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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 60

Aeroplane on Fire. Passenger Incinerated. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

Turin was the scene of an aeroplane tragedy on Saturday. M. Slavoroskoff, a russian aviator was making a flight, a accompanied by a…

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Uniform Railway Gauge. Committee's Report. Cost of Conversion, £37.161.000. 4FT 8 1/2 In. Favored. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

The Engineers in Chief of the several tide Railway Departments who recently met in conference under the chairmanship of Mr. H. Deane, the Engineer in Chief…

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COREEN. Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 3

A meeting of the above league was hold at Martin's Coreen Wine Hall on Saturday night, when the most representative meeting of farmers ever held…

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Ringwood Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 3

A public meeting of all interested in railway communication with Ringwood was held at the Ringwood Hall on Saturday evening last. There were…

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New South Wales. Train Wrecker Set at Liberty. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

William George Hatton, who was sentenced to imprisonment for three years, with hard labor, on October 17, 1911, for attempted train w[?]ecking at Lithgow…

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Sporting Cricket. Railway C.c

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 6

Following the report of last season:— Despite the last that we just m[?]ed annexing the premership in both Wednesday and Saturday competitions, the…

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Cablegrams. Motor Bandits Executed. How They Met Death. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

The scene at the execution yesterday morning, of the three members of the notorious motor bandit gang—Soudy,…

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Football. Railway Senior Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 6

The annual meeting of the above club was held on Monday; there being present Mr. J. Alt (chairman). and about 30 member and intending Members. The report…

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Railway to Piangil

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 3

The Victorian Minister for Railways (Hon. A. A. Billson), visited Swan Hill on 11th inst., when he was interviewed by several deputations on various matters…

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Railway Duplication and Harbor Improvement. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. Trethewan, vice-president of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, in the course of his evidence before the Empire Trade Commission to-day, said that the…

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Run Over by a Train. Urana Footballer Killed

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

The sad news by wire on Monday last of the death of Mr. William Stanley Watts, cast a gloom over Urana. He was killed on the Strathfield railway…

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French Motor Bandits. Three Men Guillotined. Paris, April 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 43

Andre Soudy, Etienne Monier, and Raymond Callemin (nicknamed by his associates Raymond La Science, on account of his superior intelligence), three of the four…

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Railway to Tumbarumba Promised

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 29

The table of the Minister for Works bore the appearance of a well-laden stall at an agricultural show the other day. There were fine, long red mangel wurzels, Swede…

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The New Railway by Laws

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 33

The chief feature of the new railway by laws, is the abolition of return tickets on the interstate, passenger traffic. This, principle has been adopted within the State for…

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Railway to Federal Territory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 33

The work in connection with the Federal railway line has commenced in earnest, under the supervision of Mr. E. Beaver, engineer in charge. About 200 men are…

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Stones in Railway Points. London, April 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 42

Stones were found wedged into the points of the railway at Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, on the main line of the Great Northern Railway. They were discovered just…

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Recent Railway Strike. Sitting of Royal Commission. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 3

The Royal Commission appointed to investigate the recent strike at Darling Harbor (Mr. Justice Piddington, commissioner) opened the sitting at the Treasury…

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The Railway Position

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

The railway strike is a problem that concerns the people of N.S.W. in a general way, but concerns the people living in the…

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Finley-tocumwal Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

There is great dissatisfaction and disgust expressed throughout this district at the apathy of the Department of Works in connection with…

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Railway Incident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 3

A serious railway accident was prevented early on Tuesday morning at Bathurst where it was discovered by the examiner that a spring of the vestibule…

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