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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

918 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 46

Aerial Tramway. the Berlin Idea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 3

All modern large cities have to face the all important problem of rapid transit and traffic. When carriages became insufficient,…

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Novel Socialistic Plea Australian Railways Cheapen Britain's Food. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia, at a dinner at the Imperial Industries Club, London, explained that Australian Socialism as applied to…

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Japanese Railways. Proposed Leasing to Foreign Syndicate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 3

The Japanese Government has failed in its attempt to nationalise its railways, and it is now proposed to lease them to a foreign syndicate which will extend and…

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Canadian-pacific Railway. Now Vessels for the Atlantic Trade. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

The Canadian-Pacific Railway Co. Ltd., is building two new vowels of the "Express" type, larger and hunter than [?] at present employed in the trade between…

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Hunting for a Capital. the Federal Picnic "A Capital Sight." Country Strewn with Damage Ed Motors. and Disappointed Capital Hunters

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

The Federal legislatory, who so gaily set out from Albury for Towers on Sunday morning on a close after a Federal capital site have and a work…

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Removing a Sick Passenger Br[?]tal Condect. Damages Against the Railway Commissioners. Verdict for [?] SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 3

The care was heart to-day in which Herbert Morgan used the N.S.W. railway commissioner to recover [?]1000 for alleged breach of contract and asault…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 4

There will be a cheap excursion train from Corowa on Saturday, April 11, leaving at 12.20 p.m. and tickets will be issued at the single…

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Proposed Railway to Daysdale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 7

A meeting of delegates was held at Bulgandra last Saturday to discuss matters in connection with a proposal to construct a line of…

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Record Droving Performance. Thirteen Months on the Road

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 6

What may be considered a record has been accomplished with a mob of 1700 bullocks brought from Victoria Downs Station, in the Northern…

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Thieving Railway Clerks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

Several clerks in the parcels office at the London and North-Western Railway Company's Euston terminus have been tried on charges of theft, and six of them…

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Across America by Motor-car

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 4

During the latter months of 1906 a remarkable motorcycle journey, which is without a parallel in the annals of the sport, and as a feat of…

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Death in a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 3

A man named Henry Thompson, a resident of Sydney, while travelling in the train from Sydney to Bathurst to-day, was taken seriously ill just as…

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Train Robberies Railway Detective Convicted. London, March 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 42

A sensation has been caused by the discovery that a number of robberies which had been committed from time to time on the London and North-Western…

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Sick Man Put Off Train. Action for £1000 Damages. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 4

Herbert Morgan, a commercial traveller, sued the Railway Commissioners for breach of contract and assault and claimed £1000 damages. It was…

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Railway Extension in Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 47

At a public meeting held at Bulgandra on Saturday, the following resolutions were carried:— "That the Minister be requested through…

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The Federal Capital. Proposed Tooma Site. Inspection by Federal Members Up the Murray m Motor Cars

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 46

A party of Federal members left Melbourne on Friday afternoon to inspect the proposed capital site at Toomn, in the…

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Dishonest Railway Clerk. Arsconds with £7000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

Advices from Switzerland state that a railway clerk named Glometta, stationed at Chlasse, near Lake Come, has abseended with 7000 belonging to his employers…

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Motor Omnibus Man. a Day in His Life. Trying Ordeal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

Apropos of the recent strike of motor 'busmen in London a contributor to the "Daily Mail" of 4th January wrote as follows: --…

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On the Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

The airship man, sailing over the steeple, Looks down on the crawling, auto people…

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Cycling. Bicycle Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 6

A road race was run yesterday at Hawksvlew by the members of the rabbit camp, over a distance of three miles, for trophies present by Mr. Kalbrunner and…

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