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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 63

General Cable News Serious Railway Disaster. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

A train on the Great Western railway, when running at midnight, left the main line and crashed into the buffers of siding near Stratfofd-on-Avon…

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Road Made of Leather

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 6

After nearly a year a road made of leather waste treated with far at Hands-worth, Birmingham, shows practically no signs of wear. Heavy wheels make no im-…

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Evolution of Labor Seamen's Strike. Railway Men May Join. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

The seamen's strike, as far as Hull is concerned has assumed, a much more serious aspect. The railway men at Hull held a meet-…

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Fatal Railway Collision. Los Angeles

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

A bad accident occurred here yesterday. An incoming express collided, with an in- -teruban car and over 20 people were in- jured. Some of these persons have since…

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Sale of a Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

"The shareholders of the London. Tilbury, and Southend Railway have approved of its sale to the Midland Company…

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Mammoth Tram Traffic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

On Coronation night the trams collected 793,000 fares in the city…

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Motoring Military Motor Road Across Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 4

A somewhat novel suggestion by means of which the vast interior of Australia might possibly be opened up and communication established between north and…

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"Wait Til We Get the Road Making Plant"

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

Whether it be Spring or Summer, or Autmun or Winter, the one subject upon which all diverging creeds and political faiths can cordially unite is the shocking…

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A Progressive Motor Business

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 4

Mr. Fred C. Blacklock, has recently removed all his plant, stock, etc. from his old shop in Dean street, to the new roomy one just opposite Messrs. T. H. Mate and…

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Moving a Town to a Railway. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

The residents of Forward a new town in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, have decided to move the whole place to a spot nearly three miles west of the…

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Railway Disaster. Train Crashes Into Dead-end Nine Passengers Injured. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 42

A Great Western train met with disaster last night, but fortunately, though a carriage was wrecked and several passengers and the enginemen were injured, there…

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Proposed Motor Tax

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 33

The Automobile Club of Australia is busy looking after the interests of its members, and motorists generally since a deputation from 90 odd Shires and municipalities…

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Going to Get the Railway. Tumbarumba, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This, is my first letter to the Children's Page, and I hope it will be good enough to print. I go to the Convent school. I like going very much…

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Women and Children Trampled Under Foot

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

A mob attacked Sir Joseph Banks' flour mills and Reckitt's starch and blue mills. The crowd then stoned the police and broke windows. Women and children…

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Tocumwal- Finley Connection. True Statesmanship. a Labor Government's Avowal. New South Wales Railway Policy. Producers to Be Considered

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

"The Tocumwal-Finley railway connection is to be built at once. As far as our Government is concerned we are not going to attempt…

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Suggested Motor Tax. Would Be of Little- Benefit

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 4

The Automobile Club of Australia believe motor-cars cut up the roads as a a deputation recently told the Minister for Works and which…

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Train Held Up. Portland (Oregon)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

Three bandits held up an express train near Roseburg, in Oregon, on Wednesday night. They stole the registered mail, but could not force the door of the…

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Metal on Albury Roads View's of the Quarry Foreman

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

There was considerable discussion in Albury on Thursday as a result of the remarks in the "Border Morning Mail" on the disgraceful state of the roads. A…

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WODONGA v. RAILWAY

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

The following will represent the Railway in their match against W[?]:—M'Lean (2), Robertson, Waterstreet, Grimmond, Myers, Adams, Ross…

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A Squatter's Motor Car

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 4

Mr. Justice Pring and a jury were engaged, in Sydney on Monday in the No. 3 Jury Court in tie bearing of a claim for £1000 damages, for an alleged breach of…

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