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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Walla Farms. Provision for Roads and Reserves

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

When it became known that the Government had not only cut out the whole of the Walla Walla resumed estate, but had "dumped" practically…

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General Cable News. London, Monday. Stolen From a Railway Carriage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

£40,000 WORTH OF SECURITIES. Parish has been the scene of a big robbery. the crime was committed in a railway…

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Urana-clear Hills Railway. Slow Progress

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

At a meeting of the Clear Hills F. and S. Association held on Saturday night week the remarkable slow rate of progress of the survey of the…

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Electric Tram Fatality. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

The first fatal accident in connection with the now electric tramway system has council. Yesterday William Porter was engaged…

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Closing and Sale of Roads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Home shire Council application was made by Messrs. Fleming and Henderson, Albury, on behalf of Mr. O. J. Hore, for concent to the…

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Items of News. Must Not Jump Railway Seats

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

The New South wages chi[?] Conners stoner for Railways and Railways in pursuance of the powers [?] by the "Government Railway Act,…

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"Wireless Telegraphy." Death on the Railway Line. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

The remarkable manner in which Eddie Bridges, a 12-year-old hoy, met his death yesterday, on the railway line at the Hetham-street bridge, has occanle[?]a great…

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Another Dynamite Outrage. Railway Siding Damaged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 44

Between 8 and 9 o'clock to-night people in the central portion of the city were startled by a loud explosion in the direction of the warehouses in Blende-street. A squad of…

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Business Men Fight. One Fatally Injured. Quarrel About Railway Trucks. Wagga

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

William Douglas Drummond, a prominent business man at Lockhart, had a dispute with Charles Cornell, a leading wheat buyer, in regard to wheat…

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Railway Administration. Speech by Mr Peters

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

Speaking on the question of railway supply in the House on 14th Dec. Mr Peters said he would cite a special case, which might explain the indignation throughout the…

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Culcairn-corowa Train Service

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

Arrangement have been made to run mixed daily service on the Culcairh to Corowa line, in place of the alternate day service. A train will leave Culcairn at 7.5…

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Boy's Strange Suicide. Decapitation by a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 5

It seems to be beyond doubt that the little boy, Eddie Bridges, deliberately committed suicide when he laid his head on the railway line in front of a train at E…

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Dropped Over a Bridge. Death of a Seven-year-old Boy. a Charge of Manslaughter. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of the seven-year-old boy, John Roberts, a cabdriver named Hugh Fleming, 10 years of age…

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A Big Tender Accepted. for North Coast Railway. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

The tender of Messrs. Rhys-Jones and Carter, at the sum of £455,305 for the construction of the third section of the North Coast railway line,…

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Cablegrams. Appalling Railway Disaster. Trains Collide in America. 68 Persons Killed. a Little Girl's Escape. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

An appalling railway catastrophe has occurred hear Denver City, in the State of Colorado, U.S.A. A goods train came into collision with…

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Upper Murray Railway League

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the above took place at the council chambers last evening. Present: The mayor (president) and Messrs. Chrisp, Henderson, Ringwood, and…

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Zig-zag Railway Accident. Three Men on Trial. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2

Three men named James Bourke, William Henry Fowler and John Carr were charged at the Parramatta court this morning with having caused the…

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Drivers Injured and Vehicles Broken. (By Telegraph.) SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2

A serious lorry and tram accident occurred at Circular Quay this afternoon. The lorry was owned by Thomas…

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The Hay Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

An important alteration will take effect from February 1 in the running of the mixed—better known as the Hay—train from Sydney. The train now reaching…

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Railway Signals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 33

It has just transpired that one morning last month the incoming and outgoing goods trains were duo at stations on either side of Sunshine (Melb.) The railway…

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