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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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The Aeroplane Disaster. Witnessed by Two Thousand People. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 3

Two thousand spectators witnessed the accident to Mr. Orville Wright's aeroplane during a flight near Washington, when the inventor and a companion (Lieutenant…

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Child's Dead Body Thronw From a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 3

About 7 o'clock this morning a Mr. George Scotnon, a resident of Bainclava, was walking near the railway line when he noticed a newspaper parcel lying in…

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Railway Sensation at Melbourne Man Jumps in Front of a Train. Says His Drink Was Drugged. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 2

A sensation was caused at the Elizabeth-street, entrance in the Flinders-street, station by the conduct of a man named Joseph Martin. It appears that shortly…

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Cablegrams. Driven to Death. the Sevenoaks Murder. Suicide of the Victim's Husband. Throws Himself Under a Train London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 3

A great sensation has been caused by the suicide of Major General C.E. Enard, whose wife was terently murdered under most mysterious circumstances at…

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Cyclone Bursts on Albury. Sweeps Through the Show Ground. with Mighty Force. Wrecking Portion of Main Grandstand. Huge Beams and Iron Whirled in the Air. Ton of Wreckage Lifted 200 Yards. and Tossed on to the Railway Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 2

Although comparatively few of the townspeople were until yesterday aware of [?] a violent cyclone passed through the northern portion of Albury on Saturday…

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Railway Picnic and Larrikies—so Carriage Windows Smashed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 3

The annual picnic of the Victorian Railways Mutual Benefit Society wa held at Bendigo to-day. The weather was cold and showery. The first train…

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Public Meeting at Howlong. Opening of the New Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 3

The public meeting convened by the Howlong Progress Association for the purpose of forming a committee to carry out the celebrations in…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Subhigation of the Air. Wright Aeroplane Disaster. Survivors Account. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. Orvill Wind[?] who subtained a [?] let in the accident to him aero[?] at Washington a few days ago. when his competition was killed is new well…

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Another Wages Board. Railway and Tramway Permanent Way Employes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 3

In the Court of Industrial Arbitration this afternoon. which was punished over by Judge [?] the [?] of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway…

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Charge Against a Drover Dead Animal Left on a Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

Yesterday at the Albury police Court before Mr. Flecher, P.M. John Glassop clerk of the Culcairn shire Council proceeded against a drover named charles…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Action Against the Railway Commissioners. £100 Damages Awarded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 3

The action brought by [?] M'known against the Chief Commissioner of Railway in which plaintill claimed the [?] of £1000 de dam[?] for [?]…

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Altered Mail Arrangements. Due to Extension of Railway System

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

In connection with the extension of the railway from Manilla to Barraba, which will be opened on the 21st instant, the following alterations will be made in the…

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House Wil[?] the Tramway Was Enacted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 4

The house where the tragedy [?] is a five-[?] dwelling and neatly furnished with a pretty garden in [?] win an attraction [?] at the [?]…

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Cablegrams. Subjugating the Air. Wonderful Aeroplane Flight. the Record for Both Time and Distance. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 2

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Lockhart to Urana-clear Hills Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 2

The surveyors engaged in the survey of the line from Lockhart to Urana-clear Hills last week shifted to Lake cullivel. The survey has been made to Emu Plains,…

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Politcians and Tramps. What Bart Kennedy Says

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 3

Whenever I go to Westminster I am struck with the resemblance that exists between politicians and tramps. To the unseeing eye there…

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Tram Conductor's Fatal Fall

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 3

A tram conductor named Hoary Vaubel, 23 year of ago fell off a tram car at Houdl last evening Just before midnight, He was taken to St. Vincont's Hospital,…

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Hawksview Roads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 2

The application by Mr. Thomas Hogan for an exchange in respect of a part of the road running from Albury to Hawksview, which was recommended for…

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Cycling. Goulburn to Sydney Road Race. Won by M. Robinson (Cooma)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 23

The annual Dunlop road race from Goulburn to Sydney (131 1/2 miles), held in connection with the League of New South Wales Wheelmen, was decided on Saturday in…

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On the Road to Mandalay. Forbidden Burma Now a Sort of Tourists

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 3

[?] once forbidden, has become attractive to tourists. Steamships from Glasgow and Liverpool run direct [?]. the great city of…

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