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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

969 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 49

A Corowa Grape Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 2

Acceding to the request of Corowa vine growers, the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, have altered the departure of the train from…

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Tocumwal Railway Committee

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

Mr. Kernot, Engineer-in-Chief Victorian Railways, has returned from Sydney, where he has been arranging with the New South Wales railway…

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Upper Murray Railway

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

A well-attended meeting of representatives from both Victoria and New South Wales was held at Tintaldra on Monday, with the [?]ect of including…

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St, Patrick's Day Celebrations Concert and Railway Excursion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 3

The St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Albury will take the form or a musical entertainment in the Mechanics Hall on Tuesday, March 19, and a…

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Roads on Resumed Properties

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 33

"Native" writes:—"Where the Government are cutting up land to settle the people on they will have to leave roads for them. I would wish to impross upon…

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The Speed of a Train

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 5

If you are traveling by railroad and want to know how fast the train is running you may determine it almost exactly by counting the clicks made by…

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Burned to Ashes. End of a Railway Train. Awful Collision in America

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 5

Another railway disaster, almost as terrible in its effects as that at Washington, thrilled all America on the 2nd January, and (says the "London…

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Dramatic Elopment. Caught in the Train

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 5

A dramatic story of a frustrated elopement was told in the case of an Italian named Ferninand Vieenzi, 36, cook, and a Frenchwoman named Leontine Lebrun,…

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Cablegrams. Disastrous Railway Accident in South Africa. a Culvert Washed Away. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 3

A disastrous railways accident unfortunately accompanied with serious loss of life is reported from Eastern Sooth Africa…

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Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 3

An accident occurred to-day to a stock train at Kurringal. The train was leaving the station for Hornsby when the coupling got disconnected…

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Escape From Death. in a Welsh Railway Tunnel

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 6

A thrilling experience befell Frank Webb, aged 41 years, living at Usk Vue Cottage, Christchurch, near Newport, on a December night (writes the "Daily…

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The Murray-tocumwal Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

The following letter, under the non-deplume of “Interstate Fairplay,” appeared in the Sydney “Morning Herald” of a recent date. The writer is evidently…

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Female Tram-car Conductors

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 2

The oddest thing to be seen in Valparaiso is the female street-car conductor, the managers of Chili trams having added another occupation to…

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Motor Car Lamps

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 1

Lamp traits are presently to be field by the Automobile Club, and a writer hopes to see some tests instituted for determining the comparative blinding effect of the powerful…

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Scarcity of Railway Aleepers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 2

The following letter, written by Mr G. Chandler, formerly of Deniliquin, appeared in the S.M Herald last week :— Sir, —For some time there has been an…

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Railway Labourers Detained

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 3

Pending the consent of the Imperial authorities the Government of Natal has prevented the departure of 1000 free Indian coolies who had been…

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The Tocumwal Railway. Inter-state Agreement. Line to Be Built

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 3

Considerable public interest attaches to the negotiations which are now approaching completion for the extension of the railway from…

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St. Patrick's Day Celebrations Concert and Railway Excursion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Albury this year will take the form of a musical entertainment and a school excursion to Chiltern. The…

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On the Road From Klondyke

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 4

An Englishman who visited Klondyke during the early days of the gold rush tells the following story:—Feeling discouraged after a fruitless…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Tram Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

A George-street tram to-day, collided with a spring van driven by a Chinaman, killing the horse and smashing the van. The Chinaman was thrown…

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