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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Wahgunyah-springhurst Train. Summer Time Table

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

The following table is now in force on the Wahgunyah line:--Daily Wahgunyah to Springhurst.--Leave…

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Electric Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

During a dense fog in London last October an electric train from Baker-street ran into another, which was standing at the West Hampstead station, killing three…

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Motor Car Fatality Inquest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

The Coroner resumed his inquiry to-day at the Morgue into the circumstances surrounding the death of Doris Mary Hanson, aged 5½ years, who was killed at…

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United States Presidency. Government Control of Mines and Railways. Mr. Taft Interviewed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Taft, American Secretary for War, one of the Republican candidates for the Presidency of the United States in the course of an interview said that he was…

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A Railway Accident Nine People Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

The Lancashire and Yorkshire express last night collided with the London and North-Western express near Huddersfield. The accident was a most sensational one,…

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Chinese Railway Concession. Foreign Syndicates Disgorge. Lines to Be Constructed by China. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

It is announced that the Chinese Government has taken over from the foreign syndicates which had secured them the concessions for the construction and…

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Motor 'Bus Drivers' Strike. It Fizzles Out. Journey System Agreed To. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

Nine thousand drivers of motor omnibuses in London went out on strike because their employers had notified them that they intended to base their pay on…

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Railways Built for War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 5

There is something very sinister in the news, telegraphed from India the other day, that the Hussians have at length completed the great steel and…

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Airship Record. M. Farman's Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 23

M. Henry Farman, who has gained considerable distinction lately as the inventor of aeroplanes, has won the Deutsch-Archdoacoh prize of 50,000…

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Attempted Train-weeking

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 32

A delicate-looking young man named Walter Mackley, aged 27, was charged at the Horsham Police Court on Friday morning, before Messrs. Knight, P.M.,…

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Burglary at a Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 33

An Adelaide report states that Bowden railway station was broken into by burglars early on Thursday morning. The iron safe was blown open by dynamite,…

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Motoring

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 28

Messrs. H. B. James and C. B. Kcllow, who recently made an unsuccessful attempt to put up a record motor car run between Melbourne and Sydney, are having another try…

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Cable News. Stampede at a Matinee. Children Trampled to Death. London January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 42

Shocking loss of life was caused yesterday afternoon by a stampede of children attending a matinee performance at Barnsley in Yorkshire…

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Railway Revenue

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

The railway returns for the seven days ending January 7 amounted to £88,934, being £3352 less that that received for the [?] period last year. The…

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Railway Accident. a Doubtful Death

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

On Thursday (yesterday) morning, as the train on the Corowa Culcairn line, which is timed to arrive at Corowa at 10 o'clock,…

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Railway Risks

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

The chance of being killed while travelling by train is only one in twenty-one million Journeys—a very small chance indeed. when compared…

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Melbourne to Sydney. the Motor Record. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 5

[?] Kullow and James, who in their motor but are undervoring to make the run from molbounre to Sydney within 24 hours, have fulled…

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Motor Driver Commended for Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 3

The Corner's inquiry his he death of Dorls, May Hanson, aged years, who was killed by a motor ea[?] Black Rock on New Year's Day, was concluded to-day…

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Limited Business Railway. The jurd by the Pekin Treaty. China th[]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2

[?] Government has informed [?] line, [?] proposed railway that was [?]struction with the South Manolaur[?] not be built, becuase its…

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Fatal Race with a Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

A fatal accident happened at the open crossing in High-street, the main entrance to Shepparton, on Friday afternoon. The passenger train…

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