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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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The Toll of the Tram. Sydney

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

A horse trainer named William Cleary, aged 31 years, who resides in Wilmot street city, was knocked down by a tram in George street, near Goulburn street, late…

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Sporting. Cricket Railway V. Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 4

The above match, commencing the first round of the Albury and Border Association fixtures, was played on sports ground on Saturday. Wodonga won the toss. The…

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Railwaymen Repudiate Commission's Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

The Sheffield and Bradford Amalgamated Railwaymen's Society has passed a resolution repudiating the report of the Royal Commission on the railway trouble…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Run Over at Brighton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 4

About midnight on Saturday a motor car containing a party of gentlemen, travelling from St. Kilda to Aspendale, where they were going to camp for the week end…

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The Future of the Aeroplane?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 3

What is the part to be played by aeroplanes in national life ? If one doubts that they ?will become a recognised mode of transit, one is…

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The Labor Unrest. the British Railways. Fresh Strike Possible. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

The executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants will meet in London on Monday to consider the report of the Royal Commission which recently…

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[?] Experience [?]Railway Disaster Averted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 3

I am an old railwayman of upward [?] forty years' service, and have met [?]th many ups and downs during [?] long period. The story which I…

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Motor Car Burnt

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

Mr T. H. Dean's Hummer motor car was destroyed by fire on Friday night, at a spot on the Swan Hill—Balranald road, about three miles on the south side of the…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Car Skidded on Tram Line. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

An accident which resulted fatally happened to a motor car which was being driven to-day by William Evans. The car also contained Miss Irene Sandeman…

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Bob Saw the Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 12

Egan Creek Station, Yerong Creek. Dear Undo Jeff,—It is a long time since I last wrote to the "Banner," so I think it is time I wrote again. Shearing started…

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Daily Train

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

On Thursday last Messrs J.D. Davies, W. Pepper, H. Tuck jr., V. Staples and F. Hoyle journeyed to Melbourne with a view to waiting…

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Aeroplane in War. Terrified Arabs Bury Valuables

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 2

An Italian military airman aeroplaned a distance of 35 miles inland from Tripoli. He observed several thousand armed Arabs. The appearance of the aeroplane terrified…

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New Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 33

In the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Works, moved that the expediency of building a line of railway from Jerilderie to Deniliquin be referred to the Public…

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Tramway Swindle. Ottawa, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 6

The arrest of Charles Warren, a street car-conductor on the Winnineg trams, has, it is alleged, exposed to the public a gigantic plot to swindle the Winnipeg Tram…

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Strike Prevention. Report of Royal Commission. Railway Concilliation Board. London, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 42

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working of the railway conciliation scheme of 1907 has issued its report…

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Tram-car Somersaults. Five Passengers Killed. London, October 20

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

Moseley, in Worcestershire, was the scene of a serious tramway accident to-day. A car travelling down an incline (rot beyond control, and rushed at great speed…

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Canada Cycle and Motor Agency, Ltd

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

This great Sydney house was, of course, a prominent exhibitor. It showed, amongst others, a superb "Sunbeam" motor car of 16-20 h.p.,…

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Sydney's First Motor and Cycle Show. the Latest in Motor Mechanics

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

The main pavilion of the Royal Agricultural Society was the locus of Sydney's first Motor and Cycle Show, which was inaugurated on the 30th…

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Linking the Railways. Ministerial Visit to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 6

The local Progress Association seems confident that the Minister for Works will soon pay a visit to this district. At Monday night's meeting of the…

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Some Alleged Riverina Railway Losses

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 5

According to the New South Wales railway officials' methods of preparing traffic statistics there has been a loss on the Corowa-[?] line for the year…

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