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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 45 of 60

A Flooded Railway. Extensive Washaway. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners this afternoon received news of an extensive wash away on the line between Beech Forest and Colac…

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Motor 'Bus Company Yields. Union Badges May Be Worn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

The press and public sympathy with the employes of the Tilling Motor Omnibus Company, who went on strike yesterday because 12 of their number were…

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Strike of Railwaymen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

Some 150 railwaymen at Brunswick docks, Liverpool, have struck work…

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English Railway Strikes. Early Termination Expected

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

It is expected that the strikes of railway men at Liverpool and Birmingham in sympathy with fellow workers who were dismissed for refusing to handle goods…

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Railway Conditions More Hopeful. Bus Dispute Critical. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

There is a more hopeful prospect of a settlement of the railway disputes. All the companies concerned have offered to reinstate strikers willing to handle trails…

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Railwaymen Recommended to Resume

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

The Liverpool railwaymen have unanimously resolved to resume work to-morrow. The National Union of Railwaymen recommend all members to resume…

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Motor Omnibus Dispute

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

Representative of the London omnibus companies and the men's union agreed yesterday to confer with Sir George Askwith, Chief Industrial Commissioner, on…

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Cablegrams. Railway Strikes. No Settlement Reached. Manchester Port Trade Paralysed. 800 More Men Out. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

The situation with regard to the railway strike does not show much alternation up to the present, and it is full of diverse possibilities…

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£500 for the Kilmore Hospital. Grateful Tramp's Bequest. Kilmore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

The Kilmore Hospital, which, like many other charitable institutions, is burdened with a heavy overdraft, is in receipt of a welcome windfall…

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Killed by Motor Car. the Chauffeur in Custody

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1913 · page 2

The Sydney city coroner (Mr. Hawkins) in Friday inquired into the circumstances of the death of Mrs Alice Luisa Doddington, aged 43 years, who died in the…

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New British Aeroplane. Largest in World. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

The British Admirally has ordered a monster aeroplane from the Sopwith Company. The vessel, when constructed, will be the largest of its kind in the world…

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Railwaymen to Resume. 50 Ships Idle at Manchester

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 3

The position in regard to the strikes of English railwaymen has greatly improved. Mass meetings of the men concerned were held at Liverpool, Birmingham, Crewe,…

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Meeting of Fruitgrowers. Unsatisfactory Railway Facilities. a Deputation Appointed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of district vitle and fruit growers was held at the School of Arts for the purpose of discussing matters in connection with…

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Automatic Aeroplane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 3

M. Moreau, who through. his experiments at Melun asserts that he has discovered the secret of automatic stability for aeroplanes, has…

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A Motor Car's Fatal Somersault. Two People Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 1

A motor car accident, which resulted in the death of two persons and injuries to others, occurred on Sunday ecening near Wallaroba, in the Dungog district. There…

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Trams Collide Head On. Four Killed; 30 Injured. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 5

A disastrous tramway accident occurred on Long Island yesterday. Two electric cars came into head-on collision when travelling at a high speed. The cars were…

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Clever Work at Albury Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

In connection with the arrest the most credit must be given to Mr. Arthur Fleming, the observant parcels' clerk at the Albury station, for it was he who set the…

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Cablegrams. Industrial Warfare. Railwaymen Resume Work. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 5

No hitch arose to interfere with the resumption of work yesterday by the railway strikers who on Sunday decided to end the dispute. The goods traffic at…

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Motor 'Bus Dispute Settled

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 5

The conference between representatives of the motor omnibus companies and of their employes and Sir George Askwith (the Chief Industrial Commissioner) was…

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Border Railways. Interstate Agreement

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 4

The agreements entered into between Mr Holman and Mr Watt on behalf of the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria respectively for the…

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