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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 62 of 63

The Railway Junctional Charges. Between Albury and Wondonga Some Interesting Comparisons

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 1

At the meeting of the Albury Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening the subcommittee consisting of Messrs. G. A. Thompson, [?]C. Reis, and J. C. Truss…

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John Bridge & Co. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 4

John Bridge and Co. Ltd. report:—For their last sale of the first portion of the season, they brought, forward on Monday, the 18th December, their No. 11 catalogue…

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The Cross Roads of Love. Chapter X. an Unexpected Visitor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 8

Mr. Oswald Twickie was not a man of many attainments, so far as was known, but amongst his friends and acquaintances he was vaguely spoken of as a lawyer. In…

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Minister for Lands on Tour. Through Riverina Per Motor. Important Speech at Culcairn. the Shire Councils and Reserves. Opening the Urana Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 46

The official opening of the railway to Urana took place on Saturday, Mrs. Beeby cutting the ribbon. Large crowds witnessed the ceremony. The approaches to…

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Railway Problem in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 33

The railway vote, £5,122,031, led to an animated discussion in the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Price complained of the inadequacy of railway traffic facilities in the…

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Railway Fares. Increased to Pay Wages. London. December 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 25

In order to meet the extra, expenditure necessitated by the payment of higher wages in the service the railway companies have decided to increase passenger…

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Scrap Book. Santa Claus' Motor Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 13

There is a motor car, And it travels fast and far, It never has been seen yet but by one; It is built of solid gold…

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Suggested Federal Railway. Albury As a Terminus

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 2

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council on Wednesday night, Aid. Daniel asked if anything had been done in connection with the matter of a suggested…

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Corowa and Wahgunyah. Linking the Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 2

The New South Wales Minister for Lands (Mr. Beeby) visited Corowa on Monday, when a deputation representing various public bodies on both sides of the river…

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Railway to Urana Official Opening

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 2

The official opening of the railway to Urana was successfully accomplished on Saturday last by Mr. Beeby, Minister for Lands. The opening of the…

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Ministerial Visit to Corowa. Social at the School of Arts. Important Political Pronouncement. Railways and Land Settlement

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 6

After Mr. Beeby, Minister for Lands, had replied to the different deputations that waited on him at the Corowa Council Chambers on Monday,…

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To the Upper Murray Proposed Iri-weekly Motor Service

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5

The long-continued and oft-expessed dis[?]action of the residents of the Upper Murray districts with the present means of communication with the main line…

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Bank Messenger Shot. Four Armed Desperadoes Seize Valuable Booty. and Escape in Motor Car. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 2

A sensational robbery took place yesterday at Montmartre, one of the northern suburbs of Paris. A bank messanger was encountered in…

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A Hovel Railway Journey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3

Among the many entertaining events that nave happened daring a twenty years' stay in South Africa, the train journey as a refugee at the…

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Electric Tramways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 3

la 1884 the first practical system of conveying the electricity from wires overhead to a motor on the air, by means of a trolly, was mads in Ka[?] City; and improvements in the app[?] made by…

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Trollycar Leaps Bridge. and Falls Twenty Feet. Pottsville (Pennsylvania), Wed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred near here yesterday, which was not attended, however, with any fatalities. A trolly car, while passing over a bridge…

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News From America Fatal Tramcar Accident. Churchgoers Injured. Toronto

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 2

A fatal tramcar accident occurred here on Monday (Christmas Day). A street car, crowded with churchgoers, when rounding a curve in Yonge-street…

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A Somersaulting Motor-car Five Men Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 2

A party of five young men, who motoring from Melbourne to Violet Town, had a sensational experience between Broadford and Tallarook on Christmas…

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The Prince of Tramps

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 4

Captain H. M. Seaton, who styles himself "The Prince of Tramps," has arrived in England, after having completed a walking tour of 34,700 miles to win a…

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North-west of Bourke. Ford's Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

Dear Uncle Jeff,—You will see by the above name you do not receive many letters from a district so far distant from Albury as this one. I have read your paper, and…

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