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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 63

Gyrosoopic Motor Car. Satisfactory Trials

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

A motor car with a full-size body, but only two wheels, has been constructed by the Wolsoley Tool and Motor Car Company, Birmingham, from the…

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Ford Motor Cars

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 7

One hundred and seventy-six Ford cars are now being landed. This is the largest consignment of one make of car over delivered to an Australian State…

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Railway Conversation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

Two life-long friends were sitting in a railway carriage talking as they travelled. One, a tailor by trade, had for many months previously suffered from…

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Lawn Tennis. Congregational H. V. Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

The team to represent Congregationals in the above match, to be played on Monday, on Congregational courts, will be chosen from: Messers. Gordon, Watson…

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Local Government. Drastic Proposals. Municipal Shops and Railways

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

Amendments of a wholesale character in the Local Government Act are to be submitted by the Government. The Minister for Public Works,…

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New Motor Devise

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

A useful device for preventing street accidents has been patented and is about to be put on the market. It is to be known as the Simms Patent…

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Gyroscope Motor-car

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

A motor-car with a fullsize body, but only two wheels, has been constructed by a Birmingham firm from the designs of Dr. P. Schilowsky, and…

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Dookie to Springhurst Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 3

At a meeting at South Bundalong of residents of the districts of South Bundalong, Peechclba, Boorhaman, and neighboring localoties, it was agreed to co-operate…

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Congregational H. V. Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 4

Congregational H. and Railway Club will play on the Congregational Courts to-day, the game starting at 1.45 o'clock sharp. The Congregational team will be chosen…

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Hawker's Aeroplane Wrecked. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

While Harry Hawker, the Australian aviator, was attempting to loop the loop at Brooklands, his machine rolled over and dived into some trees. The…

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Cablegrams. Harry Hater Narrowly Escape Death. Fails in Long the Loop. Aeroplane [?] Into Tree. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

Harry trawker the well known Australian airman, a wonderful escape from death Saturday at the Brooklands aviation land…

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Woman Killed in Motor Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

A motor strash, attended with fatal results, occurred at Caulfield in Saturday afternoon. Two cars collided at the intersection of Kloyong-road and…

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The Perils of Railway Travelling. Narrow Escapes. The Plucky Action of a Guard. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

The plucky action of a guard named Godding, probably led to the saving of the lives of a large number of passengers who were on a train which was under his…

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Border Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 3

The following is a copy sent by Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., of a letter to the Sydney "Morning Herald" for publication, in reply to a narrow, prejudiced…

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Railway Collision in London. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

Owing to the driver mistaking the signals, a train crowded with city men collided with an express between London Bridge and [?]anan Street Stations. One…

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Artilleryman Killed by an Electric Tram. Former Resident of Eskdale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 6

Ernest Harold Braby, 23 years of age, first class driver in the Royal Australian Field Artillery, died in the Homoeopathic Hospital, Melbourne, last Thursday night,…

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Motor Cars. 8615 in New South Wales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 2

Last week 110 new motor cars were registered by the Traffic Department for use in New South Wales. This is the largest number registered…

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Railway Extension. Gonn to Balranald

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 1

A meeting called by circular, was held in "The hot" at the Murray Downs woolshed for the purpose of getting support to the Gonn Balranald…

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Cablegrams. Austrain Royal Tragedy Mournful Procession by Train and River. Priests Pronounce Absolution Over Coffined Bodies. Kneeling Villagers Hold Lighted Candles. While Balls Toll and Muffled Drums Beat. Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 2

The remains of the murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his consort were removed on board the naval yacht Dalmat at Metkovic, yesterday, by Austrian…

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Express in Peril Boy's Train-wrecking Plot

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 6

How a Leeds to London express escaped being wrecked, with probable heavy loss of life, was related before the West Riding magistrate, who ordered Charles Griffiths, a…

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