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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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A Painter on the Tramp

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 6

Mr. Ford Madox Hueffer's interesting "Pre-Raphaelite Reminiscences," in "Harper's," tells some stories of a painter whom he calls "P." that…

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John Bridge and Co

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 21

John Bridge and Co. Ltd. report on 3rd March: — Hides. — The rise of 1-8d. Which we reported last week was experienced by everybody this week, while the…

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Railway Tunnel Calamity Train Runs Into Gang of Men. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

A dreadful calamity occurred in a railway funnel at Vincennes, an eastern suburb of Paris. Twenty navvies were engaged repairing…

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The Children. For Young Australians Road "The banner," the Campaign in Full Swing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 12

I have to thank the young readers of the "Banner" who have so generously offered their help in the noble work of collecting funds for the Children's Cot. I am…

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The Tumbarumba Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 20

The Public Works Committee met on Friday afternoon, and further considered the expediency of constructing a railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba. Mr. T…

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The State Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 20

The Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Johnson) was examined by the Decentralisation Commission last week. Giving his views generally, Mr. Johnson…

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News From America a Railway Presidency. St. Louis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

Mr. Howard Elliott., president of the Northern Pacific Railway, has refused an offer of the presidency of the Missouri Pacific system…

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Railway Extension

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 3

On Wednesday last a telegram was received by the Railway Association, advising that Mr Usher, an officer of the New South Wales…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 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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Decentralisation. Riverina Railways

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

In giving evidence before the Decentralisation Commission in Sydney on the 1st inst., Chief Commissioner Johnson is reported to have spoke as…

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Border Railways. Chief Commissioner Gives Evidence

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 3

Before the Decentralisation Commission last week, Mr Johnson, Chief Commissioner of Railways in this State, gave evidence on a number of proposals…

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Queen's Train-bearers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

Lady Eileen Knox, youngest daughter of the Earl of Ranfurly, formerly Governor of New Zealand, will act as one of the tram-bearers of her Majesty the Queen at…

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Progressive Canada's Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 2

Mr. Graham, Canadian Minister for Railways, announces that 4580 miles of new railways are now under construction in the Dominion. The Government has…

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Assaulted in Train Outrage at Cannes. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Mrs. Powdrel, widow of Dr. Powdrel, was seriously assaulted and robbed in a train at Cannes, the famous winter resort in the South of France. Her…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Unsustained Charge Against Motorist

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court this ] morning, before the Chief Justice, Dr. Cullen. William Smith, a taxi-cab driver, was i charged with manslaughter of Leonard…

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The Baghdad Railway. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

The "North German Gazette" expressed satisfaction at the statement made by Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Minister, on the Subject of the Baghdad…

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The Wakool Bridge. a Disappointment

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 3

Mr Scobie has forwarded the following letter, dated 4th instant, from the Under Secretary for Public Works, to the council for its consideration:—With reference to…

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New South Wales. a Cash Register on the Road. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 3

While James Boyd, a milkman, was going his rounds early this morning he was surprised at the vision, of a rash register lying outside the Australian Hotel…

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A Train-bearer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 42

Lady Eileen Knox, youngest daughter of the Earl of Ranfurly, a former Governor of New Zealand, is to be one of the Queen's train-bearers at the Coronation…

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