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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Visit of the N.s.w. Railway Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

At six o'clock last evening, the railway commissioners (Mr. T. Johnson and his colleagues) visited Corowa for the purpose of inspecting railway premiers. They…

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Train Held Up and Robbed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 2

A train on the Warsaw-Varna railway in Russia, was stuck up and robbed of £8,000. UNIVERSAL ARBITRATION…

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Daring Train Hold-up Robbers Secure [?]8000. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

Reuters agency are in receipt of a massage from their St. Petersburg correspondent, giving a report of a daring train robbery in the district of Piotrkow. a large…

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Albury Asks for Truck Weighbridge Chief Railway Commissioner Gives "Bluffing" Reply

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 6

A deputation consisting of Aldermen Ten Brink and Logan and Messrs. P. D. Burrows and C. Reis waited upon the Chief Commissioner for N.S.W. Railways (Mr…

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Henty. Interviewing Railway Commissioners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. Johnson, Chief Commissioner of Railways, and staff, passed through Henty on Thursday, on the annual visit of inspection. Several deputations waited on…

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300-Mile Motor Record. Jacksonville (Florida)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 2

Louis Disbrow, driving a Pope-Hartwood motor car, won the 300-Mile Automobile Contest on Saturday. The time was 3 hours 53 minutes 33 seconds, which is the…

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To the Antarctic Dr. Mawson with an Aeroplane London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

Dr. Mawson is taking an aeroplane as a portion of his equipment in his voyage of Antarctic exploration. He will probably take a Bleriot biplane, capable of carry-…

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Train Crashes Into Dead End Seventeen Persons Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at the Gare du Nord on Saturday. The brakes failed on a train coming into the station, which crashed into the dead end,…

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Uniform Railway Gauge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 4

The sittings of the Federal Cabinet were continued on Saturday afternoon until half-past 4 o'clock. The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) "was seen after the Cabinet…

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French Railways Opposition to Pensions Scheme, Monday. PARIS

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

The principal railway companies in France have conjointly memoralised the Senate protesting against the pensions payable to railway servants under the mea-…

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Victorian Railways Standing Committee. Evidence Affecting N.s.w

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

The Victorian Railways Standing Committee sat at Swan Hill last week and took evidence upon the proposed railway to Nyah, in which incidental reference…

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Burglary at Railway Station Safe Blown Open with Dynamite. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 2

The Grenfell railway station was the scene of a daring burglary last night. The safe was blown open with dynamite, and £47 in notes and cash were taken…

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Train Wrecked in India Serious Results. Calcutta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

Another train wrecking outrage has been carried out in the Presidency of Bengal with serious results. A train was maliciously wrecked in the…

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Train Robbed. £8000 Stolen. Money for Official Salaries. St. Petersburg, March 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 43

A Renter's message gives particulars of a daring and extensive robbery carried out by a strong organisation of bandits on the railway train betwen Warsaw arid Vienna…

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Fast Motoring. World's Record for 300 MILES. Jacksonville (Florida), April. 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 43

A 300-mile automobile contest, held here yesterday, was won by Louis Disbrow, driving a Pope-Hartford car. His time was 3 hours 53min. 33sec., which is a world's…

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Hard on the Tramp

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 40

The tramp had walked a good three miles and was particularly thirsty. A sudden turn in the road brought him to the foot of a steep hill, at the top of which stood a…

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A Good Motor Car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

During the past lew weeks we have been, pointing out the wisdom of only buying good motor cars—in fact, tars of repute only—and mentioned the…

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"Angus" Motor Cars, Buggies, Etc

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

The firm of Messrs. Angus & Son, whose advertisement appears on this page, is just now specially equipped to meet the big Easter trade. Hundreds…

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A Railway Matter

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 5

Passengers to Wahgunyah on Wednesday night were subjected to an annoying delay at Springhurst. For fully an hour the train was kept back to let the second…

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Boy Crushed by Tram Leg Amputated. Melbourne, Friday. j

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

A shocking accident happened in Eliza • beth street this morning, when Harold Middleton , eight- years of age, a schoolboy living in Bouverie street, Carlton, was…

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