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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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End of Turkish Mutineers. Ten Thousand on the Roads, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 May 1909 · page 2

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Railway Office Robbed. by Armed Thieves. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 May 1909 · page 2

Detectives Howard and Bannon were called upon to-day to investigate a robbery from the Victoria Park railway station booking office, Porey Robinson, a…

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Urana Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 May 1909 · page 2

Tenders for the first section of the above railway closed yesterday. The Borce Creek correspondent of the "Review' says that several contractors…

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Riviera Train Robberies Fifteen Guards Arrested. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 2

A long priea of annoying robberies has been committed on the Riviera railway this season. Passengers trunka were opened with skeleton reya and their contents…

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Robbery at a Railway Station. Sensational Arrest of a Suspect. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 2

There was n important development [?] with the report made to the police last Fiday night by Percy Robinson, booking eleth at the Victoria…

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Railway Wreck. Royal Train Delated. Express Saved by Gallant Action

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 8

The inquest on the two victims of the Tonbridge railway collision, Henry Edward Rowley and Horace Howard, was opened yesterday and adjourned until…

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Sent to Work on the Roads. London, May 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 42

The new Administration in Turkey is dealing promptly with those who were concerned in the recent upheaval. Ten thousand of the Constantinople…

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Chinese Railways Important Enterprises. London, May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 42

A proposal was made by the Deutsch Asiatisch Bank a few weeks ago to lend the Chinese Government £3,000,000 for the purpose of proceeding with the…

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Clear Hills Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 2

Only three tenders were received for the construction of the first section of the railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills, which closed with the…

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St Vincent De Paul Society "Living Bridge" in Aid of the Funds

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

Now that arrangements for the "Premier, novel and enjoyable function of the season"—Living Brige—to be followed by a plain and fancy dress ball, have reached…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. the Marrickville Railway Station Sensation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 5

Joseph Robert Kerr, 36 years of age, who had been employed as night officer at the Marrickville railway station, was charged at the police court to-day with…

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Motoring. Motor Boat Championship. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the Motor Boat Club of New South Wales decided its championship event for the Albert Cup. There were four estrants, viz., Mr. Arthur Davies'…

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Mr. Ball at Pleasant Hills. Henty-daysdale Railway. Favourable Surveyor's Report

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. Benley M.L.A., Mr. A. Entertain and Mr. R. Piltz, drove out to Pleasant Bills on Friday…

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Suicide Stops a Train. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 May 1909 · page 5

While a train was procceding from Mulewa to Geraldton the engine noticed the3 body of a man hanging by the neck from a telegraph pole…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. a Motor Launch Thief

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 May 1909 · page 5

Chande William Grillitles, who was found gulty today being judge Backhonour, on a charge of dealing a motor launch, was sentenced to two years imprisonment with…

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Henty-daysdale Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. R.T. Ball, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. Henley, M.L.A., drove out to Pleasant Hills on Friday last, and in the evening Mr. Ball addressed the election there…

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Train Robbery. American Road Agents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 47

A sensational train robbery is reported from Omaba, a city in the Middle West of the United States, on the direct railway route between Chicago and San…

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Never Rode in a Train

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 5

The death has occurred at Annan [?]umfriesshire, of Miss Jean Jardine in her 101st year. Miss Jardine, who was he daughter of a fisherman, had…

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The Hunger Road to Health

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 11

The thirty days' "health fast" which Miss Claire de Serval is undergoing in Berlin is merely a revival of a fad that had a remarkable vogue in America some ten…

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Russian Railway Loan Negotiated by English Capitalists

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 3

A group of English capitalists has negotiated a Russian railway loan of £3,250,000. A portion of this money is to be devoted to purchasing material in Great Britain…

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