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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Abusing a Railway Porter

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

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M., the New South Wales Railway Commissioners proceeded against Alfred…

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The Railway Commissioners

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

The term for which the three Railway Commissioners (Mr Tait, Mr Fitzpatrick, and Mr Hudson) were appointed, will expire in about three months. It is…

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Cycling. Albury Motor and Cycle Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 4

A committee meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night at the Canada Cycle Co.'s establishment, Oliver-street. There were present Messrs Vines (chair),…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Action Against the Railway Commissioners

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

Mr. Justice Hood to-day granted leave to Mr John Cockbill to bring an action against the Railway Commissioners and others for damage to his property, at…

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D. and M. Railway Co

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

The sixty-fifth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held at the office of the Company on Tuesday morning last. Mr John Holtom (Chairman…

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Riverina Railways. Visit of Public Works Committee. Savernake

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

The above committee, together with our respected member, Mr. R. T. Ball, Mr. Ashton, Chairman of the Borce Creek Railway League,…

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Wagga to Humula Railway. Deputation to Mr. Lee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 41

A deputation, introduced by Mr. M'Garry, M.L.A., and Mr Gormly, M.L.C., waited on the Minister for Works, Mr. Lee, on Thursday, to urge the construction of a…

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The Railways

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

After negotiations extending over ten weeks, involving a period of anxiety in the railway service, and attended with a great deal of mystery in official circles, the…

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French Motors. Popular in England. London, January 31

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

The extent to which the French types of motor-car are being used by British motorists is shown by the fact that during 1906 the purchases of cars in France for…

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Paris to Pekin. Great Motor Race. London, February 1

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

"Le Matin," the well-known Paris newspaper, has offered a large prize for a motorcar race from Paris to Pekin. Several have entered for the competition…

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D. and M. Railway Co

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

The sixty-fifth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held at the office of the Company on Tuesday morning last. Mr John Holtom (Chairman…

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Bridge Over Sunday Creek

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

At the hint meeting of the Rutherglen Shim Council the engineer was instructed to prepare an [?]lmate of the coat of a suspension bridge over…

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General Cables. the Chinese Railways Ratification of a Contract. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

It was reported in November last that an agreement had been signed between the Wai-Wu-Pu (the Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs) and a…

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Railway Accident at Wangaratta the Inquest. Wangaratta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

All inquest was held at the Wangaratta Hospital on Saturday afternoon by Mr. [?] Allan J.P., touching the death of the man Robert George Allen, whose…

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Defrauding the Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

A man named A. Brandson, a resident of Dubbo, was this morning fined £5 or one month's imprisonment with hard labour for travelling on an…

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Riverina Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

The Public Works Committee visited the district last week to take evidence on the proposal to construct a line of railway from…

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Railway to Savernake

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 3

The agitation for a line from Lockhart to Savernake, via Clear Hills, which had remained dormant for some considerable time, has recently…

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District News. Lockhart-Daysdale Railway. Visit of the Public Works Committee to Daysdale

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 3

The Public Works Committee consisting of John Hurley, Esq., M.L A., (chairman), the Hon. W. F. Hurley, the Hon. F. Flowers, and…

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The South Pole. British Antarctic Expedition. Motor Cars on the Ice. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 5

Another British expedition for Antarctic exploration has been decided upon. The expedition will be under the command of Captain Shackleton, and its…

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A Motorists Experience

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 3

Yes, I have had many adventures, both grave and gay, since I was run over by my own car, but there is no space to dwell upon them, and I will…

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