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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 56 of 63

Vic. Railway Commissioners [?]On North-eastern Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners will leave Melbourne on Monday next, and will make their annual visit of infection, to the North[?]intern line. They will inspect the…

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Travel on the Cheap. Albury Railway Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., Richard Williams was charged with, "That having paid his fare for a certain distance, to wit…

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General Cable News Turkish Edectric Railway. German Company Builds. Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

The Lenz Company, of Berlin, has concluded a contract with the Turkish' Government for the construction of a Staleowned electric railway. The line will run…

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Latest Telegrams. Moama - Moulamein Railway. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works to-day, urging the construction of a railway from Moama to Moulamein…

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Railway Work Photographs

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 4

The uses of photography are constantly extending A western [?] has uses for it as a substitute for written reports on construction work…

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Rutherglen Show Train Alleged Greed of Department

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 3

The recent agricultural show at Rutherglen was a decided, financial success, and will enable the agricultural society to liquidate all its liabilities and carry…

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Electrc Railway Co.'s Merce. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 2

It is announced that the Southern Electric Railway Co. and the California Electric Railway Co. have become incorporated. The capital of the new linn is 100,000,000…

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New Riverina Railways Henty-daysdale Route. Line 46 1/2 Miles to Cost £214,131

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 4

The Parliamentary Public Works committee had under consideration on Thursday afternoon the proposel branch railway from Henty, on the main line in…

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Cablegrams French Mail Train Robbery. Booty Valued at £120,000. Confederates in Automobile. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

Further details regarding the daring robbery on the mail train to Marseilles show that the thieves concealed themselves on the roof of the postal van before starting…

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Cablegrams. Britain and Germany. Some Significant Facts. When the Situation Was Acute the British Railway Strike Was in Force. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

"The Times" shows by a comparison of facts and dates that the grave situation caused by the revived difficulty in the Moroccan negotiations in August last…

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The Recent Railway Strike. Intimidators Punished

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

A signalman named Alfred Baker and live colliers have been sentenced at Warwick to three months' imprisonment for intimidating, during the strike in August…

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Unrest Among Railwaymen the Question of a Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. Thomas, Labor M.P. for Derby, at meeting of the railwaymen at Bury declared that it would be a national crime and blunder if a strike were again…

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Self-righting Aeroplane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 3

A resident of Washington, U.S.A., has obtained a patent for an aeroplane which he declares cannot be capsized in flight. A model 3ft. long…

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Lower Railway Freights. Victorian Minister's Statement. Reduction of £70,000. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 5

Mr. Billson, Minister for Railways, said this afternoon that he thought the harvest would be good enough to enable the Government to reduce the freights to the…

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Railway Commissioned at Springhurst. Number of Request Granted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 5

Owing to the increase of traffic from the surrounding districts of Springhurst the farmers and stock breeders find that the rac[?]ties at the local railway are…

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The Railway Men's Confusion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

Ninety per cent, of the Taff Vale and 98 per cent. of the Burton-on-Trent railway men Lave balloted against the commission's report and in favor of a strike. The…

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RAILWAYS. Moama to Moulamein. Government Consideration

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

A deputation representing the Moama to Moulamein Railway League waited on the Minister for Works at Sydney on Friday, to urge the construction of a…

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Album Road Traffic. Letter From Superintendent of Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 2

The following letter from the superintendent of police (Mr. Poutney) was read at last night's meeting of the Albury Municipal Council…

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Cycling. Motor Cycle Record Created. Melbourne to Sydney. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 4

W. Tornay a member of the New South Wales Motor Cycling Club. left the General Post Office Melbourne, at 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning on a motor' cycle run…

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Tourist Train Fares. Liberal Concessions

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 3

THE summer time-table, which came into force on the 15th October, contains a schedule setting out particulars of the new special cheap excursion fares…

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