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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 63

Millions Lost Through Railway Strikes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 8

Serious as the consequences nave been in connection with the strike of over 100,000 railway men in France, they are mild in comparison with the strike of…

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Railway Freights. United States Railways. Increase Refused. London, February 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 42

For some time inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States into the applications of various [?]ailways for permission to increase their…

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New Riverina Railways Views on the Proposed Lines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

The Chief Commissioner for Railways Mr. Johnson) gave evidence before the Decentralisation Commission in Sydney on Wednesday. Mr. Johnson said:—With regard to the…

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Strike at Albury Railway Station Difficulty with Transport Men. Reduction of Men and Rate of Pay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

The casual hands-employed transhipping mails and luggage at the Albury railway station went on strike last night. The men are from 12 to 16 in number. They…

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New Premier and Railway Men

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

Senator Monis, the new French Premier, intends to ask the railway authorities to reinstate the men dismissed in consequence of the strike. He will retain…

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Cheap Railway Fares

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Cumberland Council of Progress at the Town Hall, Paramatta, the Secretary, office of the Chief…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 3
Also in The Riverine Grazier

There is an absurd idea amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…

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Cheap Railway Pares

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Cumberland Council of Progress at the Town Hall, Parramatta, the Secretary, office of the Chief…

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Railway Extension

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 3

The decentralisation Commission which took evidence at Berrigan two weeks ago threw some light on matters relating to railway extension to the…

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Strike at Railway Station the Difficulty Arranged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 2

The strike amongst casual hands employed transporting mails and .luggage at the Albury Railway Station, initiated on Thursday night, was last night…

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Railway Men Dismissed. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

The Lake Shore Railroad Company of Cleveland has recently suffered a severe shrinkage in its business. As a consequence the company has dismissed ten per…

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On a Railway Platform

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

The express vas just ready to start when a stout lady ran on to the platform in breathless haste. The obliging guard pounced upon her in…

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New South Wales. Horse Boards a Tram. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 6

At the crossing of Cleveland and Chalmers streets this morning a runaway horse created a great sensation by jumping into a tram. Fortunately there was only a…

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Aeroplane Falls on Spectators Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

An aeroplane driven by a French, aviator collapsed here to-day. The machine fell on top of some of the spectators in the Hippodrome. One woman was killed…

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The Surfer and the Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 3

While a man named Dick Digby Frost, who resides at Waverley. was returning from a bout at surf bathing at Bondi yesterday, he endeavored to board a…

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Knocked Down by a Motor Oar

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 3

A man named William Ferguson, who resides at Waverley, was knocked own by a motor car last night, sustaining injuries to his hands and face. He was taken…

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Along the Main Roads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

It does not require much intelligence to see the difference between the settlement on the New South Wales side of the Upper Murray road from Muhwala Station…

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A Hovel Wind Motor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

An inventor in Philadelphia has been experimenting with wind motors of a peculiar type. As shown in the drawings, the motor consists of a…

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Runaway Motor-car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 3

The late Hon. C. S. Rolls, the well-known motorist and balloonist, had many hair-breadth escapes while indulging in his two favourite…

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