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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

918 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 46

More Bombs in India. the Tram Cars Aimed At. Serious Explosion in Calcutta. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 2

The wheel[?] driven by two natives along the tramline in one of the streets of Calentia on Friday struck a parcel wrapped up in paper. The contents,…

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Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Municipal Council last week a letter was read from the Corewa Storekeepers Association, seeking the…

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The North Shore Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

The Royal Commission appointed to report on the preposal for the construction of the North Shere birder held a preliminary meeting at…

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Motoring through ten miles of trackless snow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. [?] B. James of Melbourne, who with Misses Hood, Wood, and James, was snowed up with his motor-car, has succeeded after difficulty in breaking…

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Bravbrook Railway Disaster

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

The Coroner's inquiry is connection with the Terrible railway accident at Sunshine (Braybrook Junction) on Easter Monday night—resulting in the deaths of H…

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The Deadly Motor Car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

Reginald W. Gibbs, motor car divert was pr[?]at the Central police Court to-day on a charge of feloniously slaying a green named Heary…

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Died While Waiting for a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 5

This afternoon a constable brought to the City Morgue the body of Mr.Robert William Lonton, 50 years of age, who had resided in Edgevale raod, Kew. Mr…

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Robbed in a Train. £30 Worth of Jewellery Taken

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 5

Mr. John Portus, assistant Under-Secretary to the Department of Public Works, had a somewhat sensational experience last night. He was…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. North Shore Bridge Commission. a Tunnel Favored

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 5

The North Shore Bridge Commission commenced taking evidence to-day. Mr. William J. Hanna, Under-Secretary for Public Words read a long…

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Russia's Great Railway. Opening Up the Amur. Will Cost Thirty Thousand Pounds. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

The Committee of the Russian Upper House (the Council of the Empire) appointed to consider the proposed Amur railway, has approved of its immediate…

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Rebels in Zunnan. Capture the Railways. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

The correspondent of the London "Standard" at Hongkong announces that a partly of rebels in the provided of Z[?]uman, in mouth-west Chl[?], have captured the…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. North Shore Bridge Commission. Another Way of Spending Money

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 3

The Royal Commission appointed to report upon the proposed North Shore bridge held another sitting today. No evidence was taken, however, and it was decided…

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Cunning Robbery From a Train. Package Contianing £20,000 Stolen. a Female Thief Arressted. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

Yesterday a lady and gentleman, residents of Manchester, who were about to travel to Liverpool, deposited in the guard's van of the train four packages…

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Aeroplane Wrecked. Occupants Escape. London, May 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 42

The Wright Brothers, who a week or two since were announced to have made. a successful flight with their flying-machine in North Carolina, have had an unfortunate…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. the North Shore Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 3

The Royal Commission which has been appointed to impire into the best methods of connecting North Syndey with the city, either by a bridge…

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Longerenong Agricultural College, (Eight miles from Horsham, and three miles from Dooen railway station)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 18

One aim of this institution is to an the gap between the State-school and Dookie, i.e., to take students between the ages of 14 and 16 years. Resident students take…

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Big Railway Project

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 33

The New South Wales Minister for Works (Mr. Chas. Lee) is on tour in the west, and at Condobolin on Friday a deputation urged the construction of the…

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Motor Party Snowed-up

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 33

A telegram from Kiandra (N.S.W.) on Friday last was as follows:—Mr. H. B. James, the well-known Melbourne motorist, who left Cooma on Thursday morning…

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Courtesy or the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 44

Chief Commissioner Johnson, of the Railways, receiving some complaints from a northern station that the officials there were far from civil to passengers, put on a shabby…

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Bold Railway Theft. Package Containing £20,000

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 28

A daring railway theft was attempted at Manchester on 19th inst., and was nearly successful owing to the simplicity of the method adopted…

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