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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

918 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 46

Wrecking a Railway Station. Volunteers Fire a Volley. Several Natives Quietened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 3

A huge and [?] much in Bombay on Saturday attempted to wreck the Currey Road railway station. The native recters also hold up a train…

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The Tramway Strike Union Leaders Prosecuted Modified Service Maintained Financial Support for Strikers. Aspect of Sydney To-day. Cold, Raining, and Miserable. Streams of Pedestrians. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

To-day broke cold and miserable in Sydney and its suburbs, an unpleasant drizzling rain and a heavy fog prevailing Clerks and artisans, muttering curses and…

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Cablegrams. Great Motor Race. Around the World. New York to Paris. in 165 Days. Race Won by Germany. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 3

The great motor race round the world. From New York to Paris, a distance of 17,000 miles, has been concluded, the time occupied in covering the course being 105…

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Threatened Railway Strike. No Action Yet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

Up till this evening the members of the Railway Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association and not responded to the recommendation of the joint exceatives of…

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The Tramway Strike. Extension to Other Unions Probable. The Government Stand Firm. The Trams being Run to a Limited Extent

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

The strike of the tramway employees, which was entered upon on Friday, still continues, and the situation remains unaltered, except that the prospect of a general strike,…

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Sydney Tram Service. Service Completely Stopped. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 4

The tramway services in the metropolitan area were paralysed to-day by the strike of employees, who demand the reinstatement of Conductor…

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Sydney Tram Trouble. Men on Strike. Exciting Scenes. Sydney, Friday(Noon)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

The whole of the tram service was stopped at 10 o'clock this morning. Two hours before the appointed time all…

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Tocumwal Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

The eilleial testing of the brllge over the Murray at Tocmawal, which has reastly been strengthened to earry the pail.way traille lock place on Friday, ander…

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Tramway Strike Immediate Collapse Predicted. Men Going Back the Situation Yesterday. the Publis Greatly Inconvenienced. the Unionists Weakening. SYDNEY,Tuesday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

The weather this morning in Sydney was still dark and glcemy. Is had coatinued raining incessanty and steadily for 18 hours on end , and the rain caused…

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Railway Union Will,not Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

The trund of feeling in the olty daring the day was that the Railway Englnedrly. ers and Firenon's Union would not go out on strlko in sympathy with the Train…

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A Railway Rallot

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

In the railway rervice ther are practieally three [?]…

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Seeing the World by Motor

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 3

The motoring feats of Mr. Charles J. Glidden, the American traveller, form the subject of an interesting article in "Pearson's Magazine."…

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Sydney Tram Strike. Whole Service Stopped. Cars Left on the Streets. Officials Mobbed. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

The whole train service of Sydney was stopped at ten this morning, two hours before the appointed time. All the cars were left on the…

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Tramway Strike Declared Off. Men Returning to Work a Useless Struggle Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2

Great inconvenience was again caused in Sydney by the strike of the Tramway Employees. Thousands again had to walk long distances through the sloppy streets to…

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Sunday, Labor on Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2

Sunday labor in the railways was the subject of a question asked in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Tuesday by Mr.Toutoher, who…

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Victorian Railway Surplus

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 4

A surplus of about [?]9,000 on the operations of the financial year just closed is anticipated by the Victorian Railway department. Last year the…

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A Train Derailed by Robbers. Outrage by Bedouin Brigands. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Cairo reports that a serious outrage has been committed in the Fayounm province, which lies to the west of the Nile, a little above the…

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Railway Lien Sympathetic. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 31

To-day the strikers threatened very s loudly. They mentioned all kinds of unions that were coming out in sympathy with them, and prophesied that their petty…

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Tragedy at Culcairn. Suicide of a Railway Official

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 45

There would appear to be some peculiar fatality connected with the discharge of public duties at Culcairn. Not long ago one of the officials attempted to kill…

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New York to Paris. Round the World by Motor. London, July 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 43

The great motor-car race around the world from New York to Paris, which was commenced on February 13, was won by the German. 40-h.p. Protos car, driven by Mass…

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