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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

918 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 46

General Cable News London, Friday. [?]Shonest Railway Clerk. Arrested at Cherbourg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

The defaulting railway clerk, Glometti who, it was announced yesterday, had defrauded his employers to the extent of £7000 and disappeared from Chiasso, in…

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Injuries in a Railway Accident. £1150 Damages Awarded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 5

John Beilby Smith, a dentist, who sued the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £2000 damages for injuries sustained in the Werris…

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Child Falls Out of a Train Near Wangaratta. Jaw and Arm Broken

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 2

It was reported by passengers who travelled by the mail train which passed through Albury last evening from Melbourne to Sydney, that a child…

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The Wakool Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

THE following letter has been received by Mr. W. Webb, hon secretary of the Burrawong branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association of New…

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Seeing the World by Motor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 3

The [?] Mr. Charles J. Glidden, the [?]…

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Motor Car Accident. a Bellringer Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 3

The body of a young man who won knocked down and fatally injured by motor car on Monday night last has been identified as that of John…

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Licenses to Occupy Unused Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 20

Leonard Surtees, 2a 1r. Colac Colac Kate Maddook, la 1r, Tangambalanga John Brev, 30a 2r, Jingellic…

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To Train the Finger Tips

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 15

By dint of perseverance blunt finger-tips can often be coaxed into a very close resemblance of the tapering points which are the birthright of every artist and woman…

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Selected Poetry. the Rule of the Road--and Path

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 8

The rule of the road is a paradox quite, Both in riding and driving along; If you keep to the left you are sure…

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A Flooded Railway Line

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 33

A Collarenebri (N.S.W.) correspondent on Friday reported:—The mails and passengers are still being carried on trollies to Collarenebri East, no train having run since the…

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Railway Accident Near Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 33

At about 9.30 on Thursday night, 2nd inst., an accident occurred about four miles from June station on a down grade running into Harefield. A stock special leaving Junee a…

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Railway Passenger Who Strayed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 3

When the Adelaide express drew up at the Ballarat West station, this morning, an elderly lady and her daughter entered the refreshment-room As the train was…

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Travelling on Motor Skates

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 4

France may not be the leading country of inventors, but Frenchmen are coming to the front nowadays with new devices…

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Accident to a Parliamentary Special Train. with Only Two Passengers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

About one o'clock this morning an accident happened to a special Parliamentary train on the Illawarra line, at a spot about three miles from Redfern station, near…

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Madame Clara Butt. at Welcome To-night at the Albury Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

A hastily convened meeting was held last evening at the Albury Connell Chambers to arrange a reception to Madame Clara Butt and Mr…

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South African Railways. Important Line Opened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

The railway which connects Bloomfontoin, the capital of the Orange River Colony, with Kimbrerley, the diamond centre in Cape Colony, has been formally…

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Old Man Knocked Down by a Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

An chlerly man named James Wilson, 35 years, of age with as accident in Georage-street age, met with an accident in probably result in his death, He was…

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Expense Oe Railway Travel

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 4

Chevrolet, the automobilist, was talking at Ormand to a New York pressman about American railways. "Your railways are suerch," he…

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Motor Economy

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

They were chatting in a club smoking room about a friend and his motor. “He seems to be very well…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Dreadful Railway Accident. Woman Falls Between Train and Platform

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 April 1908 · page 3

A middle-aged woman named Connie Riley met with a horrible accident at the Sydney railway station yesterday evening. She attempted to board a…

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