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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Received at 1 A.M. Bomb Throwing at Odessa. Railway Director Killed. London, Feb. 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

Bombs thrown at the police while they were searching a house at Odessa killed a police commissary. An unknown gang of revolutionaries…

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A Motor Incident. LONDON, Monday evening

The Temora Star · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, the American millionaire, had a sensational experience while motoring near Pisa, in Italy. His motor knocked down a little girl and the…

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Railway Workshops Burnt LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

The Inter-colonial Railway Workshops at Moncton, a town in New Brunswick, Canada, has been destroyed by fire…

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Lighter Railways. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

The Cabinet is considering the advisability of constructing light railway lines in the mountain country…

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A Tunnel Mystery. French Girl Found Dead on Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 4

The deepest mystery surrounds the shocking death of Mrs. Rochard, a beautiful yound French girl, whose mutilated body has been found in the Crick…

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The Railway Pic-nic

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

Arrangements are progressing satisfactorily in connection with the Railway pic-nic fixed for Monday next. The pic-nic committee announce that all…

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Railway Commission Inharmonious Relations

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

The Royal Commission on Railway Administration took further evidence on Tuesday. Mr. Oliver, chief railway commissioner, was cross-examined…

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The Railway Commission

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. Oliver was examined at length upon the inharmonious relations Some of the evidence was prohibited from publication…

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The Railway Commission or Inquiry. Remarks by the Board. Interesting Evidence. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

At the Railway Commission of Inquiry to-day, Colonel Burns, one of the members, entered his protest against any continuance of the method…

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Railway Men in Annual Conference. What Business Was Done. a Remarkable Incident.—How Unionists Accept Censure.—Brief Biography of the New President

The Worker · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 5

At the conclusion of the Annual Conference of the N.S.W. Railway and Tra[?]y Service Association, a WORKER representative interviewed General Secretary Catts…

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Who Constructed the Tumut Railway? (To the Editor.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

SIR,-In his speech at Tumut, Mr. J. H. Carruthers, Premier, said that 18 years ago he had promised to return to that town by railway. Mr…

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A Retired Railway Man Strongly Recommends Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills for Liver and Kidney Complaint

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 6

"As a genuine remedy for Liver and Kidney Complaint, I can strongly recommend Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills," writes Mr. E. B. Wignall, of "Everton," 248…

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The Railway Commission

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 3

At the sitting of the Commission appointed to inquire into the inharmonious relations between the Railway Commissioners yesterday, one of the Bench…

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The Railway Picnic

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

The twenty-first annual amalgamated railway employees picnic and sports will be held on the Wagga Show Grounds on Monday. The day has been proclaimed…

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Grand Railway Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

At the Oddfellows' Hall, on Monday evening, picnickers and others will be entertained by a first-class concert and dramatic performance by artists from…

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The Railway Commission. More Inharmonious Relations

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

At the Railway Commission to-day, Mr. Kirkcaldie gave further evidence of the inharmonious relations that had been going on for the past five years or more…

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The Railway Picnic Arrangements for

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

The arrangements for the twenty-first annual picnic and sports of the railway employes of the southern and south-western lines, which are to be…

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Railway Tunnel Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 3

M. Durel, of Geneva, when travelling by express from Nice to Geneva, on January 12, was attacked and thrown oat as the train passed through the…

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The Railway Commission of Inquiry. Sydney Commissioners Quarrels. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

Before the Royal Commission on Railway Administration to-day, Mr. D. Kirckcaldie gave further evidence. Mr. Kirkcaldie stated that when the that when the…

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The Railway Commission. Those Inharmonious Relations

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 1

Mr. Kirkcaldie, the Second Railway Commissioner, was again under examination before the royal commission on Friday, and related an unpleasant…

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