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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Linking Interstate Railways

The Independent · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission on Decentraliestion which has been inquiring into the opening up of new ports and the building of new railways has made public its report. In…

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Railway Employe Run Down

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 4

A railway employe named James Grant was crossing the railway line this morn-ing between Redfern and Ersk[?]neville on his way to his work in the loco sheds…

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Closer Settlement and Railway League. Jerilderie—deniliquin Route

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

A meeting of the Jerilderie Closer Settlement and Railway League was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Friday night. About 12 members of…

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Riverina Railways

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 5

The report of the Decentralisation Committee has at length been made available. It may be remembered that the Royal Commission sat at…

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Robbing a Robber. a Page from a Tramp's Diary

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 7

"Good Beds for Working Men and Travellers 4d.," was the legend painted on the fanlight of a house oear Custom House Street, Cardiff, and as I would…

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Close Settlement and Railway League. Jerilderie-deniliquin Route

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 4

A meeting of the Jerilderie Closer Settlement and Railway League was held in the Mechanics’ Institute, Jerilderie, on Friday night. About 12 members of the League were…

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Federal Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 4

A statement has keen made in N.S.W. that the Federal Government intends to at once commence the construction of the proposed railway from the Federal capital…

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New South Wales. a Tram Knocked Him Down. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 3

An unknown man of middle age was knocked down by a tram last night while crossing Oxford street. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in an unconscious…

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Man's Body on Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 3

Intimation was conveyed to Dr. Cole, the coroner this afternoon that a man's dead body had been found on the railway line at Warburton. No particulars were…

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New Riverina Railways Border Railway Extension. Finley to Tocumwal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 4

Before the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Thursday, Mr. J. Harper, the Assistant Railway Commissioner, gave an amended estimate of the cost of the…

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Tocumwal to Finley Railway. Who Should Pay for It? Comment by Victorian Ministers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 3

The Acting-Premier (Mr. Watt) seemed amused when his attention was drawn to the statement made by Mr. J. Harper, Assistant Railway Commissioner in New…

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Railways for Riverina. the Royal Decentralisation Commission's Recommendations. Linking Up with Victorian Lines

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 3

In their report, issued last week, the Decentralisation Commissioners have the following to say with reference to railway lines to connect with Victoria:--…

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Border Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

The recommendations of the New South Wales Royal Commission on decentralisation, so far as they effect the construction of border railways to…

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Railway Yard Conveniences

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

Carpenters are now busy at the local railway station making an extension of the existing goods-shed. The additions will cover 40 feet, and will prove a boon…

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Railway Collision Fourteen People Killed. Denver City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

A disastrous accident has occurred near here on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad. Two passenger trains met in a head-on…

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The Greae Aeroplane, Race. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

The greatest excitement continues in connection with the great aeroplane race from Paris to Rome and Turin, in which prizes aggregating £12,000 have attracted…

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The Echuca Train Service

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Another effort is to be made to induce the Railway Commissioners to improve the train service on the Bendigo- Eehuea line, and the residents of Rochester and Elmore…

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Sensational Motor Accident Lady Dudley in a Collision. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Lady Dudley, wife of the Governor-General, had a miraculous escape from death this morning while driving in a motor car to Bondi…

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News From America Motor Race Smash. Indianopolis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

May 30 is yearly celebrated throughout the United States as Memorial Day in memory of the fallen soldiers. One of the features of the celebrations at…

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Proposed Railway to Burrow A.

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

The Public Works Committee took evidence at Yass on Monday relative to the proposed railway from Yass to Burrowa, Mr. W. Taylor submitted a proposal to…

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