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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Wagga-Humula Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 4

At a meeting of the Wagga-Humula Railway League held on the 7th inst., the President (the Hon. J. Gormly) stated that he intended to interview…

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Fatal Tram Collisions

The Worker · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 13

Early on Tuesday afternoon, a tramcar collided, with a cart at Circular Quay, Sydney, and John Foster, an elderly resident of Orange (N.S.W.), who was…

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Matong Bridge

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 7

The following communic[?] has been received from [?] J. Hull, secretary of the Wanberrima and Matong Bridge…

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Railway Commissioners in Gundagai. the South Gundagai Siding

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners—Messrs. T. Johnson (chief), D. Kirkcaldie and J. Richardson (assistants) arrived at Gundagai by special train at 4 p.m…

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[Copy.] Starving Stock Relief. Sydney, 6th May. 1907. The Railway Commissioner, Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

DEAR SIRS,—We have been fervently hoping that rain would come to give relief to districts that are now suffering seriously, but the…

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Miscellaneous the World's Railways

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 7

AT the end of 1903 there were in the world about 516,000 miles of railways, which seem to have increased at the rate of about 12,000 miles a year. The amount of…

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Railway Commissioners

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

The three Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Johnson, Kircaldie and Richardson, accompanied by the Chief Traffic Manager (Mr. Harper) and staff, came…

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American Railways. “High Finance” Low Efficiency

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

Sydney Brooks writes In the '“Daily Mail”:— Among the permanent problems of American life and politics, the…

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The Premier on Land Matters. Closer Settlement—Railways Land Administration Agricultural Education

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 8

In his Kogarah speech, beside dealing with the financial condition of the State, Mr. Carruthers gave the Government intentions…

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Brooklyn Tragedy. Appalling Motor Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 3

Before the eyes of her husband, Mrs Jacob Tunbridge was thrown from an automobile on Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon, March [?]th, and cut to pieces…

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Butter Factory. the Railway Siding

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 2

On their return from Tumut on Thursday morning the Railway Commissioners were interviewed at South Gundagai by the directors of the…

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Wagga-humula Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 2

The Hon. James Gormly, president of the Wagga-Humula Railway League, has been informed by letter that the railway route suggested from Wagga to…

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Wagga Human Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works has informed the Hon. James Gormly by letter dated 15th May that the railway route suggested from Wagga to…

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Russia. Daring Railway Robbery. a Bomb Factory Discovered. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 3

A band of Terrorists attacked a railway office at Warsaw, killing two soldiers and wounding four. The robbers escaped with 10,000 roubles (about…

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The Tramway Collision. Inquest Continued

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of John S. Foster, which occurred on Tuesday in a collision between a tram and a cart in Young-street, was resumed…

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Sydney Tram Accident. Charge Against Officials. Were They Brink? Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

An inquest was opened to-day. touching the death of John S. Foster, the victim of last week's from collision. The driver Lloyd, and the…

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The Tramway Fatality. Driver and Conductor Before Before the Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 May 1907 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day, Francis Lloyd, tram driver, and Louis Albert Wannick, conductor, were charged with having been drunk while…

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Making the Victorian Railways Pay. Sweating Pin Pricks

The Worker · Thursday 23 May 1907 · page 15

The manner in which the Victorian railways are being run is gaining for its management an unenviable record. Instead of the State looming large in the public eye…

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Deputation to the Railway Commissioners

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

ON Thursday morning a deputation consisting of Messrs Aiken, Molineaux' Russel, Boston and R. H. prowse (members of the Progress Committee),…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of the man Foster was continued to-day. The driver and conductor of the…

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