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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Railway Communication with Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 31

During the past week the Railway Committee has been visiting and taking evidence at various points on the Upper Murray. The evidence adduced all testified to…

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Upper Murray Railway Standing Committee at Corryong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

The Railway Standing Committee arrived at Corryong on Monday evening to take evidence as to the advisability or otherwise of extending a railway to the Upper…

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Big Railway Trouble Impending

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

The United States is threatened with a big industrial upheaval. Eighty-eight percent of the engineers and firemen employed on fifty railroads in the West, North-West,…

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American Labor Disputes Philadelphia General Strike. More Tramcars Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

Philadelphia was the scene of further sensational occurrences yesterday. Latterly the strikers have refrained from stoning the tram-cars, but yesterday they…

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State-owned Railways

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

State ownership of railroads is the subject of a report recently issued by a British Commission. Forty-one countries are dealt with, the number being…

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Wheat at Railway Stations. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 4

A return preparedly the Victorian Railway Department to-day shows that there are 2.207.388 bags of heat stacked at country stations in Victoria, as compared with…

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Train Derailed Near Katoomba

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

The train winch is timed to reach Katoomba at 7.20 p.m. ran off the line when near its destination on Sunday. The train was travelling at a fair pace at the time…

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A Motor Hits a Tree

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

A shocking motoring fatality has occurred at Munich. A party consisting of He[?] Geiger, local consul for the Argentine [?] his wife, the consul for…

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Railway Strike Averted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

The threatened strike on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad has been averted by both parties making concessions…

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Fierce Battle in a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

One of these sensations provided from time to time on the Russian railways is reported in to-day's advices from the Northern Empire. Fourteen convicts travelling in a…

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Killed on the Railway. Lithgow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

A sensation was caused here to-day by the finding on the railway line of the body of a young lady named Mary James. The body was shockingly mangled. Miss James…

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Motoring in the Antarctic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

Captain R. F. Scott, leader of the British 1910 Antarctic Expedition, reports that the tests he made in Norway with a motor sledge were very successful The sledge…

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Railway and Tramway Revenue

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 33

The railway revenue was very [?] during the past week. The total came to [?] or an increase of £25,284 over the similar week last year. This is the…

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Failure of a Motor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 42

A Siemens-Schuckert biplane sustained a disastrous fall at Bornstedt-Erfed, in Germany. The motor driving the biplane failed when 50ft. above the earth, and just…

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Born on a Tram

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 32

Usually when the light of the day first meets a child's eyes he is lying contentedly on a soft bed. But originality is a…

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N.S.W. Tramway Fares

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 32

At a recent meeting of the Tramway Officers' Association of New South wales, Mr. John Kneeshaw, Superintendent of Tramways, drew a comparison between the…

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New Motor Car Record

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 3

An enthusiast in motoring named Barney Oldfield has created a new motor record foe the mile at Saytan, Florida. The car used was a Benz and the time occupied…

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State-owned Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

State ownership of railroads is the subject of a report recently issued by a British Commission. Forty-one countries are dealt with, the number being…

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Motor Traffic Act, 190[?]

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

The above act has become operative. The regulations are fairly comprehensive, and should be perused by motor car and cycle owners and chauffeurs. Under…

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