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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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A Railway Story

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 3

The engine emitted a warning cough, The whistle was blown and the train went off. Correct to the nearest second,…

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Motoring. Another Sydney Melbourne Trip

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

Messrs. Gunn and Booth, the two motor cyclists, who were to have left Sydney for Melbourne at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, on a record breaking journey, altered their…

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Motor Can on Fire. Several People Burned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

A motor cue, the properly of Mr. K. J. Callen, was destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon at West Wyalong. The owner was in the motor garage doing some…

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Motor Accident at Jindera Gap. Messrs Colounboun and Davey Injured. Broken Nose and Heads Casied

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Messrs. Jas, Colquhoun, of the firm of Messrs. Jas. Colounhoun and Sons, Albury, and Mr. J. A. Davey, traveller for the firm, were concerned in a sensational…

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Motor Cycle Regulations Number Plate Must Be in Front

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A case of interest to motorists came before the P.M. (Mr. H. F. Roberts) at the Albury police court yesterday, when William D. James, of Messrs. W.D. James…

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House and Cart Collide with Tram. Two Men Taken to Hospital

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 3

AT Rtedfern this afternoon a horse and cart collided with a tram. The tram conductor, Mr. Norman Partridge, was knocked on to the roadway, and a passenger…

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Railway Director's Crime Embezzles £333,000. Buda Pest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 3

[?] a director of a Hungarian railway company, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling £333,000, belonging to the company…

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Labor Riots in New York Men and Women Trampled on by Troopers' Horses. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

The garment workers have refused to return to work, and the shirt-waist employee rioted when they learned that strike breakers had been enlisted. Numerous arrests…

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Motoring Tragedy. Three-officers Killed. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A serious motoring accident occurred yesterday at Leipzig. A motor car in which were four German army officers collided with a carriage. The…

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Motoring Round Corners. at Eight Miles an Hour. Is the Speed Dangerous?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

At the Albury police court yesterday, before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., there was proceeded with the adjourned case in which Arthur Victor Browne was charged…

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Motor Cycle Record Breaking. Sydney to Melbourne. Rider Due in Albury To-day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 6

The idea of breaking the motor cycling record for the run between Sydney and Melbourne and vice-versa, appears to be quite popular just now. A rider named Rawlinson…

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Motor on Footpath

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

On Thursday last, in Swan Hill, before an honorary Bench of Magistrates, J. E. Dowling was proceeded against for driving a motor car along the footpath…

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The Deadly Motor Bus Hostile Outcry in London. Traffic Constable Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

While regulating the traffic in one of the streets of London, on Monday a policeman was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor 'bus. This accident has…

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Sporting. Motor Cycling. Rawlinson in Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

The Gippsland motor cyclist, P. Rawlinson, arrived at Mr. F. C. Blacklock's establishment in Kiewa street, Albury, yesterday on his endeavor to lower J. Gunn's…

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Cricket. Railway V. Mate and Co

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

On the sports ground yesterday the Railway defeated Mate and Co. by two runs. Scores were 95 to 98. D. A. Thompson played a brilliant innings for 36, when D…

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O’Brien’s Road, Bridge to Be Constructed

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Wununmurra shire council, the engineer (Mr Thomas) reported as follows :— “I have made an inspection of the…

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The Roads Question

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

THE Government has, we think, taken a very proper view of its obligations in respect to the main roads of the State, and we hope the principles laid…

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John Bridge & Co. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 47

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report on 17th January:—Hides.—An irregular market ruled for yearlings and calfskins, some lots of the latter being down as much as…

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Motor-cycle Road Record. Sydney to Melbourne. Great Ride by J. Gunn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 46

Leaving Sydney G.P.O. at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, J. Gunn and J. Booth, both of this city, set out to reduce the figures recently established as record by C…

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Six Bags Per Acre Cootamundra Road, Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—The weather over here has been very stormy, making harvesting very slow. Our wheat is going about six bags per acre. Our School will…

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