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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 50 of 63

Railwaymen Want Another Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

A mass meeting of railway employes was held at Sheffield yesterday, when it was resolved to strike unless the Midland Railway Company fulfilled the whole of…

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Oaklands Extension Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the above league was held at Mr. R. Ferguson'[?], Tarramta, on Saturday last, and was largely attended, the President (Mr. E. Bott) being in the…

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Mr. Ball M. L. A. and the Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

Mr. Ball moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly recently, to discuss the necessity for providing more rolling stock on the railways for the more…

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All-british Aeroplane. Serious Variety of Influenza

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

Mr. S. F. Cody, the well known British airman, has won a prize of £400 offered for a cross country flight on an all-British made aeroplane. An influenza outbreak in London is characterised by the manner in which the muscles of the heart are affected, causing a sudden, and sometimes alarming…

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Train Wrecking in France

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

Twenty large stones and a quantity of dynamite were found on the railway between Rheims and Apremont…

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Attempted Railway Outrage. President Taft in Dagger, Santa Barbara (Cal.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

Thirty-six sticks of dynamite were discovered in the Southern Pacific steel bridge just before the passing of a train conveying President Taft. The…

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Serious Railway Collision. Omaha (Nebraska)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

A railway accident, entailing loss of life, occurred near here on Sunday night. A passenger train and a freight train came into collision on the Missouri Pacific…

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RAILWAYS. Tooleybuc to Balranald

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 4

The Tooleybue Railway League met at the Wakool Hotel on 4th instant. Mr. J. Lockhart, Jur., president of the League was in the chair, and there was…

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Russian Prince Assassina Ted. Murdered in Railway Train St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 2

Prince Troubetskoi, Colonel of the Imperial Guards at St. Petersburg, and a member of the-Council of the Empire, was assassinated yesterday at Novocherkassk…

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Railway Service Reduced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 4

Present indications are that by Chr[?]tnas the Mount Lyell district will be almost depopulated, and the Mount [?] company, when it starts work again, will…

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Public Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 2

By a recent decision of the Equity Court in a case, Vickery v. Strathfield, the law appears now to be laid down that if the public cross over a block of land, and…

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Judge Moule and the Victorian Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 33

Inquiries are being made by the Minister of Railways as to the serious reflections cast on the Railway Department in the Legislative Assembly. It was stated that…

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Cricket Railway v. WODONGA

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

Railway and Wodonga play on the sports ground to-morrow. Railway as follows:—Emerson, Gray, Heywood, Myers, Vile, Stewart, Waterstreet, Morrow. J. D…

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Wagga-tumbarumba Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night the Wagga to Tumbarumba Railway Bill was further considered in Committee. Mr. Lee asked the Minister what…

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Victorian Railways. Tocumwal Returns

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 2

The annual report ending 30th June 1911 of the Victorian Railway Commissioners is just to hand and we notice that the returns from the…

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Railway Works at Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 2

An intricate piece of railway construction work was successfully aud expeditiously carried out in the Wagga railway yards an Thursday morning. During the…

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Motor Car Turns to Motor Boat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

A remarkable occurrence is reported from Tarrawingee. Mr. J. W. Brougham, owner of Poolama[?] station, near Tarrawingee, had [?]sion to travel last week to Tulpa…

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Tram Car Leaps Over a Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

Sensational circumstances were associated with a tramway accident at Mossley, Lancashire, on Friday. A car got out of control when travelling down an incline…

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Bail From Sidney to Perth New Transcontinental Railway Proposal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 4

The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Condobolin to Broken Hill was further considered by the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Friday…

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Railway Commissions Report. View of Railway Men's Secretary. Report Brings Absolute Disappointment. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

The Railway Commission appointed at the close of the recent great railway strike has issued its report. It recommends the abolition of central boards. It also…

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