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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 60

Erskine’s Road

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 3

Councillor Erskine here left chamber. Councillor Reynoldson’s report on this road was read as follows:—“I…

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Chinese Runs Amok. Bridge Burnt. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 3

It was reported to the police to-day that some days ago a Chinese had run amok with un axe, and had partially wrecked the Green Valley bridge, near Hill End…

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A Phenomenal Storm. the Train Service Interfered With

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

The Berrigan district was visited by a rain storm on Friday evening last the like of which has not been known for many years, if at all. For…

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Rebels Wreck Train. Town Dynamited. Garrison Troops Slaughtered. Mexico City, May 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 43

There is further Unrest among the southern revolutionaries. The followers of Zapata, the rebel leader, have wrecked a train by dynamite in the…

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Victorian Motor Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 33

The Full Court in Melbourne gave judgment in a case stated by Acting Judge Gurner. It arose out of the trial and conviction of Albert George Lewis on a charge…

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Probable Increase in Railway Fares and Freights

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 20

The State Treasurer on Friday directed attention to the huge increases which had taken place in the railway and tramway expenditure. He explained that as the…

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Jerilderie-Deniliquin Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 1

The Hon. Secretary of the local Railway League is in receipt of the following communication from the Hon. Secretary of the [?] Hills Branch of…

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New South Wales. Run Down by a Train. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 5

A railway ticker collector named John Gleeson, who resided at Tempe, was found dead on the railway line near Sydenham this morning. The remains were most…

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250 Soldiers Killed. Mexican Rebels Wreck Train. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 2

Advices to hand from Negales, in Arizona, report that a serious disaster has befallen the Mexican regular troops operating against the rebels in Northern…

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Cycling. Road Race at Chiltern

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

[?] bicycle road race, promoted by Mr. J. Ryan, of the Speedwell Cycle Depot, Chiltern, was held on Saturday and resulted in a win for R. Cunniagham. J…

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Brigand's Ransack Train. Two Persons Killed. Cairo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 2

All affray between police and brigands in which two lives were lost, has occurred [?] Assiut, on the Nile. A hand of robbers stepped and…

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Kaiser's Motor Car. Kills a Boy. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 2

A motor cur, in which the Knitter was a passenger, caused the death of a boy on Friday at Wiesbaden. The chauffeur, in avoiding a cyclist, ran…

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A Road Obstruction

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

A traction engine employed by the Collendina saw mills for conveying red gum to the Corowa depot, is stranded on the main road a little beyond…

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Morning Passenger Train Cannot Be Supplied

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 3

Recently the Junce Muncipal Connell sot afoot a movement to have a first passenger day train ran from Albury to Sydney, It asked the various municipal and…

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Troops Killed in Train Collision. Salonika

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

Two Bulgarian military train collided between Drama and Bu[?] at night, and 100 soldiers were killed and 300 injured…

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Woman Stabbed in a Train. Sensation in Express to Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

A stabbing affray took place on board the Albury express, which left Melbourne at 4 p.m. on Saturday, necessitating the stepping of the train for twenty minutes…

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Motor Car Records. Melbourne to Sydney in Nineteen Hours

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 4

Mr. A. V. Turner, a member of the Automobile Club of Australia, broke Mr. G. G. White's Sydney to Melbourne motor record of 10 hours 17 minutes, on…

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British Railways. Another Strike Threatening. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The penalising of an employe for a minor infraction of the regulation has again been the cause of serious trouble on an English railway system…

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Dash Through Train. Passenger's Demonstration. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 5

As the 2.11 p.m. train from St. Kilda to Flinders street left the Middle Park platform to-day, a man sprang into a compartment, climbed out through the…

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A Motor Driver's License

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 5

Before Sir. H. F. Roberts, P.M., at the Albury police court yesterday, Gerald Tom Griffith was charged with not having delivered up his certificate of registration as…

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