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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Railway Disaster. Collision in Rhondda Valley. Carriages Telescoped. London, January 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 43

News of a disastrous railway accident in the Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire, was received in London this morning. The details as yet are meagre. A…

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Railway Engins and Fires

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

A spark from the engine of the 6 a.m. train from Started started a fire in Dr. [?]prorerty near Prairie on Wednesday. The train "vas brought to a…

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RAILWAY v. LAVINGTON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

Railway v. Lavington, to be played on Show Grounds tomorrow, at 2.30 p.m. Railway team will Emmerson, Myers, Townsend, Waterstreet, Gandry,…

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Agriculture and the Railways. Conflicting Policies

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

Corowa, on the New South Wales bank of the Murray, is an interesting object lesson upon the question of Sydney sentiment in relation to…

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Victorian Railways. Ignoring the Wheat Growers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

At the lecture upon Co-oporative Wheat Storage, delivered at Corowa by Mr. J. L. Dow, of "The Leader," under the auspices of the Corowa…

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Scientific Notes. a German Combination. Motor Sweeper and Sprinkler

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

Several German cities have started using a motor-propelled combination, sweeper and sprinkler, which allows the two street-cleaning operations to…

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Tragedy of the Snow Trapper and His Bridge. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 2

A trapper named Wilson and his bride were spending their honeymoon in the district to the far north of Ontario. One day the trapper left the log hut in which…

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Robbery of Diamonds Effected by Motor Men. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 2

A daring jewellery robbery was committed in Belgravia, a fashionable district of the southern part of the West End of London, yesterday. A motor car…

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Three Men Killed on a N.Z. Railway Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 3

A [?]emarkable accident has happened at Lydia Bay in the Marlborough district near Pic[?] By some means not yet explained the stump of a tree got on to…

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The Paris Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 3

It has been discovered that pillaging has been carried on to an outrageous extent at the Vangirard station, on the circular railway which girdles the city. Bales…

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The Saleyards. a Railway Matter

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 3

A matter which should shortly engage attention at the hands of the Municipal Council is the linking-up of the New South Wales and Victorian railway…

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Born in a Train

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 1

A young Australian boy made his first appearance in life the other morning as a passenger without a ticket on the north-western mail train between…

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Mr. Dan O'connor and Motor Claim for Damages. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

[?],formerly a heading politician of New South Wales, but now resident in England, was the plaintiff in an action.heard, yesterday in which he sued…

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Daring Train Robber. a Single-handed Deed. Vancouver, January 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 43

The daring deeds of train-robbers are not to be found in fiction only. Single handed, and at the point of a revolver, a man held up a Colorado…

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Panic-stricken Russians. Railway Men Strike. Harbin, January 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 42

Fear of the plague has caused 3000 Russian workmen on the Eastern Chinese Kailway to strike. Their action followed upon the refusal of the administration to…

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Robbers Board Tram-car. Brisk Revolver Duel. California Sensation. San Francisco, January 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 42

A desperate affray between a band of masked robbers and the passengers on an electric car took place yesterday on the outskirts of Santa Monica, California…

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INTER-STATE. Melbourne Tramway Position

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 32

Is the Melbourne Tramway Company dubious about the result of the Tramway Fares Commission, or is it fearful of threatened Labor legislation dealing not only…

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Land Buyers in Motor-cars

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 47

The influx of Victorians in Riverina is continuing with great pace, and on account of the eager demand by Victorian farmers for Riverna land, Mr. S. Lockhart,…

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Extensive New Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 32

In the West Australian Legislative Assembly hist week, several railway bills were debated. The most important, proposal was for the construction of a railway from…

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Robbers' New Device. Motor-car As an Aid.a Successful Dash. London, January 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 42

A device resorted to by two men intent on robbing the fashionable jewellery shop of Mrs. Etheldra Eusden, in Cambridge-street, Pimlico, S.W., proved successful…

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