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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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English Railway Combine. Great Pooling Scheme. Three Companies Join Hands. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

An important announcement has been made by the "Railway News." This journal states that the Great Central, Great Northern, and Great Eastern…

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Railway Combination

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

The great Central and North-Eastern Railways have effected an combination with a capital of 160 million pounds…

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General Cable News London, Wednesday. Boy Desperadoes Hold Up a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 3

An extraordinary railway robbery is reported from the state of Montana, U.S.A. There masked boys succeeded in bringing a train to a stop, and then proceeded…

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Bridge or Tunnel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

Prabably no subject is of much greater monetary importance to the taxpayers of New South Wales than the project for bridging the harbour…

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Train Held Up. Three Boys in Masks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 25

An extraordinary train robbery is reported from Montana, in the United States. The robbers were three boys. They went about the business in thorough desperado fashion,…

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Train's Ghastly Freight. Dead Chinese in Cases. London, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 42

A ghastly discovery has been made by the New York railway officials, who have brought to light the extraordinary plan devised by a number of Chinese to enter New…

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Motorists and Speed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 33

The Automobile Club in Sydney intends to ask the Supreme Court for a definition of the word furious," as contained in the Act under which prosecutions of motorists…

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Motor Accident. Killed on the Track. London, May 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 42

The famous Italian racing motorist, Cedrino; was killed yesterday on the track at Baltimore, U.S.A. Cedrino, who was the holder of two world's records, was…

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Bega-Eden Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 47

At a meeting of the Bega-Eden Railway Committee on Friday night, a draft petition was submitted, which is to be circulated throughout the district. The…

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Visit of the N.s.w. Railway Commissioners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 2

The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners will be in Albury on Saturday afternoon and will receive a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce which…

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Railway Commissioners on Tour

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner for Railways left for the annual inspection of southern line and branches south of Goulburn Sunday night, and will…

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Railway Freights

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

The Sydney “Stock & Station Journal” writes:— At the recent Conference of the Shire Councils in Sydney, there was a resolution…

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Connecting City and Suburbs a Bridge or a Tunnel ?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 5

The Royal Commission inquiring into the question of better communication between Sydney and the suburbs on the northern side of the harbor, met…

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Closer Settlement. Resumption of Lands. Along the Lockhart-clear Hills Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 6

The following notices, affecting six different blocks of land, are published in the the N.S.W. Government "Gazette" of June [?]…

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Motor Pinnaces

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

A large motor, using heavy oil, with a flash-point of 300 Fahr., has just been successfully tested by the Admiralty, in one of their to feet pinnaces. The motor…

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Mangled And, Killed by a Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 5

A man was run over by a tram last night near Kennington and killed. To-day the remains were identified as those of Arthur M'Ewen, a cattle…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Sunday Trading in Railway Refreshment Rooms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 5

The Full Court to-day dealt with the appeal by the Crown against the decision of a lower court that Philip Hart, le[?]see of the Railway…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners Interviewed at Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a deputation representing the Albury stork agents and the Chambery of Commerce interviewed the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners…

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Railway From Broren Will a Line [?] Upon. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. Lee, Ministar ter Pablle Work's. In an interview yeaterday., [?] that the Goverament [?]…

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A Man Out to Preces. Dreadful Railway Tragedy. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 3

A shocking discovery was made this morning on the railway the near South Konsington. At about 7 o'clock a ganger named Willam Vincent, white inspeoting…

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