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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Increased Railway Service

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 5

The Victorian train service on the N.E. line will be altered us below, on and after Monday, December 2, to suit the timetable of the increased…

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Melbourne to Hay by Motor

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 2

A fine motor-car run was put up on Sunday by Mr Albert. Tyson in his Coventry Humber 14-16 h.p. car. Mr Tyson, accompanied by Mr Chas…

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General Gable News London, Sunday. East Indian Railways. Strikers All Resume

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 3

The strikers on the East Indian Railways have against resumed work. They have now agreed to the dismissal of their leader, Engelken, and propose to raise a…

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Indian Railway Strike. a Concillation Board Formed

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

Some particulars of the settlement arrived at in the strike on the East Indian railways are now available. A Conciliation Board has been formed to determine the…

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The Deadly Motor-car

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

A dairyman named Thomas Lynch sued a motor fiend named George Johnston for £100 damages for injuries caused by his motor car…

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The Railway Service. Alterations in Trains

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

The following alterations in the running of trains on the lines stated came into force yesterday:—North-Eastern Line.—The Sydney…

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A Road As a Sheepfold. Abortive Prosecution for Obstruction

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

Before Messrs. C. E. Oslear, P.M., and E. W. Bennett. J.P. at the Albury Police Court yesterday a Wagga Wagga drover named George Power was charged at the…

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More Dreaded Tram Men

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 3

According to an English resident of St. Petersburg, the fact that Russian revolutionaries have now adopted the method of entrusting the…

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Melbourne to Hay by Motor

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

A fine motor-car run was put up recently by Mr. Albert Tyson in his Conventry Humber 14-16 h.p. car. Mr. Tyson, accompanied by Mr. Chas…

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Train Derailment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 33

Towards the end of the journey of the goods train from Warrnambool to Geelong the other night a serious mishap occurred. After the train had started to cross the…

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Saturday's Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

The obnoxious early train on Saturday midday from the Corowa railway station comes into vogue again on Saturday next,…

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The First Corridor Train

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 8

The "Great Western Railway Magazine" for September claims for that company the credit of producing the first complete corridor-train, combining the…

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A Nice Old Dog. Carabost Bridge, November 22, 1907

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—I am going to try and win the prize for the competition. We have a nice old dog: he is jet black, and we call him Nigger. He is very faithful to his…

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The German Colonies. Railway Extension Schemes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

Herr Dernberg, the German Director of Colonial Affairs, has submitted a scheme to the Reichstag for the development of the railways in East Africa, at a cost of…

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Motor Smash. Car Turns a Double Somersault. Driver Killed. Exciting Struggle with Photographers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 8

An untoward incident, which had a fatal termination, marred the success of the Brooklands automobile race, meeting on Saturday, 14th September…

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Motors in Harvest Fields

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

Speaking at the last annual dinner of the Agricultural Old Collegians' Association, Adelaide, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for South Australia (Mr…

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Vanished Motorist. [?]Althy Canadian's Strange Disappearance

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 5

The mysterious disappearance of Mr. Dugald Ross, a Canadian, who, a short time since, was brought prominently before the notice of the public by his…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them? Shareholders and Investors

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the State, but by the enterprise of individuals,…

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Weather and Crime. the New Railway Calendar

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

In the unusually large number of offenders in the present New Bailey calendar (the second largest in thirty-five years) due to the bad weather of the…

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