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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 63

A Remarkable Operation. Leg Amputated on Railway Platform

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 3

Few serious surgical operations have been performed under such remarkable circumstances and in the face of such difficulties as one that was successfully carried…

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Murder and Motor Cars. Train Robbers Dispute About Spoil. Paris

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

The French police are actively searching for a man named Bonnot, a notorious Lyons anarchist. At midnight a few days ago Bonnot was…

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Sensation About Motor Cars Alleged Conspiracy in Melbourne. Melbourne

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

A mild sensation was caused in business circles to-day when it was learned that Mr. Powers, the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor, had commenced proceedings…

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The Labor Ferment. the Railway Dispute. London

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

The invitation recently issued by Mr. S. C. Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, on behalf of the Government to the Railway Companies and…

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Rule of the Road. Motor Car Drivers and Cabmen Fined

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

Some more cases of breaches of the road traffic regulations were dealt with at the Albury Police Court yesterday. Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., occupied the…

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Tragedy on a Train. Prisoner and Captor Killed. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

A sensational incident occurred yesterday on the Bordeaux express. A sergeant of gendarmes was escorting a prisoner from one city to another, when…

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Urana-mucra Railway. to Be Opened on

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 3

An inspection of the section of the new railway between Urana and Macra took place a few days ago in view of the Government shortly taking it over. Yes…

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Proposed Howlong Railway League Formed at Barnawartha. Barnawartha

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the Howlong Railway League was held at Barnawartha on Friday for the purpose of explaining the league's wishes and for forming a branch…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 3

On Friday Bartlett Bros. Ford car wax engaged to take a party consisting of Messrs F. Boynton and J. E. Dowling, of Balranald, and Gill and Whitehead of…

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Hudson Bay Railway Contract

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 3

The Dominion Government is planning an investigation into the contract for the construction of the Hudson's Bay Railway, which was let by Sir Wilfrid Laurier's…

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Railway Servants Unrest Conference To-day. Labor Leader Denounced. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 2

The conference between representatives of the various railway [?] and their employes arranged of the instance of the Government to discuss the men's…

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Haulage Train on Common Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 4

To cheapen the cost of marketing producers. is an important matter for the rural producers Evidently, the time is approaching when mechanical power…

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John Bridge & Co. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report on December 1:—Tallow.—A further decline of 15/ to 20/ per ton. We obtained £29/10 for a few lots of…

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The Cross Roads of Love

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 10

Authors of "In Kilt and Plaid" "The Secret of Birt Buchan," "The Heiress of Castlemere," "A Honeymoon Delayed," &c., &c…

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A Train Disaster. Pittsburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 2

Six trainmen were killed and five injured in the wreck of two freight trains at Mauor, Pennsylvania…

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Railway Suggestions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 33

"Australia is a bit behind the times," remarked Mr. T. Bassford, a visitor from St. Thomas, Ontario, and an official of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway, in…

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Proposed Howlong-chiltern Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 47

A meeting of the Howlong-Chiltern Railway League was held at Barnawartha on Friday for the purpose of explaining the league's wishes and for forming a branch…

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Cricket Railway v. Grammar School

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 4

A match, will be played on the show ground between Railway and Grammar School on Saturday next, at 2.30 p.m. Railway will be represented by the…

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Deniliquin-Jerilderie Railway League

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 5

The adjourned meeting of the Jerilderie-Deniliquin Railway League was held on Monday afternoon. Mr. T. Wise was elected chairman on…

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Train Despatch—telephone or Telegraph?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 2

In August last the Canadian Pacific Railway instituted a system of despatching trains by telephone instead of telegraph. The trial, however, has been far…

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