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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 63

Cablegrams. French Aeroplane Disaster Condition of the Premier. Life Saved by His Son. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

The propeller of the aeroplane completely severed M. Berteaux's arm. M. Monis is suffering from complicated fractures of the leg and from a fractured…

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Victoria. Motor Car Turns Somersault. Frankston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 3

On Friday evening a sensational motoring accident happened on the Mornington. Messrs. Edwick and Harrison…

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Great Cobar Works Closed Railway Department Blamed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 4

The Lithgow works of the Great Cobar, Ltd., have closed down as the result of a dispute with the Railway Department in regard to a difference between the…

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London's Tramways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

The total expenditure, to date on the London County Council tramways is £12,000,000. At the present time the working of the…

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The Railway Time Table Alteration from

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

On and after Monday next the train will leave Hay at 9.35 a.m. instead of at 9.20; and will arrive at 5.10 instead of 5.25 p.m. as at present…

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Motorist Fined

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

Geoffrey Kiddle of Walbandrie, was charged at the Wagga Police Court recently, before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., with being the driver of a motor vehicle,…

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Low Railway Freights. How They Operate in Riverina

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 4

Most business people if they found their rivals in the same trade undercutting them in prices would come to the conclusion that the object of the reduction was…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Express Train Delayed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 5

The Sydney express train, which is timed to reach Melbourne at 12.50, was 95 minutes late in arriving to-day. The delay was caused by a hot box on the…

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Cablegrams. French Aeroplane Disaster Mr. Fisher Sends Message. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 5

Mr. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, has telegraphed to M. Monis, Premier of France, expressing profound [?]orrow at the death of M. Berteanx…

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Railway Passengers' Grievances

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 6

Ladies and Gentlemen,—It was neither my detention nor yours that I should speak to-night when I first survived at this meeting, called to…

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Chillingollah-euston Railway. Evidence at Chillingollah

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 4

The Railways Standing Committee visited Chillingollah to take evidence on the proposed extension of the railway from Chillingellah to Eustom. It…

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A Motor Car Burnt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 3

About 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire destroyed Mr. J. V. Petersen's 16 h.p. Talbot motor car and a quantity of har-ness, which were stored in a shed…

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Finley Roads

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

The following letter from the Finley Farmers’ and Settlers’ progress Association was [?] at the last meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council, and held over…

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Aeroplane Falls Among Crowd. St. Petersburg, May 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 43

An accident of a similar nature to the French aeroplane tragedy occurred yesterday at Kursk, in South-western Russia. An aeroplane fell among a crowd of…

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The Train Service. an Altered Time Table

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

An alteration has been made by the Railway Commissioners in the running the Narrandera-Finley train, to take effect from Monday next. Under the…

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Aviation Sensation. French Premier Injured. a Colleague Killed. Struck by Falling Aeroplane. Paris, May. 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 43

While the start of an aviation race from Paris to Madrid was being made this morning, the spectators, of whom there was a large assemblage, including most of the…

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The Children. For Young Australians Who Road "The Banner." a Few Thoughts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 12

My Dear Nephews and Nieces,—Having engaged your attention for nearly three months in my scheme to supply, a cot for Bick children in the Albury Hospital, I…

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The New Railway Rates

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 18

On Monday next, May 28, there will come into operation a new system of charges on the railways, in, regard, to both merchandise and passengers. The…

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Profit-sharing Tramways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 38

Mr. Badger, general manager of the Brisbane Tramways Company, in a circular letter addressed to the local authorities in the metropolitan district, has made a proposal…

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Yass-Burrowa Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 32

Great interest is being taken at Yass in the proposal for the construction of a railway to Burrowa. A big effort will be made to have the line commenced at Yass, and…

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