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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday. Railway Revenue

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

The railway returns for the past six months show an increase of a quarter of a million sterling…

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Dr Burgess's New Motor

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

Signe are not wanting that the motor age is low upon us. In our chief cities and large provincial towns the frequent sound of the motor horn reminds us of a…

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The Reign of the Motor

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

Considerable interest, was yesterday manifested in the movements of the new motor car which has been delivered to the order of, Dr. T. W. W…

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Another Accident at Dukes Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

A man named William Cotter was riding home over Duke's Bridge at five o'clock on Tuesday evening, when his horse slipped at the bend of the bridge…

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Received at 1 A.M. Forther Revolutionary Incidents. Dragoons Attacked by Work-men. Revolutionary Activity in Poland. Train Drivers Shot. Government Buildings Destroyed. London. .Jan. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

While a squadron of dragoons were grooming their horses at Riga they were suddenly attacked by 300 workmen, armed with revolvers and swords…

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The Siberian Railway. Controlled by Anarchy

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

Anarchy prevails all along the Siberian railway. All the stations have been pillaged, and locomotives drawing nuhtary trains are indiscriminately…

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South Australia. the Government and the Tramways. a Bomb for the Hoodlers

The Worker · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 7

There is consternation in the camp of the tramway crowd. The Government have given notice of their intention, acting under, the General Tramways Act, to…

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The Prince's Train

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

The train that is to carry the Prince of Wales over the East Indian Railway is undergoing continual trials. If the Prince appears on scheduled time he will have,…

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Russian Revolutionaries. Dynamite a Railway Bridge. Wreck a Passenger Train. Arrest of Engine Drivers. London, Jan. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

The revolutionists dynamited a bridge on the Vistula railway when a passenger train was passing. The rebels simultaneously attacked…

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Railway Collision

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

A collision occurred yesterday between two ballast trains on the south-coast line, near Kembla Junction. An engine, some trucks and the…

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Special Cable Service. Russia's Troubles. a Governor Assassinated. Moscow Hospitals Full. Enormous Loss of Property. Railway Strewn with Corpses. Rozdestvensky's Astounding Allegation. London

The Temora Star · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

An assassin fired three, bull eta at the Governor of Ufe, and severely Wounded that official. The assassin was arrested…

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Railway Collision SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

A railway collission between two ballast trains occurred on the south Coast line yesterday. No lives were lost…

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Expensive Railway Fare

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 4

Alex. J. Scott was proceeded with at the instance of the Railway Commissioners for defrauding the New South Wales Government…

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The Siberian Railway. Martial Law Proclaimed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

Martial law has been decreed along seventeen sections of the Siberian railway, where a condition of anarchy exists, and in the military districts…

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Australian-American Mails. Railway Collision in Wyoming. Fifty Bags Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 4

Australian merchants may suffer severely owing to a railway collision which occurred in Wyoming (U.S.A.) lost month. The central postal…

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Mr. Bent's Motor-car. a Visitors Complaint

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 2

During the New Year holiday Mr. Bent paid a visit to Beaconsfield, and which there was the guest of Mr. L. L. Smith. On Sunday week he took a run…

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Coolamon Millwood Road

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Lindon, Secretary of the Gobbagumbalin Progress Association, has just received (through Mr. M'Garry. M.P. the official reply to a request to…

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Coolamon-millwood Road

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Lindon, secretary of the Gobbagumbalin Progress Association has just received through Mr. P. M'Garry, M.L.A. the official reply to…

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Shocking Accident at a Railway Station. Young Man's Foot Cut Off by a Train

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

Percy Taylor, a young man, aged 19, living at Burton Crescent, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, met with the terrible accident on the railway line at that…

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The Motor Car

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

Our representative enqur[?]ed of Dr. Burgess yesterday how his motor car was performing its work. "In first rate style," was the doctor's reply. He…

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