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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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General Cable News Injured New Zealand Motorist London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 5

Allan Woodman, the New Zealand motor cyclist, who fractured a leg in a collision with another cyclist while training in the Isle of Man, is in a very serious condition…

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Railway Development. Two Deputations in Sydney. Orange to Cadia. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 2

A deputation waited upon Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, this afternoon, to urge the necessity for the construction of a railway from Cadia to Orange for the…

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A German Aeroplane. for Earth or Sky. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 2

A new aeroplane, styled the Grauert, has been tested for communicating between the military camps in Germany. The tests were satisfactory. The…

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Motoring Feats That Make You Gasp

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 45

For breath-taking daring there is no man living who can give points to the modern motorist, who seems to take as much pleasure in risking his neck as the…

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Racehorses Stampede. Frightened by Motor-car. Dash Through Towns. London, May 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 43

Fifteen racehorses, including several steeplechasers, which were in training at Kenley, in Surrey, escaped from a meadow in which they were running. A passing…

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Across the Andes. Chilian-argentine Railway. London, May 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 43

The contract for the mountainous section of the trans-Andine railway, the first transcontinental line in South America, has been given to Messrs. Griffiths and…

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Beaufort Railway Disaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 33

The Victoria Railway Department Board apportioned the punishment for the serious accident at Beaufort on February 5 last, when a double-headed goods train…

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Motor-boat Racing. a Daring Course. London, May 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 42

Despite a heavy storm, five motor-boats left Philadelphia on a race to Havana, the capital city of Cuba. The distance between the two points is…

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Railway Development. Wollongong to Port Kembla. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

Another large deputation waited upon the Minister for Public Works to-day to urge the construction or a line of railway from Wollongong to Port Kembla. It was…

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The Egg Train Tour of Wales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 6

The great campaign for the founding of co-operative societies among the poultry farmers of Great Britain was begun with the departure. of the first egg train from…

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Road to Wealth and Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

News from port Darwin states that the dead body of a man named J. Bannigan, who left Tanami on April 14, with three donkeys and a riding horse, was found by…

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Railway Difficulty Settled. Payment Refused for Day of Mourning. the Men Resume Work. Lithgow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 2

Owing to the refusal of the Railway Commissioners to pay men engaged on the railway deviation works for the holiday, on the occasion of the late King's funeral, all the…

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Accident at Henty Railway Crossing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

An accident occurred at the Henty station railway crossing on Thursday evening by which Mr. F. Hickman, of Wattle Grove Farm, was injured, and Mr. G. H…

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A Howlong Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

According to a Howlong correspondent the bridge over the Isgoo[?] is badly in need of repair, and if something is not done soon, it is evident that it will be the…

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And No Pay. the Compulsory Holiday. Railway Commissioner's Explanation. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

The acting chief railway commissioner, referring to the refusal of the men employed upon the Zig-Zag deviation works to continue at work because they were…

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Aeroplane in War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 4

When men find themselves confronted by a hostile army, they are willing to run risks it would, be folly to incur in time of peace…

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London to Paris Motor Service

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 4

The latest instance of smart business enterprise is the establishment of a weekly London to Paris motor service by Messrs. Waring and…

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Cross Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 46

It is with general regret I have to record the death of Mrs. Quirk, wife of Mr. John Quirk, Green Vale, Cross Roads, which took place on 17th inst., at Wagga…

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Run Down by Train. a Boy Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 31

A railway fatality occurred at Castlemaine on Saturday afternoon. A telegraph messenger, named Roy Kirkpatrick, 15 years of age, son of Mr. W. H…

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Convict Train Fight. Sensation in Russia. Prisoners Sentenced to Death. London, May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 43

Nine Russian convicts were sentenced to death yesterday for their participation in a desperate train fight on March 13. On that date 12 convicts and two men under…

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