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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Wagga-Humula Railway. (To the Editor "Wagga Advertiser.")

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

Sir,—Now that there is again a stir over the proposed Wagga-Humulas Tumbarumba railway, I would like to contribute a little information…

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Proposed Border Railway. Gippsland to New South Wales a £10,000,000 UNDERTAKING

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 5

The report prepared by the Victorian Railway Construction Branch on the question of the construction of a railway from Bairnsdale to the New…

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Leg Twisted Off. Terrible Train Accident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. Thorpe, stationmaster at Gunneth. while engaged shunting at the railway yards last night, had his leg [?]risted through being drawn under a…

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Another Tram Victim

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

A telegraph messenger, R. T. S. Dell, who lived at Petersham, was killed by a railway tram in Pitt-street last night. It is stated that he tried…

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Railway Inspection

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner for Railways left for the annual inspection of the southern line and branches south of Goulburn on Sunday night, and…

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Railway Inspection

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

IN their round of inspection the Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Johnson) and his colleagues, with officials of the service, made a short…

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The Government Is Affected. [?]Acts for Train and Tram Cars

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 3

Railway Department will be inconvenienced owing to the he Meadowbank works. The embrace one for 18 lavatory…

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Boy Brigands a Train Held Up. Passenger Shot. London, June 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

Three masked boys stopped and robbed a train at Montana, U.S.A. A hundred passengers were panic stricken and a rancher who attempted to…

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Boy Robbers. Hold Up a Train. a Passenger Shot. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

Three masked boys stopped and robbed a train in Montana. United States. There were hundreds of passengers on the train, and x general panic ensued…

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Remarkable Suicide. Jump in Front of Train. Head Severed From Body. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

As the train from Camberwell to Melbourne was entering Auburn station this morning a well-dressed man threw himself down with his neck on…

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Killed by a Motor tar Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Acquitted by Jury. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

Reginald Gibbs was placed on trial at the Criminal Court to-day for the alleged manslaughter of Henry Weller. The Crown Prosecutor staled that…

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Railway Fatality. Man's Head Completely Severed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 3

A well-dressed man ran out from the side of the up-line as a train was entering the Auburn station this morning, and throw himself down with his…

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South Australia. the Tramways and the Unemployed

The Worker · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 5

The hope that the starting of the construction works for the new electric tramways would load to the absorption of the abnormally large supply of surplus labor…

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I Murrurundi Railway Smash

The Worker · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 31

The majority of those injured in the recent railway smash at Murrurundi, N.S.W., when two trains crashed head on into each other, have recovered, though…

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Young Railway Employee Killed

The Worker · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 31

With his first pay in his pocket, Victor IcGarrigle, aged 15 years and 10 months, was killed in the railway yards at Werris Creek, N.S.W. The boy was watching…

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American Railway Methods "100,000 People Under Sentence of Sudden Death."

The Worker · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 30

"The 'Ago' end 'Argus' were never satisfied until they got American methods of management introduced on our railways, and now they have got American results,"…

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Sauce for the Motor Hogs

The Worker · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 16

IN its defence of the reckless road-bog, the "Sydney Morning Herald" has made another species of stupid animal of itself. In the first place, it alleged that Inspector-…

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Boys As Train Robbers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 2

Three masked boys stopped a train in the Rocky mountains. A raucher, in attempting to escape, was shot dead…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. the North Shore Bridge

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 2

Giving evidence on the North Shore bridge proposal, the manager of the Sydney Ferries Company stated the traffic on the Company's steamers both…

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The Increasing Motors

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

Everyone, remarks a writer in the "Westminster Gazette," knows the extraordinary increase in the number of motor-cars in this country. But it is…

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