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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Love and the Aeroplane. Chapter Iii. the Black Stallion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 5

Nearer and nearer drew the sounds. Mr. Robin grew so excited that be buret out into a cold perspiration. It certainly seemed--if one could judge…

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Scrap Book. the Ill-fated Temora Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 12

Out from Sydney's Central Station, On its fatal journey back, The Temora mail came steaming Down a foggy midnight track…

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Travelling at 85. Coota Road, Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I wrote to you last. There was nice rain down here. It did a lot of good. All the green grass is shooting up, and…

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Berlin Night Train. Tide Flowing Between England and Germany. Coming Business Entente

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 5

Here is a clever article by Mr. P. W. Wile, the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Mail," which shows the remarkable significance of the Night Train to Berlin…

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"Black Chaff" Trouble at Wagga. Strike on the Tumbarumba Line. Engineer Drives the Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 47

The trouble in regard to the handling of "black" chaff assumed a grave aspect on Wednesday morning, when the loco, staff employed on the new railway from Wagga…

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Railway Tragedies Tell on the Company's Takings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 45

A great railway company dreads murder committed in one of its trains more than it does one of those periodical disasters in which scores of lives are lost by sheer…

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Northern Territory Railway Construction

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 41

One of the most important questions to which the Commonwealth Government intends to invite the attention of members early in the approaching session of the…

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Wagga Railway Strike Extension of "Black" Chaff Trouble. Humula Line Head Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

The trouble in regard to the handling of "black" chaff assumed a grave aspect on Wednesday morning (says the Wagga "Advertiser"), when the loco staff employed…

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Cycling and Motoring

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2

Among the Australasian cycling clubs intense interest is centering in the Dunlop 100 miles Relay Competition. which closes on 36th inst. A…

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"Black Wheat." Trouble with Railway Workers. At Wagga and Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2

The trouble in regard to the handling of "black" chaff assumed a grave aspect at Wagga on Wednesday morning, when the loco, staff employed on the new railway…

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Sydney Tram Fares

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 8

The increases in fares, by which it is hoped to avoid a deficit on the working of the Sydney trams, came into form on Tuesday. An extra charge of a…

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Hehty-billabong Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 7

Mr. M. M'Kenzie, of Coreen, is in receipt of the following communication from the Public Works Department with reference to the above:--…

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It the Road Top

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

Between Ghyll Gap [?] Baggaty [?] away on the high mo[?] were [?] there stands a stout tum. [?]…

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Wagga Railway Strike. Handling of "Black" Chaff. Railway Strikers Reinstated

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

A rather surprising development has occurred in regard to the trouble on the Wagga-Humolu railway, arising out of the refusal of the men to handle produce…

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Science Notes. Oil Power for Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

The use of oil fuel in the United States is rapidly increasing. The transcontinental railways are now using oil fuel on many miles of line. Some of…

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Amusing Scene in a Tramcar

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

He was a nice young man, with a pretty little stick, polished boots, and a stand-lip collar, and he wore a button-hole bouquet composed of a rose…

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The Border Railways. Joint Commission Proposed. State Control of Murray Ferries

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 4

The main features of the agreement between the Victorian and the New South Wales Ministries for the construction of border railways were decided on by the…

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A Stock Train Bolts. Crew Has Thrilling Ride. Ballarat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 3

Bolting down the Warrenhelp bank, which is a contmu[?]tion of the western slope of Mount Warrenhelp, at 4 a.m. on Friday, a stock train dashed into Ballarat…

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Killed by a Motor Car Lady's Tragic Death. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 3

Miss Mabel Despard, 38, telegraphist, who was knocked down by a motor car driven by Betro Callil, a warehouseman at the corner of Swanston and Flinders…

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Railway Employe Killed. Crushed Between Engines, Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 2

John Mackie Blake, 50, was crushed to death between two locomotives in the Olyde railway yards yesterday. Blake, who was a fitter's laborer, was…

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