Border Railways
The visit of the Minister of Lands to the south-western districts of the State, and the subsequent extension of his tour to Victoria and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 63
Royal Commission on Railway Matters. to Sit in Corowa
Mr. W. Blackett, barrister at law, who has been appointed by the Government as a Royal Commission to inquire into railway goods traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Convicts. Attempt Escape From Train
A number of prisoners on a convict train near Warsaw, Russia, attempted to escape. The police fired on the prisoners, killing seven. Three of the officers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Famous Airman Badly Hurt. Falls in Front of Train. Paris
J. Vedrines, the famous French airman, has been very badly injured in an accident while engaged on a flight from Douai (about 25 miles south of the Belgian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Border Trade. Victoria and New South Wales. Linking Up the Railways
The linking up of the railways of Victoria and Riverina was one of the subjects discussed at the conference held in Melbourne last week between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opening the Riverina. Joint Railways. Interstate Conference. Important Decisions
One of the most important interstate conferences of recent years was that held in Melbourne on Friday between representatives of New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motoring World
The number of motor cars registered in New South Wales to date is 1590, and motor cycles 3147, as compared with the Victorian figures of 3850 and 2730,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Border Railways. the Linking-up Scheme
The N.S.W. Minister for Lands has explained in more detail the proposed New South Wales-Victorian scheme for linking up The Southern Riverina with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Robbers in London an Audacious Crime. London
A daring jewel robbery was committed in a London suburb yesterday. About midday a motor car drew up outside a jeweller's shop in Brixton (three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Mosquitoes. Maitland Road, Islington
Dear Uncle Jeff,—Newcastle can boast of a splendid beach, to which hundreds of people flock daily. The climate here is varied, but lately we have been getting…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Besieged Bandit. Train Conveys Onlookers. Paris, April 29
The capture and death of the notorious motor-bandit Bonnot aroused Paris to a state, of feverish excitement. Nearly 1,000,000 copies of the special editions of…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Train Swept Off Track Oklahoma (U.S.A.) April 28
A tornado has completely blown away the small town of Lugort, and several villages in the same district have been levelled to the ground. Half a dozen persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Motor Car Used. Loudon, April 30
The use of a motor car as an aid to crime is not confined to Paris. A motor car was stopped in front of a jeweller's shop in Brixton on Monday, and a man,…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Famous Aviator's Fall. Wreckage on Railway Line. Paris, April 29
Vedrines, the famous aviator, has met, with a serious accident while attempting to add to his numerous wonderful achievements in the air…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →The Railway Commissioner Firm
Some time ago, the grand council of the RaiLway and Tramway Unions held meetings, at which it was decided to make a series of requests to the Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Trackless Trams. Forty Miles an Hour. London, April 28
The London Country Council, which is conducting experiments with trackless electric trams, has proved the capability of these cars to attain a high rate of speed…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Border Railway Question
A number of residents of the Finley (N.S.W.) district waited on the Victorian Minister of Railways (Mr. Billson) to ask for an extension to Finley of…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Dissatisfied Railway Men
Members of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association have for some time been asking that the minimum wage in the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Rambles in the Upper Murray of Victoria. Corryong, the Metropolts of the Hills. Development Retarded for Want of Railway
The town of Corryong is beautifully situated on high land in the valley of the same name, and between the Thougla and Nariel Creek, Valleys. Corryong is the main…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Linking Border Railways
A deputation representing land owners in the vicinity of Finley, on the New South Wales side of the Murray, waited upon Mr Billson, Minister for Railways…
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