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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Boxing Championship. Jeffries and Johnson. The Ex-Champion Will Train. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 2

Although Jim Jeffries, the retired champion boxer, has refused offers of £10,000 and £15,000 to re-enter the ring and fight Jack Johnson, the…

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Roads and Bridges Great

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

The Victorian Governor-ln-Council has approved of the allocation of money provided by Parliament for special subsidies to municipalities for…

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Gates Across Roads. Pleasant Hills Farmers Protest. Interesting Evidence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 46

The executors of the late L. Ryan applied for permission to erect gates across roads on Wallandool Estate, in accordance with the provisions of the P.P. Act…

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Aerial Navigation. Wilbur Wright Visits Britain. Mr. Haldane Buys His Aeroplane. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

An important announcement in relation to the policy of Great Britain regarding aeroplanes was made this morning. It was intimated that the War Office…

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Victorian Railway Incidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 32

A development of importance has occurred in the investigation by the Victorian Railway Department of the mysterious interference with the brake of the…

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Wodonga Railway Employes. Annual Smoke Night. Visit of the Minister for Defence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 19

The annual smoke night held, under the auspices of the Wodonga branch of the Amalgamated Railway Employees Association took place' at the Shire, Hall…

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Railway Collision. Three Passengers Killed. London, March 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 41

Tonbridge Junction, in Kent, on the South-Eastern Railway, was tho scene of a serious accident yesterday. Two trains came into collision, and as the result three…

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Excursions on the Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 4

Thu Albury Friendly Societies are moving in the direction of organising a deputation to walk upon the Victorian Minister of Railways with…

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A French Aeroplane Thathas Flexible Wings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 2

Mr. Me[?] Mou[?] de Cyvray, a noted French inventor, has been conducting [?]kable experiments [?] Cannes with an aeroplane which…

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Boxing Championship. Jeffries and Johnson. the Ex-champion Will Train. London

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

Although Jim, Jeffries, the retired champion boxer, has refused offers of £10,000 and £15,000 to re-enter the ring and fight Jack Johnson, the colored…

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The Tramp Problem. an Old Scottish Way of Transporting Vagab[?]s

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 3

The tramp problem which to-day a matter of moment wi[?] all public bodies. is referred to a far back an the beginning of…

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Railway to Sacred City. Where Mahomet's Tome Is Now Lighted with Electricity

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 3

The Hedjaz Railway is a remarkable undertaking. Not only does it link Damasens with Modina, the city that in the eyes of Mahemedans is…

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A [?] From the Ostrich. Aeroplane Wings Make of Possible to Beat All Running Records

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 4

Just now the two most interesting figures in [?] are the wright brothers and the Olympic runners—the one in [?], the other…

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Snowed Up for Six Days. Train Passengers Short of Food. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 2

Passenger by an express train running from Vienna to [?] in the South of France, have had an unenviable experience…

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Railways in China. Germans Violate International Agreements. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 2

Dr. George Morrison, the "Times" correspondent at Peking, has reported unfair tacties China now in course of construction…

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Victory Over the Air. the Wright Aeroplane. Six to Be Built in England. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" [?] that the Wright Brothers [?] of the most successful aeroplane in the world, who are now on a visit to England, have received [?]…

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Railway Matters

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 2

No reply has as yet been received by the [?] progress Association from Mr. Ball to their imp[?] to when building operation would commence…

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New Railways in China. the Government Moves. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 2

The Chinese Government is taking active steps to meet British wishes with regard to the Tientsin-Yangtsze railway. The British authorities are keenly desirous that…

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Removing Timber From Shire Roads

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

A case of considerable public interest just now was dealt with in the Albury. Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., when Henry Hay, of…

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Train in a Waiting Room. Sensational Canadian Railway Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 2

Yesterday the Canadian Pacific Railway Company last express train for Boston, while travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour [?] into the [?] street…

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