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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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American Politics. Railway and Banking Bills. London, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 42

The bill affecting the control of railways in the United States, and the Postal Savings Bank Bill, which are based on President Taft's message to Congress in January…

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Towns Terrorised by Tram Strikes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 6

Except, perhaps, railway strikes, tram strikes are, of all labor wars, the most dreaded by the authorities. The reason for this is that the "lines of…

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Transcontinental Railway. Canadian Expert's Advice. a Toronto Statement. London, May 27

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

The Toronto correspondent of "The Times" states that Sir William Van Horne, chairman of the board of directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is going to…

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A Motor-car in an Easter Egg

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 45

The American millionaire who is credited with spending a small fortune on a leviathan Easter egg, containing a sumptuous motor-car, for presentation to his…

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Motor Buggy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon Messrs, P. K. Ritchie and D. C. Young arrived in Coram from Melbourne in a new, motor buggy which was recently purchased by…

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Great Aeroplane Feat

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 2

Mr S. Rolls, the English aviator, has accomplished the wonderful feat of making a double journey across the English Channel without a single stoppage,…

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Illustrated Notes from all over the World Motor-car As Fire-engine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 1

One of the latest developments in connection with the motor-car is quite in the line that might have been expected. The power at disposal is so…

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Train Runs Through Coach Horses. Goulburn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 3

Information reached Goulburn this morning, announcing that while the mail coach from Captain's Flat was crossing the railway line near Bungendore last night, a…

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Knocked Down by [?]Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 3

Still another tram acci[?] last night, when a middle[?] man, whose name has not been [?] was knocked down in one of [?] streets. He…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Man Dies in a Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 3

A man named Peter Strong, who had resided at Marrickville, collapsed in a tram car at Newtown yesterday afternoon, and died…

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New Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 2

The new bridge over the Ovens River at Boorhaman, erected the the North Ovens shire, at a cost of £900, was opened on Wednesday, when a luncheon and…

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Killed on a Railway Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 3

Patrick Morris, a railway fettler, was this morning found lying dead on the railway line between Hornsby and Waitara. Deceased, who resided with his wife and…

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Upper Murray Railway Proposals

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 3

The Government having announced its intention, to submit the proposal for a railway from Mount Horeb to Tumbarumba to the Public Works Committee, a meeting…

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Railways and the Interest. to the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 3

SIR, -- At the Liberal Conference a motion was carried in favour of rating for water and sewerage being based on…

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Lookhart to Clear Hills Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Ball M.L.A has received the following communication From the Public Works Department: -- Sir. -- Referring to the letter dated 12th inst…

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The Tramways' Daily Victim

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 3

A married man named James Harrington was run over by a tram at Woollongabba to-day and killed…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Damages Against a Motor Owner

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 3

A telephone monitor named Isaac Hutchinson, who was knocked down and injured by a motor car belonging to John Gibbs, on January 18, brought an action…

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New Water Supply at Wodonga for the Railway Department

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 4

A representative of the "Border Morning Mail" yesterday visited the water supply scheme now in course of construction by the Victorian Railway Commissioners…

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A Picnic Fatality Motoring Doctor Committed for Trial. on a Charge of Manslaughter. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 2

The inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Arthur Ransome Gullick was concluded in the Coroners Court this morning, Mr. Stephen Murphy…

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Perils of Motor-racing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 3

The Prince Henry motor race in Upper Alsace yesterday was marred by a sensational fatality. One of the tryes an a car driven by Franz Heine flew off and the car…

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