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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 50 of 63

Motor Cycles Cause Fright. a Pony Drops Dead

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 October 1912 · page 4

Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning Mr. J. de Graves was riding a pony mare along Sydney street, Wodonga, when he was met by two motor cyclist coming…

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Cricket. Railway Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 October 1912 · page 4

At a meeting of the Railway Club last evening at the railway station, Messrs. M'Donnell. Haywood and Morrow were elected selection committee for the…

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The Border Railways. Interstate Conference. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 October 1912 · page 2

The Premier of Victoria, Mr. Watt; the Chief Secretary, Mr.Murray; the Minister of Railways, Mr. M Bridge; Mr. Hagel thorn, and the Victorian Commissioner of…

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Those Motor Cars

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 October 1912 · page 3

In connection with the appeal made by the hospital authorities for motor cars to convey the band to Savernake on Sunday, 27th inst., three or four…

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Fell Off Platform. Train Passes Over Woman's Dress

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 3

Mrs. Lilian Spencer aged 31, a resident of Berwick street, Dandenong, had an astonishing escape from being killed by a train at the Flinders street railway station…

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Woman Cut to Pieces. Horrible Train Tragedy. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 2

As the Parramatta-Sydney train arrived at Lewisham at 1 o'clock to-day, the driver thought he had run over something. The guard and porters made a search…

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Tram Car on Fire. Electric Wires Short Circuit. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 3

A tramcar was proceeding along the Botany road to-day when, the wires short circuited, with the result that the floor was set on fire. The driver stopped the…

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The Border Railways. Ministers in Conference. an Agreement Arrived At

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 3

A conference was held in Sydney on Monday of representatives of the Victorian and New South Wales Governments in regard to certain matters of very great…

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Border Railways. Wentworth-Mildura Extension

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 4

An enthusiastic railway meeting was held at Wentworth on Monday, 7th instant, residents from the town and district being much in evidence. The…

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Aeroplane Somersaults. Two Persons Killed. Berne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 2

A double aviation fatality occurred yesterday at La Chaux de Fonds, a town in the Canton of Neuchatel. An aviator named Cobioni had made a…

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Cablegrams. Balkans War a Great Victory. 10,000 Turks Captured. Extension of War Imminent. Road to Scutari Open. London, Tuesday Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 2

So far as is known in London this evening another day has passed with Turkey and Montenegro still the only combatant States in the Balkans. News received…

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£500,000 Fraud. by Railway Company's Director. Brussels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 2

A great sensation has been created in Belgium by the discovery that a colossal fraud hud been engineered by a director of the Belgian Railway Company…

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Riverina Railways. Links with Victoria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. D. Hall, N.S.W. Solicitor-General, left Sydney on Tuesday for Melbourne to confer with the Victorian authorities concerning the extension of the Victorian…

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Motor Tour of Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 3

Frank and Clive Birtles left Sydney to-day in their motor, carrying 60 gallons of petrol, in continuation of their Australian tour…

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The Wodonga Road. Government Asked for £1000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 2

A deputation representing the Wodonga shire, consisting of the shire president (Cr. H. J. McGeoch) and Cr. G. Leighton, introduced by Mr. Sachse, M.L.C…

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Close Death Call. Man Slips Between Moving Train and Platform

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. J. Buntz, a resident of Melbourne, who is at present on a visit to his son, Mr. M. Buntz, of Wodonga, narrowly es­caped being crashed to death between a…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 33

Miss Hilda Hoskins, who was so severely injured when an engine ran into the motor car which she was driving at Lithgow, died just before 4 o'clock on October 9, not…

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Inter-state. an Upper Murray Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 32

The chairman of the Railways Standing Committee (Mr. E. H. Cameron) on Thursday presented to the Legislative Assembly a supplementary report on the question of…

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Railway Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 4

A meeting of the Railway was held at the Railway Station on Monday night last, fourteen members attending. The secretary advised having received…

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Stolen Motor Boat. Capture of the Pirates

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 2

The Queensland Commissioner of Police received a report on Wednesday, concerning the stealing of the motor boat Dora, the property of Mr. John Mactaggart, and…

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