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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 63

Railway V. Britons

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

The team to represent the Railway in the match on Monday will be chosen from following:— M'Lean (2) Bates Abbott Birties, Cross Jones…

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Sensational Motor Accident. Car Crashes Over Bridge. Narrow Escape of Two Albury Residents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

Messrs. Frew and Logan, the members of the well-known firm of builders and contractors, in Albury, experienced a marvellous escape from sudden death whilst…

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Spanish Railway Strike. a Compromise Arranged. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

A compromise has been effected in connection with the strike of railwaymen in the Province of Andalusia. The men objected to the manner in which…

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World's Motoring Record 500 Miles in 381 Minutes. Indianapolis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

A 500 miles automobile race was run here yesterday. The contest was won by "Joe" Dawson, who, driving a National car, did the distance in 6 hours 21 minutes…

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Airman's Spine Broken. French Aeroplane Fatality. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

An aeroplane fatality has occurred at Juvisy, near Paris. M. M. Collardeau and Robi, the latter piloting the machine, were making a flight on Saturday in a bi-plane,…

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Britons V Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

Yesterday morning a fair crowd turned out to witness the match between the above teams on the Albury sports ground. The Britons fairly outclassed their…

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Trans-australian Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

A hitch, between the Federal and the South Australian Governments is now delaying the arrangements for preliminary works on the trans-Australian railway…

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The Burglar Boom. Spreading to Adelaide. Railway Station Looted

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

Burglars entered the telegraph office at North Terrace Railway Station, Adelaide. They picked the locks and opened the safe, securing £25 in cash…

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A Railway Collision. Train Backs Down Incline. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 3

A collision occurred on the North Coast line this morning between a mixed train and a live stock train. The accident was due to the mixed train being unable to…

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Attempt at Train Wrecking

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

The police frustrated an attempt to wreek a train. Sleepers had been placed on the line…

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Rambles in the Upper Murray of Victoria. the kIEWA Valley. Railway and Intense Culture Possibilities

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 41

The Victorian Alps in the north-east have large spurs branching off the main Great Dividing Range, and thus large deep valleys are formed, and they are…

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By Electric Telegraph. SYDNEY, Thursday, 7.25 p.m. Finley-tocumwal Railway

The Independent · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

The Minister for Lands will speak at Finley on Friday, 21st instant, and will turn the first sod of the Finley-Tocumwal railway on the following…

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Wodonga Licensing Court the Railway Hotel Transfer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

At the Wodonga Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Aldridge Kelley, L.M., an application was made for the transfer of the license of the Railway Hotel,…

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Oaklands-barooga Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 5

Cr. H. Vagg, secretary of the Mount Gwyune Railway League, has received a letter from Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., as follows:--"I have just had an…

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Destroyed Cars on Roads a Complaint to the Culcairn Shire Council

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

If your motor car should happen to catch fire, do not leave the remains on the road! This was practically the warning given at the meeting of the Culeairn…

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Railway Permanent Way Workers Wages

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. Carts, the Secretary of the Railway and Tramway Association stated this afternoon that the Railway Commissioners had agreed to pay an all round merease of…

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Exciting Aeroplane Race First Man Disqualified. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

An aeroplane race making a circuit of London, a distance of SI miles, started and finished at Hendon yesterday. There were seven competitors…

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Crushed to Death by Tram. Dreadful Street Accident. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

A mail whose name has not at present Seen ascertained was killed by a tram at 10 o'clock last night in George street near Soulburn street…

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Aeroplane Fatalities. Passenger Killed. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

An aeroplane accident, which caused the death of one person, and serious injuries to another, took place outside this city on Saturday…

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Fifty Miles an Hour, Bolting Motor 'Bus. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

A motor-bus bolted in Highgate Hill. London, yesterday morning, with serious consequences. The 'bus had been sent out to enable…

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