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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Jerusalem To-day. Aeroplane Visits City. Paris, January 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 43

Bonner, the French airman, who left this city after Jules Vedrines on a flight of 3000 miles to Cairo, accomplished the feat on Wednesday…

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A Voice From New Zealand. Buckland's road. Otahuhu, N.Z.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—With Christmas came my birthday. I won't tell you how old I am, or I might be prohibited from tho Children's Page. I am sending along a…

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[?]Sly Grog at Railway Camps

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 1

A [?]baty on the [?] question look place the manual conference of the Raliway Worker's and General Laborers' Assosication, by Hydney, on Wednesday, [?]…

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New South Wales Railway Construction. £1,500,000 to Be Spent This Year

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The Now South Wales Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) stated on Wednesday that no intends spending £1,500,000 this year on railway construction. He made this…

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Motoring. Motor Car Reliability Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

There seemed quite an invasion by motorcars in Albury yesterday morning, when the cars taking part in the fourth motor on Hability trial, between Melbourne and…

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Cablegrams. Rand Railway Crisis. Strike Begins at Midnight. Special Constables Enrolled. Pretoria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

The railway crisis is overshadowing all else in the Transvaal at the moment. Notices have been posted on the railways throughout the province ordering the men…

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Wagga-tumbarumba Railway When Will the First Suction Be Open

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 1

Stripping operations are practically completed along the now line of railway, Wagga to Tarentta, but the farmers are at a loss to know what…

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Tocumwal-finley Railway. As Others See it

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

The "Weekly Times" in the last issue said:— "Two years ago it was decided that the railway which runs from…

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Motor Co[?]

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

Mr. J. Robinson, the well-known mail co[?]actor, is to be complimented on his enterprise in being the first to instroduce to Deniliq[?] (says the…

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Opening Railway Line

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

We (Yarrawonga "Mercury") are in receipt of the following copy of a letter received by Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., with reference to the opening of the Finley…

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Railway Management. Important Innovation

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The proposed amendment of the Railway Act will provide for the appointment of four Commissioners. The State will be divided into three…

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The Transvaal Railway Trouble. Trains Running As Usual. Pretoria, Thurday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

The Transvaal railway stcike started at midnight last night; but all the indieations at present point to its corly termination. Only the railway workshops at…

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Killed by Motor Cars

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

Sixteen people have been killed by motor care in the streets of Sydney within the last 13 months. Thirteen were struck down last year, and a litle boy and two men have been killed this month…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 2

A ganger discovered three sticks of dynamite with detonators attached on the Luipaardsvlcl line (Transvaal). The discovery was made just before the arrival…

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[?] Road As Skating Rink

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 3

Sate borough [?] has found that the tar pointing of the streets is a great imprevement, and economical, but the spreading of tar la the main stroet thid week turned it into…

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Rilled by a Train. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4

[?] crossing the railway line at Sunshine carly this afternoon on his waggonette, Mr. William Charles Batten, a small goods [?] was overtaken by the 12.15 train to…

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Cablegrams. Industrial War. South African Railway Strike. Trains Stop Running. Entire Citizen Army Called Out. Pretoria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 2

The belief that the Transvaal railway strike was a flasco turns out to have been premature. It appears that the stoppage came too suddenly for some of the unions,…

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Motor Heliability Trial. Reliability Contest. Motorists Reach Sydney. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4

The Melbourne to Sydney motor reliability test was concluded to-day. The first to arrive was Syd. Day, of Melbourne, followed by William Walker,…

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Cape Railwaymen Won't Strike. Capetown, Sun, Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

A meeting attended by 2000 railwaymen in Capetown, to-day decided not to take part in the strike…

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Cablegrams. South African Railway Strike. All Quiet in Johannesburg. Troops Sent to Jagersfontein. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

So far to-day Johanesburg is quiet. The required number of special police have now been enrolled. A vigilance committee is patrolling the streets, its…

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