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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Attempted Train Wrecking

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 2

Four large bags of sand were found across the railway has near Croxton Station. The [?]nal near by was also interefered…

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Mangled Remains on Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 2

The mangled remains of William Anderson, aged 22, residing at Liverpool, were found on the railway line near Parramatta…

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Wireless Train Brake. Device for Railway Safety

Delegate Argus · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 4

The "Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Etsen[?] states that Herr Birth, the Nuromburg schoolmaster whose name become known by his invention of a boat…

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Plausible "Baron." Jewels and Motor Car on Nothing a Year

The Bombala Times · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

The remarkable career of a clever swindler who posed as a baron was described at London Sessions recently. Otto Fredrick von Meder, 41,…

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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday. Railway Smash Enquiry

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

Several witnesses testified at the inquest on the Whangama, [?] railway smash that the signal light showed green,…

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Inter-state News. Sydney, Friday. City Motor Bandits. Sensational Hold-up

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

A [?]tional hold-up and robbery occurred at the office of the Eveleigh Workshops early on Wednesday afternoon, when…

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Railway Progress

The Bombala Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 3

The following letter has been handed us for publication by Mr. G. T. C. Miller, M.L.A.:— Public Works Department,…

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Car and Motor Cycle Collision

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Pratt, 52, mounted a motor cycle with a side car attached, taking his daughter for a span at Hawthorne…

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Browns v. Bridge. Libel and Assault

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

Wednesday was the fifth and concluding day of the hearing of the charm for £3000, in Banco, before the Chief Justice (Sir…

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General Cables. (Per Independent Cabs to "The Manaro Mercury.") LONDON, Friday. Outrage in Russia. Bomb on Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

While the Czar and his family were travelling in Russia, a a on lot train was sent shead of the royal train and exploded a…

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The Railway

The Bombala Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

The following letter has been handed to us for publication by Mr. G. T. C. Miller, M.L.A.:—Public Works Department…

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BROWNE V. BRIDGE. Both Parties Appealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 2

An appeal has been [?]ouged, on behalf of Gwendoline Rachel Browne, the 18-year-old [?]st, of Annandale, against the find…

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Fatal Motor Collision. Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 2

Two motors collided at Caulfield yesterday by which Mrs. Louisa Rendall, wife of the principal of Hayleybury College…

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Express in Peril. Boy's Train-wrecking Plot

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

How a Leeds to London express escaped being wrecked, with probable heavy loss of life, was related before the West Riding magistrate, who ordered Charles Griffiths, a…

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"New" Jerusalem. 'Delivered' to Improvements Tram Oaks and Ferro-concrete

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

[?] again threatens the historic walls of [?] reports state, although the [?]…

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Nimmityubelle-Bombala Railway

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 2

The following letter has been handed to us for publication:— Bukalong Station, Bombala, 27th June, 1914…

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New Gold Discovery. on Orbost to Genoa Road

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 2

Mr. E. M'Millan, who arrived in Orbost last Thursday, reported the discovery of a gold-bearing reef from 2ft 6in to 5ft wide about six…

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Extension of the Railway. Linking Up the Capitals by Way of Bombala to Orbost. Deputation to the Victorian Minister. Melbourne

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 1

A deputation waited on the Minister for Railways (Mr. McKinnon) yesterday, to ask that the line under construction from Bairnsdale to…

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Our Border Railway

The Bombala Times · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 1

THE deputation which waited on the Victorian Minister of Railways last week again opened up the question of a through line of railway from…

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Border Railway

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 2

In accordance with a promise made at the last election, Mr. Gus Miller, M.P., is working actively for the extension of the Bombala…

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