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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Queen Wilhelmina. Accident Whilst Driving. Phaeton Collides with Tramcar. London, Feb. 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 2

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and her husband. Prince Henry of Mecklenburg, had a narrow escape from a serious accident at the Hague…

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Railway Tips

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

During the speeches at the railway picnic luncheon yesterday the subject of tips to railway officials was under discussion. Mayor Hayes remarked, in…

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Railway Picnic. Influx of Visitors. Sports on Wagga Show Ground the Annual Dinner

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 3

The twenty-third annual picnic and sports of the Amalgamated Railway Employs in the southern district took place at Wagga yesterday. Special…

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Wauberrima and Matong Bridge Leagues

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

An important meeting took place at Matong on Saturday, 29th ult. The meeting was largely attended, and amongst those present were Messrs. H…

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Railway and Tramway Association

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 13

Dear Worker,— Iu your last issue you publish what purports to be an official statement of the above. The signatories, Messrs. Brown,…

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Railway Employees. Organization in Victoria

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 17

When the Victorian. Parliament [?]nacter that permanent employees on the railway den should be compelled to insure their lives, and good thing was done for the insurance com[?]oom…

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Swiker's Motor-car

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

When Swiker reached Wodonga with a thousand head of stores, A wire was waiting from the region of artesian bores;…

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The Motor Car Fiend. Strange Leniency of Magistrates

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 6

Two chaffeurs, responsible for the death of children, have just been tried at Melbourne for "manslaughter." As everybody anticipated, they were acquitted. Nobody…

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The Need of Cheaper Tram Sydney and Other Services Compared

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 11

The large centres of population, not only in Australia but throughout the Empire, are grappling with the problem of relieving the congestion of the city population,…

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£1 Per Week for Tramway Conductors. Strike at Ballarat

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 11

Reference was made in THE WORKER a fortnight ago to the sweating conditions under which the employees on the Ballarat tramways worked, and the trouble…

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Railway Development. Narandera-hay Line. to Supply Riverina

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 2

A largely attended meeting was held at Narandera last week for the purple of considering a project for advocating a line of railway from the…

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Irrigation Railway League

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6

The adjourned public meeting called to consider the question of advocating the construction of a line of railway from the…

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Train Murderer

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 2

A train thief has been identified as the murderer of an English lady on the Turin express in January, 1906…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. J.H. Nisbett, P.M. Railway Case

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

Peter O'Neill was charged with selling a portion of a railway ticket to Elsie Richardson on 15th January. Traffic Inspector Alt appeared for the…

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How Norway Deals with its Tramps and Loafers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

Norway has recently adopted drastic methods of dealing with idlers, beggars, tramps and drunkards. "The Poor Law Journal" gives a summary…

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Public Opinion. Brooke's Bridge. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 3

SIR,—I see by the report of the meeting of the Adjungbilly Shire Council that L. Tweedie offered to care for Brooke's bridge for the sum…

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Serious Railway Mishap Mail Train Derailed. Cars Topple Over Embankment. Passengers Imprisoned. Miraculous Escapes. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 2

A serious and startling accident occurred at midnight in the North-Western mail train, which was bound for Sydney, when about throe miles…

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Farmers And Settlers' Association. Millwood Road Branch. Demands of the Rural Workers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

Our Tooyal correspondent writes:— A meeting of the Millwood Road branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Mr. S…

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Ballarat Tram Strike. a Moral Victory.—company Offers Concessions

The Worker · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 22

The bulk of the tram conductors who struck at Ballarat against 18s and 54 hours a week, with all round fining and general espionage, are still out, but their position…

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Matong Bridge

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 8

Ata meeting of the Wanberrima and Matong Bridge League held at Matong on Saturday, it was decided to send a deputation…

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