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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 42 of 63

Motor Car Overturns Viscount Goschen Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 2

Viscount [?] had an unpleasant experience while motoring yesterday in the parish of Flimwell, which lies on the borders of Kent and Sussex…

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Finley-Tocumwal Railway. Approved by the Public Works Committee

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 3

Last week it was announced that the Public Works Committee had approved of the construction of the Finley to Tocumwal railway…

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Great Eastern Railway Trouble Settled

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

The trouble over the reinstatement of the drivers employed by the Great Eastern Railway Company has been settled. All the men have been assured of…

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Labor in a Ferment the Railway Commission. Recognition of Trades Unions. London

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

Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labor M.P. for Derby, and organising secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, was the principal witness before the…

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Trouble in America. Railway Strike Imminent. San Francisco

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

It is believed that a strike is imminent on the Ilarriman group of railway lines. The Federation of Workshop Employes a few days ago placed their grievances…

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Cricket Annual Meeting Railway C.c

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 6

A highly successful meeting of the above club was held in the waiting room at the railway station last night. Mr. Alt occupied the chair, and the following…

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Man's Foot Mangled by Train

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

A [?]borer, named Michael Kane, was knocked down by a train at [?] last night, and his left foot was dreadfully mangled. The unfortunate man was…

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A Hillside Storm Lightning Thunder, and Rain-burst. How the Waters Tumbled Down Old Howlong Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 September 1911 · page 2

It came without warning. There was a bright sun westering in a blue sky, after a fitful shower of half an hour before. Then the sky changed color in an…

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Tram Car Overturns One Person Killed and Thirty Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 September 1911 · page 2

A Serious train accident occurred at Lewisham last night. A car left the rails and overturned at a sharp curve. One person was killed…

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The Upper Murray Necessary Railway Extension

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 1

At a meeting of 200 residents of the Upper Murray district. a resolution was carried asking the Minister for Public works to extend the Germanton railway…

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Sheffield Railway Men Threaten Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

The Sheffield railway men have resolved in favor of a strike, unless the two guards whom the Midland Railway Company reduced in rank with a loss of 8/ per week…

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Gates Obstructing Roads. Deputation to Hume Shire Council

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

At the meeting of the Hame Shire Council on Monday a letter was received from Mr O. E. Sheetz, of Brock[?], drawing attention to two gates obstructing roads…

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Aviator Incinerated. Motor Explodes Through Falling. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

The French aviator Lerorestier has been incinerated near the town of Huelva, When flying his machine fell from a height of 50 feet and the motor exploded…

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Austrian Railway Men Restive 20 Per Cent. Increase in Wages Demanded. Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

Five hundred delegates representing railway men's organisations in all parts of Austria, met at Vienna yesterday and resolved in favor of demanding 20 per cent…

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Cablegrams. Labor in Forefront. the Railway Commission. Workers Give Evidence. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

Several railway workers gave evidence yesterday before the Railway Commission. One of these men declared that the conciliation scheme as an instrument for…

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Correspondence. Camping Sheep on Roads. (To the Editor.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 4

Sir,—I am a drover of stock of all sorts, and have to camp out in all weathers and in any places, to hold my stock for the night. At the last Hume Shire Council…

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Railway Accident's Lesson

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The inquest on the bodies of the persons who were killed in the recent railway accident at Lewisham was concluded yesterday. Evidence was given that the…

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Infants Arms Cut Off. Crawled on to Railway Line. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

This morning an infant, named Leonard Arthur Lowe, crawled on to the railway line at Bentleigh, and had both its arms cut off by a passing train…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 3

A bicycle road race was run from Wangaratta to Mil[?]wa and back again on Wednesday afternoon. First prize was a pair of racing wheels, with £1 added; second…

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Matter of a Road. in Wodonga Shire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

A deputation waited upon the Wodonga Shire Council at its meeting on Wednesday in reference to a survey of a road through Watts selection in Greenhills Riding. It…

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