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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Original Correspondence. the Daysdale-henty Railway League. To the Editor

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

Sir.--The deputation that waited on the Minister for Public Works recently, asking for railway extension to Savornake, via Urana and Clear Hille, has aroused…

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Serious Railway Accident. Guard's Van Projecting Over the Points. Carried Off by a Mail Train. Bathurst

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 5

The mail train for Sydney figured in a serious accident at Wambool last night. A goods train was standing on the siding at Wambool, its brake van projecting over…

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Body in Railway Car Seven Bullets in the Head. Mystery at Newcastle-on-tyne. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 2

What looks like an ugly case of murder is engaging the attention of the police at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The body of a man was found huddled…

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The Murder in a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 3

The London police are searching for a man who had been seen in the compartment of the carnage in a Newcastle tram in which was found the dead body of a…

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The Waradgery Shire and the Works Department. The Shire Rate and the Booligal Road. An Interesting Situation

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

It will be remembered that ever since the inception of a local Government, the council of the Shire of Waradgery has been contending that in the upkeep of the…

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Newcastle Train Murder a Suspect Arrested. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

The police are pursuing their inquiries into the murder of Mr. Nesbit, the cashier of the Widdrington colliery, who was found dead huddled under a seat in a Newcastle…

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Shocking Railway Accident Forty-five Passengers Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

A train has been derailed near Marshall Town in Iowa, U.S.A. While travelling round a sharp curve at a high speed some of the carriages left the metals. A…

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Motor Traffic Act. Its Chief Provisions

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 1

The regulations have been published under the Motor Truffle Act of 1909. The Act came into operation at the beginning of the year and the…

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Aeroplane Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 32

An Adelaide telegram says:—The monoplane lately imported by Mr. F. H. Jones was badly damaged while manoeuvring in a paddock at Bolivar. It had been…

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Stonewall's Bridge [?]Aker

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 3

"Stonewall Jackson," said an old Army veteran, "used to tell a story about a bridge-builder. "This bridge-builder was called old…

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"John Bridge" at Homebush

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 28

Graziers, farmers and selectors all over the State Will be interested to learn that the great wool-broking firm of John Bridge and Company, Limited, of Circular Quay,…

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Train Tragedy. Cashier Robbed and Murdered. London, march 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 42

A case of murder and robbery has occurred on a train near Newcastle on a train near Newcastle on Tyne. The body of a man named Nesbit cashier of the Widdington colliery, was found huddled…

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The Children. For Young Australians Who Road "The Ba[?]"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 12

The suggestion made recently by "Bush Child," regarding the circulation of a printed card amongst those desirous of protecting Australian birds, is slowly…

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Queensland Floods. Railway Lines Submerged. Brisbane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 43

A telegram received by the Railway Commissioner from Rockhamption, where serious floods have occurred, sums up the position thus:—"Further heavy rains have…

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130 Miles an Hour. World's Motoring Record. London, March 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 43

A world's motoring record for one mile was established yesterday by Barney Oldfield, the well-known driver, on the straight track at Dayton, on tho Florida sands…

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Original Correspondence. the Daysdale-henty Railway League. to the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 5

SIR,--In your last Friday's issue appears a letter, signed "Selector on Coreen," which hardly deserves notice except upon the principle that a lie, however…

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A Great Canadian Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

It will probably take four years to complete the New Quebec Bridge, work on the superstructure of which will not be commenced until the latter part of…

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Jerilderie Wilson Road

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

Sir,—With reference to a better presented by you from Wunnamurra Shire Council at Jerilderie urging action On proposed deviation in part of the Jerilderie-Wilson Road,…

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Letter Found on the Sydney Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Dear Mick.—Don't let a soul know about the Subdivision of Morven Station, near Culcairn. Slip into Power's and get a map. We will go out by train. There is a…

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A Motor Tragedy America's Army Chief Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Major-General J. Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, was greviously injured yesterday in a motor accident. The disastrous smash occurred…

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