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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Queensland Railway Proposals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 33

Mr. Denham, Premier of Queensland, dealing with the question of linking up the coastal railways system with that of New .South Wales, and also of connecting the…

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Seeing Sydney by Motor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 3

DURING the coming Easter holidays residents from the country who visit Sydney should make a point of calling at the Immigration and Tourist Bureau…

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A Remarkable Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 1

An American railway, which as an engineering project deserves to be termed one of the modern wonders of the world, has been completed, viz.,…

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French Motor Outrages. Another Arrest. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

The French police have arrested an alleged anarchist named Blazins. He is charged with harboring Bonnot, who, with two others, Caronhy and Garnier, is…

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M'keen Rail Motors. Trials Between' Albury and Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

The two M'Keen rail motors imported from the United States by the Victorian Government were given a series of preliminary trials between Albury and…

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Railway Engine Wrecked. Roseburg (Oregon)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

A railway engine drawing a freight train blew up and wrecked the cars. The engine driver was killed, but the fireman and others on board escaped. The locomotive…

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The Conquest of the Air. Motor Development

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

There is every indication that the navigation of the air, already accomplished within certain narrow limitations, will continue to work out its…

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A Motor Car Somersault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 1

On Monday afternoon a serious motor car accident happened about 13 miles from Moama. Messrs. W. J. Nicholas, his brother, James —Reuter. Robert Fallow…

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Cablegram. Trampled to Death. W1ld Stampede at Concert. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

A dreadful panic occurred at a concert which was being held at Houdain in connection with the Women's Patriotic League…

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Petrol Trains and Tramcars. Suitable for Opening up Country Districts

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 1

The utility of the petrol engine is not confined to motor cans, commercial motors. motor bouts, and the stationary engines. There is a much bigger field…

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Another Railway Motor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 3

Before importing any more M'Keen cars the Railway Commissioners have decided to test the merits of a motor car similar to those in use on the Great Western line…

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Up-to-date Smuggling. Motor Dashes Across Frontier. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

A sensational attempt at smuggling is reported from the frontier town of Hazebrouck, which is in the Nord Department. Laden with tobacco, a steel-clad motor…

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Tram Union Registration. Cancellation Refused. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 3

Mr. Justice Higgins, president of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, to—day delivered his reserved decision on application by Charles. Taylor Campbell…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Railway Station Robberies

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 3

What looks like the work of boys who have taken to a career of thieving has been brought under the notice of the police. Between 1 and 5 o'clock yesterday…

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Childhood's Happy Hours. Narandera Road, Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is the first time I have written to you, and I hope you will accept me as one of your many nieces. I have two and a half miles to walk to…

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To Bushlad. (On reading his poem, "The Yarrawonga Road.")

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

Thou fruitful bard Thy very thoughts are verse, Thy pen-prolific makes e'en dull time terse;…

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Mail Train in Peril. on Edge of Embankment. London, April 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 43

Every carriage in a mail train which was passing through Stockton-on-Tees, in Durban, was derailed. The train was travelling at a speed of 50 miles an hour,…

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When Railways Were Boycotted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 37

Agriculturist, stockbreeder, sportsman, author, and keen student of everyday life, Sir Walter Gilbey, who celebrated his eightieth birthday in May last, has had a…

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Railway Traffic Commission. Evidence at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 31

The Railway Traffic Commissioner sat at West Wyalong on Thursday for the purpose of hearing the evidence of persons who had experienced delays in connection…

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Disappearance of Goods on the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 33

Before the Commission on the Shortage of Trucks and the Congestion of Traffic at Temora, Mr. James Thom, merchant, gave specific instances of delays occasioned…

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