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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 63

General Cable News Italian Railway Men Discontented. Rome

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

Serious discontent exists among the employes of the Italian railways. Owing to the delay in satisfying their demands for increased wages, the railway men are…

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A Hay-deniliquin Railway. a Public Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

A public meeting, for the purpose of considering what action should be taken in view of the approaching visit of the Railway Decentralisation Royal…

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Oaklands Extension Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the above league was held after the F. & S. meeting, when there were ten members present, Mr. E. Bott, president in the chair. A letter was…

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North-eastern Railway Trouble

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

The North-Eastern Railway Co. has dismissed, after having given them notice, the fish porters at Hull, for having declined to continue to act as checkers without…

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London's Improved Motor Omnibuses

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

Mr. Henry Hicks, chairman of directors, presiding at the annual meeting of the London General Omnibus Company, said they had come to the conclusion that horses…

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Big Railway Proposal. Line to Cost £328,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

In the Perth Legislative Assembly several railway bills were debated. The most important proposal was for the construction of a railway from Wongan Hills to…

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Illustrated Noted a Three-wheeled Motor-car

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

Our readers are probably aware that in paris of Costs Rica the roads are so full of runs that it is practically impossible to steer [?] four wheeked car…

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Wolf Hunting by Motor-car

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

In an article in the Graphic the writer suggests that inst[?]ad of going to British East Africa and other far-off regions in search of big game, our…

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Mile a Minute Motor-boat

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

Nearing- completion at Dixon Bios, and Hutchinson's yard at Southamptop is a 800-h.p. hydroplane which is being built to the order of a London…

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A New Spring Motor Tire

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

Dr. J.A. Calantarients, a well-known resident of Scarborough, has invented a new spring tire for [?] vechicles. The device consists of 60…

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Girl Trampled to Death. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

The wild rush of, the homeward bent crowd at the close of the business day in new York city has often been commented on by visitors and observers from abroad…

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Railway Strike in Progress. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

The engine men and signal men at Hull struck work at midnight. Picketing has! begun at the various railway depots. The signal men at Goole have also refused to…

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Hull-railway Trouble

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

The dispute at Hull owing to the dismissal of a number of fish-porters by the North Eastern Railway Company has assumed a serious aspect. There thousand…

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Wagga to Tumbarumba Railway Inspection of Proposed Route by Public Works Committee

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

In a sketch on the Tumbarumba district, published in the "Border Morning Mail" in October last year, reference was made to the necessity of having railway…

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Border Railways Victorian Co-operation Asked with N.s.w

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 4

Another instance of the fact that commercial conditions override arbitrary geographical boundaries came under the notice of the Victorian premier on Friday…

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Wagga to Tumbarumba Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway League was held in Wagga on Monday evening, when several matters' in connection with the…

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Uniform Railway Gauge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 6

Federal Ministers are prepared to carry a stage farther the campaign in favor of a uniform railway gauge between the States capitals. The matter will be considered in…

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Upper Murray Railway League

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 6

A meeting of the Upper Murray Railway League was held at Tintaldra on Saturday. Present: Messrs. G. R. Jephcott (chair), H. F. Watson, Mackinnon, P. M'Meekin…

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Mexican Revolt. Federal Train Wrecked. Great Battle Expected. Vancouver, February 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 42

By means of a ditch dug across the railway the insurrectionists in Mexico wrecked a train conveying Federal troops, at a point 10 miles south of Ciudad…

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Railway Extension in the South

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 40

Caution in dealing with the question of collecting the western and southern railway systems, by way of Forbes and Stock-inbingal, is advised by the Chief Railway…

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