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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 44 of 63

The Wakool Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 2

The contractor, Mr McClelland, has a lot of plant, consisting of pile machines, pontoons, donkey engines, diving gear, etc., at the bridge site, as well as most of the…

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Terrible Railway Fatalities. Man Cut to Pieces. [?]Ife and Baby Lose Breadwinner. Lithgow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 1

A man named Lloyd Prentice, residing in the suburbs, was crossing the blast fur[?] area last night when the police chased him. In his excitement Prentice…

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Railway League

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 2

After the meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on 6th instant, a large crowd assembled at the Tooleybue Hotel, the object being to form a Railway League…

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Unique Motor-cycle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 3

An inventor in Camden, Maine, U.S.A., has attached two extra wheels to the rear of his motor-cycle, converting it into a unique but…

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Labor Unrest. Fresh Railway Trouble. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

Further serious trouble is threatening on the English railways. The employes of the London and North-Western Railway Company are agitating for a national…

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Trouble Over Railways in China. Pekin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The latest news from Cheng-tu, the capital of the Szechuen Province, is not reassuring. Large crowds continue to surround the yamen of the Viceroy…

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Motor Driver Charged with Manslaughter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The inquest upon Norman Hall, who was killed by a motor car while cycling on Pittwater road on September 2, was concluded to-day. The coroner found that…

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John Bridge & Co. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 47

John Bridge and C. Ltd, report on September 8 as follows: — Rabbit Skins. — Buyers reduced their limits 1/2d to 1d for all descriptions, except milky does. Tallow…

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Application to Enclose a Road. a Contested Case

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 4

At the Hay Land Board, on Friday, Michael Breen applied for permission to enclose a road running between his land and that of Andrew Jameson…

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Dead Driver on Train. Cause of Collision. New York. September 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 8

When a freight train dashed past the dock junction at Eric (Pennsylvania) last week, and wreaked a passenger train, several of the occupants of which were killed…

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The Railway Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 3

Giving evidence yesterday before the Railway Commission, Mr. Messenger, chairman of the sectional boards of the Great Eastern Railway Company, recommended…

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The Gunbar and Hillston Districts and Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

The full report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, relating to the proposed railway from Barellan towards Hillston, has now…

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Another Motor Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

Mr. Frank Tyrrell, of Corowa, is the latest purchaser of a car he having returned from Melbourne on Wednesday last with a 30 h.p. double-seated " Regal."…

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Proposed Railway to Barooga

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 3

A meeting of landholders interested in the extension of the railway line from Oaklands, via Savernake, to [?] was held at Boomanoomana…

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Alleged Theft of Letters on the Mail Train From Albury Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 3

A young mail guard named William Moore was brought before Mr. Love, S.M., at the Water Police court this morning, charged with having stolon three latters…

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Through Riverina. Linking Up the Railways. Sydney

The Independent · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 1

The general secretary of the Political Labor League, Mr James Grant, has just returned from a trip through Riverina and the soath-western portion…

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The Railway Commission. Companies Case Opened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 2

The Railway Commission has finished hearing the representatives of the employes, and yesterday the case for the railway companies was opened…

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Fatal Motor Car Somersault. Grenfell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 3

The man Dunean Frazer, who was injured through a motor car which he was driving whilst conveying a porty to the Cowra races, died in the Cowra Hospital…

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Scientific Notes. Mirror for Motor Cyclists

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 3

A small convex mirror, fastened to one of the sleeves at the wrist by means of a rubber band, is a handy little device for motor cyclists. By…

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Strikes in Spain. Railway Bridge Blown Up. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 2

The latest news from Northern Spain, where great industrial unrest prevails, is not at all satisfactory. At Bilbao, the general strike, which…

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