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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 63

Kiewa Valley Railway. Standing Committee on Tour. Yackandandah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

The Railway Standing Committee, accompanied by Mr. A. A. Billson and Mr. A. W. Craven, M.L.A.'s took evidence at Kiewa yesterday afternoon on the proposed…

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Man's Back Broken. Serious Motor Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

A serious motor accident occurred on Wednesday evening at Mentone, which resulted in one of the occupants of the car, Mr. John Mitchell Hill, of Ascotyale,…

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Birtles' Motor Trip

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

Birtles, the well known transcontinental cyclist, will leave Sydney on Saturday in a motor car. He intends to ride round Australia for the purpose of taking views for…

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The State Railways. The Ministry and the Commissioner. Possible Developments. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

If is understood that serious friction exists, between Mr Johnson, the Chief Commissioner of railways, and the Ministry. It is no secret that the trouble…

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Howlong and North-eastern Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

A large deputation, representing the Howlong and Border Railway League, waited on Mr. A. A. Billson, Minister of Railways, at Chiltern on Monday, to…

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Corowa and District Progress Association. an Out-of-date Railway Service. Shorter Trip to Melbourne Needed. Making Corowa Attractive. the Cootamundra Conference

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

A special meeting of the above association was [?]eld on Monday night. Mr. J. Chivell presided, and the other members present included -- Messrs. P…

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Big Railway Project. Across Australia. 135,000 Tons of Rails

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

Arrangements are at last complete for the issue of tenders in connection with the transcontinental railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie. In Saturday…

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A Leap From an Aeroplane. the Feat Successfully Accom-plished. St. Louis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

For the first time in the history of aero-planes has a man who leaped from a ma-chine in mid-air reached the ground in safety…

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Motoring. Sydney to B Risbane Record

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 4

The first attempt to establish a motor car record between Sydney and Brishbane was successfully accomplished by Mr. A.Lewis, of Melbourn, on a 35 h.p. matching…

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Victoria. Railway Dining Cars. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 3

The dining car service was inaugurated by the Railway Commissoners in 1908, and five dung cars are now in running on the interstate express trains between…

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.Victorian Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

It is not considered that the strike of colliers in Great Britain will have an immediate effect on the price of Newcastle (N.S.W.) coal, so that the Railway…

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Queensland Railways Booming. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

Despite the disastrous tramway strike in Brisbane, the railway revenue for Febru-ary last is £32,000 higher than the total for February,1911…

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The Tramway Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The coal miners and wharf laborers are still out as a result of the tramway strike…

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Train Services Reduced. Trade Leaving England

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

The speeches mada by the leaders of the miners in different parts of the country yesterday show that the strikers firmly adhere to the proposed scheduled…

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Motor Accident Near Chiltern. Wheel Comes Off Car. Chiltern

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 3

A party of four consisting of two ladies and two gentlemen, who were journeying by motor car from Sydney to Melbourne, had a narrow escape from a serious…

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The Corowa-wahgunyah Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

Readers of the "Free Press" will remember the full reports published in its columns of all matters connected with the visit…

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Another Motor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 3

The Corowa district already enjoys the reputation of having more motor cars than any other district in the States, and the number of cars is…

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RAILWAYS. The Piangil Extension. Almost Assured

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

When the Premier of New South Wales was at Balranald last year he spoke of the attitude of the New South Wales Government towards the…

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Train Driver's Awful Act Throws Himself Into Engine Furnace. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

A shocking tragedy took place on the Eastern railway yesterday. An engine driver named Koenig, who was suffering from neurasrthenia, suddenly…

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Railway Mismanagement. Two Instances at Brocklesby

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 3

"This is a newspaper reporter!" said a leading commercial man at Brocklesby yesterday to Air. J. E. Shipard, as a representative of the "Border Morning…

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