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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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The Lockhart-clear Hills Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

Further evidence was taken on Tuesday at Parliament Souse by the Committee of Public Works, appointed to inquire into the expediency of…

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Wagga-humula Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

In connection with the Wagga-Humula Railway League, the Secretary (Mr. Geo. Mitchell) is circularising the squatters in the low country with the object…

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Sensational Accident Railway Trucks Bolt. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

A goods train, consisting of 25 trucks and a brake van, haying been shunted, and left standing on the line at Turramurra early this morning, suddenly broke…

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Railway Crash

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

An alarming railway accident happened early this morning. A goods train was at Milson's Point for Hornsby, and while the engine was…

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Upper Murray Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

A Tintaldra telegram says:—"A well-attended meeting of representatives from both Victoria and New South Wales was hold on Monday, with…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

There will be a special cheap excursion train to Sydney from Wagga on March 23 and 25, leaving at 6 a.m. The fares are fixed at the usual low…

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Humula Railway League

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 4

The Secretary of the Humnla Railway League, at Humula, reports that one of the most enthusiastic meetings yet held in connection with Wagga-Humula Railway…

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The Kosciusko Road Scandal

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 5

When Mr. J. H. Carruthers returned from a visit to Mt. Kosciusko recently, after having had one of the mountain peaks named after him, he gave instructions to the Works…

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Upper Murray Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 2

It was reported during the week that a strong agitation was being worked up in the Tintaldra district for the construction of a railway to…

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Railway Rights Refused to Workers

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 15

A deputation representing Sydney Labor Council and the Municipal Councils of Kogarah and Hurstville asked the Railway Commissioners last Thursday that the rates for…

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Electric Trams for Newcastle

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 15

At the opening of the Newcastle tramway miniature rifle range last week, Mr. Kneeshaw, N.S.W. Superintendent of Tramways, said that the question of the electrification…

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Melbourne Electric Tram Cars Destroyed

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 15

The seventeen cars in uso on the St. Kilda-Brighton (Melb.) electric tramway were destroyed by a fire which broke out in the manager's office at the car-shed,…

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Easter Railway Excursions

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 13

It is customary for the Railway Commissioners to run a series of excursion trains at low fares just prior to Easter holidays. These will be found very…

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Railway Disaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

Twelve persons were killed in a railway disaster at Delagoa Bay. Dr. Jameson, a late Minister, was among the killed…

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The Future of the Motor-boat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 7

Count Recope is a great admirer of the motor-boat, As he truly says, the motorboat is a comparative infant amongst craft, and many people are ignorant as to its…

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New Bridge Wanted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 8

At a meeting last week a league was formed for the purpose of agitating for a bridge over the Murrumbidgee, between the parishes of Wanberrima and…

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Correspondence Shire Councils and Road Maintenance. (To the Editor of the "Express".)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 4

Sir,—The public who have occasion to use unscheduled roads and who have had some experience of the difficulty in having improvements carried out upon…

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Railway Station Bobbed. Safe Blown Open

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 3

The Manilla railway station was broken into some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning by burglars…

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New South Wales. SYDNEY, Monday. Railway Station Burglary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

Burglars blew open the safe of the railway station at Manilla between Saturday night and yesterday morning. About £21 in cash was taken…

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Lockhart-cler Hills Railway Another Line Suggested

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 3

The Public Works Committee on Tuesday devoted farther consideration to the expediency of constructing a railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills…

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