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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Railway Cricket [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 6

Match Married v. Single, today. Teams: Married—C. [?] J. [?] Ross. A. Howard. C. Primrose. V. Dick. P. Kilroy, C. Webb. A. [?]…

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Alternative Service Barred. Steamers Cannot Carry Railway Goods. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 2

The railway porters at Newcastle have refused to handle goods from Sydney sent by boat which in ordinary circumstances would have been brought here by [?]…

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A Tram "Bolts." Dashes at Forty Miles an Hour. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

A city bound tram full of passengers "bolted" at the top of William street on Saturday night. The brakes refused to not, and the car, gathering momentum,…

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Barrier Tramway Strike. Mines Closing Down. Food Supply Running Short. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

Mr. Charles Eley, general manager of the Silverton Tramway Company, made offers to the Barrier Labor Federation that it should agree to exempt certain…

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Cablegrams. Suffragette Outrages. Grave Cases on Railways. Only Partially Successful. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

Full details have reached London of the serious Suffragette outrages on the railways in the provinces. The attempt to destroy the Oxted…

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Railway Official Disappears

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 3

The disappearance of Richard Brewer Hayne has been followed by the issue of a warrant for his arrest on the charge of having embezzled £13 7/, the money of…

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Paris Motor Bandits. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

The French Court of Criminal Appeal has confirmed the sentences of death imposed upon D[?]e. Catlemin, Soudy, and Monier, four of the hand of motor…

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The Main Roads Vote

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

At the Shires' Conference on Thursday last, in Sydney, Cr. Black moved that the Minister be asked to grant at once a portion of the special…

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The Hay-booligal Road. Subsidy Asked For. The Shires' Association Unsympathetic

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

At the Annual Shires' Conference which was sitting in Sydney last week, Cr. Horton (Waradgery) moved: "That the expenditure by a Shire…

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Barrier Tramway Strike. Resolutions at Mass Meeting Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The serious industrial trouble arising out of the strike of the employes of the Silverton Tramway Company remains unsettled, and the outlook is not at all…

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The Railway Strike. Goods Traffic at a Standstill Proposed Royal Commission. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The wharf laborers at Darling Island downed tools as a protest against the traffic men doing shunting work. It is stated in Labor circles that a…

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The Barrier Strike. "Starving Out" the Homes of Tramway Officials. A Serious Situation. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The tramway strike at Broken Hill is becoming alarming. The residents are threatened with a food famine…

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Railway Strike. the Trouble Extending. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The shunters, ropers, and weighbridge clerks at the railway produce sheds at Red[?]ern joined the Darling Harbour railway strikers this morning, with the…

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Coreen Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The meeting convened by Mr. D. W. Swan, of "Bondi Farm,". Corcen, for the purpose of forming a railway league to agitate for the construction of a line…

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Universal Service in All Dominions. Citizens of Every British State Over-sea Must Train to Hear Arms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

In every [?] State under the British flag, citizens are liable to give military service for a varying term of years, with the…

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Premier's Visit to Albury Cancelled. Plans Frustrated Through Railway Strike. But Mayor's "At Home" Will Be Held To-night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

If events had worked out as anticipated for some time past, this would have been a memorable day for Albury. Premiers of the State do not pay us official visits…

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Strike Rebellion. Railway Dispute Worsened. Government's Ultimatum to Strikers. Free Labor to Be Introduced. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

All hope of the railway strikers at Darling Harbor and elsewhere returning to work as a result of negotiations with the Government, and the offer of the latter…

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Sydney-broken Hill Railway. Via The Back Country

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 1

The proposed railway to Broken Hill is to be an extension of the Condoblin line, whence it traverses the Lachlan valley for about 25 miles and after…

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Railway to Balranald Minister's Visit

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

On Friday evening last, at Mr A. Malcolm's office, a meeting of the local "Railway League was held for the purpose of discussing the visit, of Mr Griffith…

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Tram Ticket Forgeries

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

Vivian Humphory, 25, and charles Ecclesworth, 20, were both charged at the Sydney police court on Monday morning, before Mr. King, S.M., with having forged…

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