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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Overhead Bridge Across the Line Divided Counsels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 6

A meeting of property owners on the Eastern Hill and those interested in the matter of securing an overheard bridge across the railway line, was held in the…

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Another Tram Collision Three Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

Two Balmain and Lilyfield tram ears collided on the Booth-street line this morning, the shock causing injuries to several of the passengers…

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Trucking Hards and Overhead Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 1

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last evening the mayor detailed the result of his interview with the Railway Commissions in Sydney [?] the…

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Train Struck by Bullets

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 19

Passengers travelling in two of the carriages on the Melbourne train on Monday were considerably startled just before reaching Avenel by the crashing of glass…

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How People Are Treated at the Railway Barrier. (To the Editor.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

Sir,-The Albury Chamber of Commerce is to be commended for talking a stand against the unfair treatment meted our to respectable citizens of this town, by…

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Killed in a Motor Car. End of a Youthful Baron. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

An accident, resulting in the death of Lord do Clifford, occurred near Horsham, a market town in Sussex, yesterday. Lord do Clifford was driving his motor…

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Curious Chinese Railway

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, The Riverine Grazier

The most curious railroad in the world is in China, and it was built and financed solely by Chinese. It is also oporated by Chinamen. It is known…

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Tho Tolmie Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 33

Mr. Billson, Minister of Railways, by invitation visited Wangaratta on Friday, and met a large number of the members of the Tolmie, Whitfield and Wangaratta Narrow…

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Railway Magnate's Retirement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 41

Mr. E. H. Harrman, the United States capitalist, is suffering from ill-health, and it is reported that he intends to retire from the many great concerns with which…

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Be Access to Tocumwal Railway Station

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 3

Dear Sir,—With reference to your letter dated 2nd inst. enclosing a communication from Mr. J. Donkin of Tocumwal, respecting the opening of a road east of the…

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Girl Murdered. a Tramp's Confession

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 8

A little girl, named Anne Fletcher, of Balmoral road, Willesden Green, who had been missing for several days, was (says "Lloyd's News"), on Friday, June…

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Rode in the World's First Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 1

Mr Eward Entwhistle, who was born in 1815, tells in the "Royal Magazine" the story of the world's first railway, when he drove the Rocket in company…

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Bad Roads in the Municipality. Question of Improving Them, Aldermen and Shire Councillors to Confer

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

Since the Local Government Act became operative and the Shire Councils have judiciously expended their funds in the improvement of their roads, many…

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General Cable News. London, Sunday. Turkish Troop Train Dynamited

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 September 1909 · page 2

A dynamite outrage has been committed on the railway line between Uskub and Milrovista in Emopean Turkey. A Turkish troop-train was travelling between two…

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Cycling. Bathurst to Sydney Road Race. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 September 1909 · page 4

The annual bicycle road race from Bathurst to Sydney, took place yesterday. It was won by 11, Lumile, with A. H. Walrott second. The third man was F. D…

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Fatal Motoring Accident. Lord De Clifford "Chances His Life." London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Lord de Clifford, who was killed in a motor accident near Horsham, in Sussex, last Tuesday…

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Pennsylvania Train Wreckers

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

Train robbers in Pennsylvania precipitated an express down an embankment, two persons being killed and 20 injured…

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Express Train Wrecked Dastardly Outrage in America London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

An express train has been deliberately wrecked by a gang of robbers near the town of Newcastle, in Pennsylvania. An obstruction was placed on the line…

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