. Increase Involves £3000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 3

The tram conductors will receive increased pay from to-morrow. The increased pay involves an extra expenditure of £3000 The old rates were 6/6 a day for the first…

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Upper Murray District. a Railway Wanted

The Independent · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 4

In Melbourne last week, a large deputation, representing various leagues, waited on the Premier to urge the construction of a railway to the Upper…

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Harlequin Trains. Modern Railway Travel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 3

Railway wonders, so far from censing, are accumulating as the love of travel grow stronger. There are other things on the English railways…

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Railway Disaster. Many Passengers Killed. London, Nov. 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 43

A terrible railway disaster occurred yesterday near Cologne, in Germany. Owing to the rails being slippery, the front portion of a train ran off the line, and was…

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A "Lazy" Strike Italian Railways Again. London, November 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 42

Railway employes in Italy, in an endeavour to wring concessions from the Government, are resorting to tactics which they adopted unsuccessfully over two years…

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Railway Trouble. a Storm Gathering. London, October 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 42

Mr. Lloyd George, president of the Board of Trade, is working, hard to avert the threatened trouble between the railway employes and the companies. He has had…

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Railway to the Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 21

Referring to the proposal in Victoria to tap the Upper Murray district by rail, the Minister for Works, Mr. Lee, in referring to the statement that the line…

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Cablegrams. the British Railways. General Public Relief. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 5

There is general public relief at the settlement of the railway dispute on the basis of the agreement prepared by Mr. Lloyd-George, President of the Board of Trade…

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Railway Economies to Be Considered

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 3

Mr. Lloyd-George is appointing a committee of railway experts and others to consider the rates and also economies with a view to reducing superfluous…

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Cablegrams. the British Railways Mr. Bell's Views. Suggestion by "Daily Telegraph." LONDON,Sunday. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 3

The settlement arrived at in connection with the Railway dispute is being widely discussed. Mr. R. Bell M.P., General Secretary of…

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