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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

918 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 46

Railway Return

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

The railway revenue for the seven days ending February 7 amounted to £92,692, being a decreased of £11,786, as compared with the total received…

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Fettler Run Over by a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 3

A railway [?] Clarke met with a [?] in has death the [?] on the New[?] and West Maitland…

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Cablegrams. Rival Railway Projects Indignation Is Servia. Railway From the Danore to the Adriatic Demanded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

The whole Servian press in uniting in a demand her the construction of a line of railway across the ralkan States from the river Danube to the Adriatic Sea, as…

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Corruption in America Railway Company Prosecuted. for Allowing Secret Rebates

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

The United States Government is taking further steps to stamp out the business abuses which are so rampant in that country…

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N.S.W. Railway Association. a Dramatic Crisis. Annual Meeting Breaks Up in Confusion. Deposed Executive Carries Off Book and Money. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 3

Great excitement has been occasioned among railway and tram employes by some dramatic incidents which occurred to-day at the annual meeting of the Amaigamated…

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Austria and Russia. Jealousy Over the Turkish Railway Concession. the Situation Serious. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

The intense imagination aroused in Servia at the project of Austria, of constructing a railway into Turkish territory, having its terminus at Novibazar,…

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A Railway Pioneer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

Lord Brassey, who has boldly suggested the nationalisation of the British railways as panacea for the troubles that are from time to time…

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The North Shore Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

Our North Shore Premier may be expected to favor the North Shore Bridge. If millions were as plentiful as politicians every one else would…

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Round the World. Motor-car Race. London, February 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 43

The great motor-car race round the world, organised three months ago in Paris, has begun. The cars were shipped to New York, where the start was made. From…

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Origin of the "Word Tram

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 12

The word "tram," so much used nowadays, is derived from a man's name—Outram, the surname of Thomas Outram, who lived in Derbyshire England, and in the beginning of…

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Trans-african Railway a Punitive Expedition. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

Some time ago trouble arose with the Kisli tribe in Uganda, British East Africa, the members of which attacked Mr. Northcote, a district commissioner, and…

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Hours of Railway Men Message by President Roosevelt. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

Colonel Roosevelt President of the United States has written a communication to the interstate Commerce Commission which a new in session, relative to the…

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Railway Fares & Freights. a Country Member's Plea for the Inlanders

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

Speaking in the Assembly at the close of last session, upon the proposal of the Government to borrow £700,000 for the purchase of railway rolling-stock…

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The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained by Soldiers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8
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A fatal motor-car accident had an extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheala yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London. "Daily…

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New Motor Records. 80 Miles an Hour

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

A Napier car has established new records on the Brooklands track, near London, for 50, 100 and 150 miles. The average speed maintained throughout was…

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Wodonga Railway Employes. Annual Smoke Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 2

The annual smoke night of the Wodonga branch of the Amalgamated Railway Employes' Association was held at Mr. S. Carkeek's Terminus…

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Accident to a Railway Man

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 3

To-day William Graham, 40 years of age, residing at Station-street, Carlton, and who is employed as a [?]asual hand on the Victorian Railways was…

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American Railway Employes Conditions of Labor. Letter by President Roosevelt. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Smalley, New York correspondent of "The Times" slate that the Irrepressible President Roosevelt has again stirred up the feelings of all the people of…

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Cablegrams. European Politics. Speech by German Ambassador. Germany's Rel[?] with Britain. Reforms in [?] the [?] Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 2

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