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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Railway Commissioners

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Cabinet has not yet come to a final determination in regard to the appointment of Railway Commissioners…

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Railway Smash

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Two passenger trains on the Chicago Pacific railway collided, and 35 were killed and 21 injured. A number of Mexicans were incinerated in the…

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Another Railway Collision. Telegraphists' Fatal Omission

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Two passenger trains collided yesterday on the Chicago-Pacific railway, near Altavista, Texas, with the result that 35 persons were killed and 21 more or…

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Railway Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Several important changes are being made with the arrival of the new year at the local railway station. Mr. Alt, now inspector, started his new duties on Monday…

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The Railway Commission

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The delay in the appointment of the Railway Commissioners is seated to be due to one of the proposed Commissioners, who is at present in England,…

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Derailment or Railway Carriages. Departmental Inquiry

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

Some carriages attached to a couple ol trains were derailed near Granville on Friday, and to-day a Departmental Board enquired into the matter…

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Railway Cutting Collapses. Many Lives Lost. London, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

While several hundred navvies were working at a depth of 25 feet in a railway cutting near Bingen, Germany, a series of collapses buried many of…

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Inspection of Main Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 3

The Secretary for Public Works notifies that the roads named in the schedule hereto were, on 10th December, 1906, classified by him as main roads within the meaning of…

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Another Railway Promotion

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

We have to congratulate Mr. T. Hudson on his important rise in the railway service. which, we may say, was well deserved. On Monday morning our young townsman…

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Wagga Railway Station. Figures for December 1906

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

The figures representing the traffic at Wagga Railway Station for the month of December, 1906, have been made available by Mr. Darby…

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Railway to Tumbarumba. Extension From Mount Horeb Advanced. Tumbarumba

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 4

As a public meeting railway league was formed with Mr. G. M' Micki[?] president Mr. D. M'[?]ntosh, Vicepresident. Mr. A. Baillie, secretary…

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State Owned Railways

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 7

In Hungary over nine-tenths of the railways are under Government ownership and control; in Austria about three-fifths; but the Austrian Government is…

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Killed at a Railway Station

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 11

James John Courtney, an elderly and widely-known retired school teacher, residing at Caulfield, was killed at Ormond (Melb.) station on Saturday night…

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Main Roads

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

In accordance with section 38 of the Local Government Extension Act, 1906, and section 119 of the Local Government Act, 1906, the roads named below have…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

A popular means of imparting, special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the in struction train. A train is fitted up with…

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Bicycle Road Race

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

The above event, from the Post-office round the 5-mile peg on the Adelong road and back again, eventuated on Wednesday last. A deal of interest was manifested in…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

From New York on 16th October the correspondent, of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—Mr Justice Shuater's decision on…

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District Roads

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

In accordance with section 38 of the Local Government Extension Act, 1906, and section 119 of the Local Government Act, 1906, the roads named be…

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Lockhart-clear Hills Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works at Parliament House od Wednesday further evidence was taken with respect to the…

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