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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Railway Employes' Demands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 33

The Victorian Railway Commissioners were waited on by representatives of the Victorian Railways Union, who asked them further to consider tho question of…

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Irish Railway Strike. Food Rotting on Platforms. London, September 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 42

THe conditions brought about by the strike of railwaymen in Ireland are similar to those which Wisted in England last month, with the difference that there is a…

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Irish Railway Strike. Efforts at Settlement. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 2

[?] strike in Ireland is no nearer a settlement. In spite of the absence of cargoes, and in the face of a daily loss of £440, the…

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Motor Bus in the Seine. Sixteen People Perish. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred in Paris yesterday afternoon. A motor 'bus. of a new pattern, with no outside seats, was crossing the Pont de[?]'Archeveque when it…

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Railway Service

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 2

Application is again being made to the Minister for Victorian Railways, asking that a daily train be extended to Tocumwal…

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Railway Accident in Victoria

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

A sensational railway accident occurred on Monday at Harvey's Gully bridge, near Molesworth. Two trucks become disconnected from the train, ans almost…

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A Motor Lorry Drivers' Union

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

The drivers of motor lorries have formed themselves into a union, and intend to apply for a wages board…

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Injury by Railway Gates. Railway Commissioners Bay £500. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 4

In the Banco Court this morning, before the Chief Justice and a jury, the action in which Thomas Matthews sued the Railway Commissioners, claiming the sum…

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Irish Railway Strike. the Men Anxious to Return. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 3

The Irish railway strike, which at first-threatened to cause serious trouble, is showing signs of an early collapse. The strikers have withdrawn their refusal to…

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Riverina Pastoralists. Railways and Land Tax

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 4

The fifth annual general meeting of members of the Pastoralists Union of Southern Riverina, was held at Melbourne on Tuesday, amongst those present being Messrs…

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Trans-australian Railway Gauge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 3

Mr. Verran, Premier of South Australia, came to Melbourne to-day to confer with Federal Ministers regarding the uniform gauge question…

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Latest Telegrams. Jerilderie-deniliquin -Railway. Promise by Minister. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

A deputation from Jerilderie and Deniliquin waited to-day upon the Minister for Works, and urged that the railway be constructed from Jerilderie…

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Cycling. [?] Road Race

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

[?] for the Albury [?] Club's [?] Wednesday [?] the…

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English Railway Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 3

Seventeen members of the Locomotive Society of the Erewash Valley (Derbyshire) have been expelled from their union because they remained loyal to the…

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Railway Robberies. on the Albury Line

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

The detective office at Sydney on Friday presented a scene which resembled a sale day at one of the big drapery emporiums. There were dozens of silk blouses…

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New South Wales the Motor Exhibition. Sydney

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

The exhibition of motor cars in the Agricultural Show Grounds was opened by the Governor-General, Lord Denman, yesterday. There was an attendance of about…

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Serious Motor Cycle Accident. Orange

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

During a motor cycle reliability race from Sydney to Orange yesterday afternoon the fork of a machine ridden by one of the competitors named Lawson broke…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) the Strike Microbe. Irish Railway Trouble. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

The Great Southern Company offers to reinstate all the locomotive men. and also the great majority of its other employes who went out. If this offer is not…

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Collision Between Chinaman's Cart and Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 2

A Chinaman's cart collided with a tram car in Botany road, Waterloo, to-day. One of the shafts of the cart penetrated the partition between the drivers plattorm…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 October 1911 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon a fire mile bicycle road race took place under the auspices of the Albury Bicycle Club. It started at the fire mile peg on the Sydney road, and…

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