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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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General Cable News London, Monday. English Railway Amalgamntion. the Bill Withdrawn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

The Bill [?] the auction of Parliament to the [?] of the [?] Great Eastern and Great Central Companic[?] has been with…

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Narrow Gauge Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 4

The Public Works Committee (of which Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., is a member) recently visited Tasmania and Victoria, to make enquiries…

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Sunshine Railway Disaster Milburn's Dismassal Confirmed. Kendall to Be Re-instated. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 5

The appeal to the Railway Commissioners made by Leonard Milburn, enginedriver, and Frederick George Kendall, stationmaster, against the decision of the…

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Great Train Robbery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

A great jewellery robbery was committed yesterday on a train between San Remo, the Italian watering-place, and Lugano, in Switzerland. Jewels valued at…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. the Sailor and the Moving Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

At the corner of Bridge and Pitt-streets this morning, John Dodds, 40 years of age, described as a sailor, attempted to board a moving tram…

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The Wright Aeroplane. Mr Balfour Watches a Flight

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 8

Although it was snowing hard, Mr Balfour again motored to the Pont Long aerodrome on the afternoon of February 11, Mr Wilbur Wright having…

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Killed on the Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 33

Mr. John Henry Tanner, a farmer, of Greta South was killed last week as a result of a road accident. His cousin, Mr. Daniel Tanner, was driving a…

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Fell Under Train Man's Legs Mutilated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 43

A shocking railway accident happened at Murtoa on Saturday night, the victim being Mr. Hunt, of Stawell, who was acting as foreman carpenter at Murtoa…

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Boy Awarded L800. Injury by Motor-car

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 6

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London Sheriff's Court on February 17 (says the "Daily News"), Harold Victor Tibbles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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Bot Awarded L800. Injury by Motor-car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 7

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London sheriff's Court on February 17 (says the "Daily News"), Harold Victor Tibbles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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[?]Oy Awarded L800. [?]Jury by Motor-car

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 6

Before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell, at the London Sheriff's Court on February 17 (say the "Daily News"), Harold Victor T[?]bles, a lad of nine years, sued,…

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General Cable News London, Friday. Ultimatum to Natal Railway Employes.port of Fremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

The Government of Natal has forwarded an ultimatum to the railway employes, who are now out on strike, that they will be dismissed from their posts and forfeit…

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The Budget Largely Increased Duties. Spirits, Tobacco, Income Tax. Motor Cars and Petrol. Mr. Lloyd George's Speech. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought down [?] budget in the Home of Commons yesterday afternoon. There was a crowded House,…

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Tram and Cart Collide

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

A tram collided with a baker’s cart at Wooloomooloo to-day. The horse was killed and the driver of the cart injured…

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May Day Meeting. the Socialists Propaganda a Great Attendance. Beyond the Union Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 2

Although the weather was black and wintry, and the ground droop, the roads full of pools and churned-up and, people an [?] from all part, of the…

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Natal Railway Strike. Reply to Government's Cltimatum. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 3

The employees, on the Natal state railways, who have been out on strike for several days for increased pay and as a protest against piecework, received an…

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The Imperial Budget. Motor Industry Singled Out. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 3

Further details of the Imperial Budget are now available. It includes an appropriation of £200,000 to promote afforestation, and a similar one…

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Death at St. Peters Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 3

At midnight on Saturday the Newtown police were informed of the sudden death by violence of a young man named Thomas E[?]isworth, 19…

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The Pitt Street Tram Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 3

An inquest was held by the City Coroner to-day into the circumstances which caused the death of a tailor named John Dodda, 40 years of age,…

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The Wangaratta Railway Sensation. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 3

On January 25, while the Sydney express was passing Wangaratta railway station, the brake, [?] to act, and the tram dashed past the plat…

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