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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

706 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 36

The Ladies. Motor [?]Oat and Hat

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 5

A grey coat with possum-skin lapels and a small hat with a rose tucked at each side, and a long smoke-grey vell to cover it or fall back, at will, is just the…

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Railway Disaster. Tragedy in Queensland. Two Killed, 14 INJURED

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 44

Information was received by the Queensland Railway Commissioner on Saturday that a serious accident had occurred ho tho passenger train which left Roma at…

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Henty to Daysdale Railway. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 45

The deputation appointed to wait on the Minister re construction of railway from Henty, via Pleasant Hills, to Daysdale, met with a favorable reception…

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The Ladies. Motor Boat and Hat

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 6

A grey coat with possum-skin lapeb and a small hat with a rose tucked at each side, and a long smoke-grey vell to cover it or fall back, at will, is just the…

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Henty-daydale Railway. the Proposal Before the Minister

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 6

Mr. Hall, M.L.A., introduced to the N.S.W. Minister fer works on Thursday a deputation arranged by the Henty-daysdale Railway league, who urged the con…

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Motor-car Romances

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 6

The motor seems, in France at cast, to have added now romance to dally life. Sunday statement where sweet soyenteen is picked up…

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The Baguad Railways. a Turco-ge[?]manic Under Taking

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 4

The Turks have a curious habit in the making of railways. They ofter the [?]oneerrion of gomer particular route to a foreigner, and guarantee…

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Comedy in a Tramcar

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 4

The tramcar was full when the two men entered. Both were tired, and the passengers on one side crowded up and made room for one, and the…

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The Tram and Its Victim

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

The middle aged women who was knocked down by an electric [?] in [?] street west on Friday night died in the Sydney Hospital this morning She his…

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Daysdale. Daysdale-henty Railway. a Survey Promised

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 3

A deputation was introduced by Mr. Ball, M.L.A., of representatives of the Henty-Daysdale Railway League and other local bodies, to the Minister for…

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Albury's Muddy Roads, the Mayor Wants a Water Cart! Is the Road Scarper Lost?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 2

At a late stage of the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last evening. Ald. Ten Brink alluded to the m[?]erably wretched state of the streets of the town…

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Collision of Trams Seven Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 4

There was a scene of great excitement at 8 o'clock this morning in Elizabeth-street, near the railway station. A Botany tram, bound for Circular Quay…

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The Railways Upper Murray District

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 2

The Minister of Railways, in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, moved that the question of connecting the Upper Murray district at Corryong,…

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The Lost Road Scraper

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 2

As a result of a leading article in the "Border Morning Mail" about the middle of last June, Ald. Fletcher, at the meeting of the Albury Municipal Municipal Council on…

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Navigating the Air. the Mails by Aeroplane. London, August 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 46

Mr. T. A. Edison, the American inventor, prophesies that in ton years' time, the progress made in aviation will be such that aeroplanes will carry the mails, and…

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INTERCOLONIAL. Electr[?]ng the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 32

A report by Mr. J. A. Boyd, upon electric traction on the railways, based upon information obtained by him during his recent visit to England, the Continent and…

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The Upper Murray Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 3

The Victorian Minister of Railways, in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, moved that the question of connecting the Upper Murray district at Corryong…

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Rabbits in Railway Enclosures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 33

An important question regarding the liability of the Railway Commissioners to destroy rabbits within railway enclosures, was before the Gundagai Pastures Board…

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Sydney Tram Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 45

The junction of Elizabeth-street and Foveaux-street, near the central railway station, Sydney, was the scene of a collision between two heavily-loaded…

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Notification of Proposed opening and Closing of Roads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 6

Description of road to be opened.-Deviation in part of road from Albury to Hawks-view Bridge, parish of Thurgoona, county Goulburn, municipality of Albury…

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