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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 60 of 63

New Victorian Railway Works

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 6

In the Railway Loan Application Bill introduced in the Victorian Legislative Assembly by the Treasurer (Mr. Watt) on Thursday, authority is sought for a total…

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The Railway Strike. Knox Inquiry Opens London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 2

"The strike on the system of the North-Eastern Railway Company still continues. The commission appointed by the Home Office to inquire into the circumstances…

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Railway V. Thurgoona

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 6

The Railway team selected to play Tnur goona this afterLoon will be as follows:—Heywood, Vile, M'Donnell. Schneider, E. Stewart, Tighe, Arnold, M'Lean. Waterstreet…

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English Railway Strike. the Case of Knox. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 December 1912 · page 2

Mr. Chester Jones, the magistrate who conducted the inquiry for the Home Office commission into the circumstances concerning the reduction in grade of the…

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Motoring. Mr. Alan Doone Attempts a Record. Between Adelaide and Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 December 1912 · page 4

Mr. Alan Doone, the celebrated Irish Actor of "Sweet County Kerry" and "A Romance In Ireland," fame is endeavoring to establish motor car record between Adelaide and Sydney…

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Motor Garage Burnt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 December 1912 · page 3

Gerge William Wake, director of the Priory Exchange Motor Garage at Birmingham, was acquitted on Friday on a charge of having induced the manager,…

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Aeroplane's Fatal Dive. Airman and Passenger Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 2

Another double aeroplane fatality occurred last week-end at Wembley, in Middlesex. Lieutenant Park, R.N., ascended at…

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Motoring. Mr Doone Passes Through Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 4

Mr. Alan Doone, who set out from Adelaide at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning with the purpose of establishing a motor car record between Adelaide and Sydney,…

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Railway Smash in Italy. 10 People Killed; 15 Injured. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 2

Owing to the mistake of a signalman the Catania-Messina express dashed into a goods train with dreadful results. Ten people were killed and 15 injured…

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Without a Ticket. He Travelled on the Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 4

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., Joseph Curry was charged with having travelled in a railway carriage of the N.S.W…

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Railway Workers' Strike N.E. Railway Co. Loses £50,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 2

The strike on the system of the North-Eastern Railway Company, brief as it was, cost the company £50,000…

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Purchase of Motor Cars

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 December 1912 · page 2

Recently Messrs. Crawford and Co. Purchased an Itala motor car for use in connection with their livery stable business at Wangaratta, Now they…

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Leaping Sledge to Cross the Deserts. Aeroplane Principles Applied to Oust the Camel

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 3

Motor-sleighing in the Sahara Desert may become a sport, after the success of experiments now being made there with a new type of…

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Return of the Bishop of Goulburn. Welcomed at the Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 5

The Bishop of Goulburn, the St. Rev. Dr. Barlow, who returned to Australia. from England by the R.M.S. Orontes, passed through Albury on Monday night…

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The Victorian Railway Commissioners. Visit Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners, on their annual tour of inspection, visited Wodonga yesterday. The special train conveying the Commissioners arrived at Wodonga…

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Motoring. Alan Doone Fails. Car Ditched at Picton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 6

The Dunlop Rubber Company yesterday received a telegram from Mr. Alan Doone, Doone, has travelled about 1100 miles, and is now at Picton, 50 miles from Sydney, as…

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Motor Gourmets' Maxims

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 3

A new semi-sporting, semi-gastronomic clun has been founded in Paris called the dab of the "One Hundred." Only well-known…

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Cricket. St. Patrick's V. Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 6

St. Patrick's will play Railway this afternoon on St. Patrick's ground. St. Patrick's will be chosen from the following:—O Cox, Murphy, Marks, Gordon, Lee, Day, Brown,…

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Border Railways. Balranald League

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 6

A meeting of the local league formed for the purpose of advocating railway extension to Balranald and district was held at the Council Chambers on…

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Sicilian Railway Horror. Ghastly Scenes at Train Wreck Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 December 1912 · page 3

The disaster to the Catania to Messina express on Sunday was even more serious than the first accounts showed. Through the mistake of a signalman the…

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