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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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The Railways and Defence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 33

Some week ago the new Australian Council of Defence was expanded by the Minister so as to embrace the Chief Railway Commissioners of the various State…

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Uniform Railway Gauge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 47

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

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Benalla Tramway Feeders

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

The Railways Standing Committee recently recommended the construction of a railway line from Benalla to Tatong. In connection with this the the Benalla shire…

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Border Railways. an Unusual Request

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 3

Another instance of the fact that commercial conditions override arbitrary geographical boundaries came under the notice of the Premier…

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General Cable News £20,000,000 for New Roads. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

The Board of Trade, in A report on the traffic of London, suggeats the construction of 100 miles of new roads. The "Daily Mail" estimates the cost of the…

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Sporting Cricket Albury a v. RAILWAY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

Weather permitting this fixture will be played on Sports Ground to-day, at 2.15 p.m. Railway team will consist of—Emmerson, Myers, Gandry, Ryan, Vile…

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[?] and M. Railway Co. Half-yearly Meeting Five Per Cent Dividend

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 3

In Tuesday morning the 73rd ;half yearly [?] of shareholders of the above company was held at the railway office The [?] of directors (Mr. John Holtom)…

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A Goods Train Wre[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 1

A sensational railway accident occurred at 11 a.m. on saturday, on the new line from Gawler to Angaston, S.A. An [?]ty ballast train, consisting of ten [?]ks…

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Railway Smoke Social at Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

The annual smoke social of the WoDonga branch of Amalgamated Society of [?]ailway Employes took plate in the Woonga Shire Hall on Saturday night. There…

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Railway Decentralisation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 4

The Royal Commission appointed by the New South Wales Government to consid-er the question of decentralisation of rail-ways sat at Berrigan on Tuesday, for the…

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The Hay-deniliquin Railway. Evidence before the Decentralisation Commission

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 4

As stated in our last issue, the Railway Decentralisation Royal Commission arrived in Hay a day earlier than was anticipated, and requested…

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Railway to Ringwood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the Ringwood district, to the Minister of Works, to ask that when the Public Works…

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Proposed Railway Extension

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 4

The extension of the railway from Tooumwal, on the New South Wales side of tho Murray, to Finley, in the name State-- a distance of 11 miles--…

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Riverina Railways. Decentralisation Committee. Evidence at Berrigan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 4

The State Decentralisation committee, consisting of Messrs. Oliver (Chairman), Wood, and Hickson, sat at the Council Chambers, Berrigan,…

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Wagga to Tumbarumb Railway Public Works Committee in Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 4

The inquiry by the Public Works Com-mittee in respect to the proposed railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba, vas resumed at Wagga or Monday…

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Appalling Railway Smash Express Meets Two Trains. Wreckage on Fire. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 2

Another terrible railway disaster has occurred in France. The Brest express, when travelling at full speed crashed into two trains at a…

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Albury's Disgraceful Roads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 2

Since the Albury Municipal Council recently elected took office no statement as to the road policy it will pursue in the future has been made. Still an indication…

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Amalgamated Society of Railway Employes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 18

The members of the Wodonga branch of the above society held their annual smoke social in the Shire Hall on Saturday night last. There was a very good attendance…

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North Coast Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 33

Work is again in full swing on the first section of the North Coast railway—Maitland to Dungog—but progress has been slow in consequence of the recent wet…

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Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 32

The Public Works Committee has further considered the expediency of constructing the proposed railway from Forbes to Stock[?]nbinea. Mr. [?]. Harper…

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