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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 44 of 63

Local and District News. Railway League Meeting

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

The Kerang-Gonn-Balranald Railway League, desirous of furthering the interests of the proposed extension, will hold a public meeting in the Variety Hall…

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Border Railways

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 3

A difficulty has arisen over the allowances to be made to the members of the joint Royal commission which is to investigate several proposals for the…

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Bloodless Aeroplane Bombardment

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

A German aeroplane flew over Luneville and bombarded the town, hut no casualties resulted from the attack. Luneville is a town in the French department…

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Swiss Railway Station Seized

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" states that the Germans have occupied Arlong in Belgium 127 miles west of Lavemburg), and the railway station at Basic, capital of the…

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Aeroplane Over Enemy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 41

The details of the fighting that took place on Tuesday at the bridge across the Save River at Belgrade show that an Austrian aeroplane flew over the Servian position and…

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The New School. Marsden Road, Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,-This is the first time I have written to you. Our teacher's name is Mr. Moris. We have just had a new school erected, and my two sisters…

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Motor-'buses As Transport

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 43

All motor-omnibuses in France have been commandeered to serve as transports for food to the army…

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Forbes-stockinbingal Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 33

There is a real danger of an extension of the scandalous delay that has attended the construction of the Forbes to Stockinbingal railway line, states a writer in a…

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French Railways Cut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 41

The Germans have cut the railway crossing from France in Germany at several points along the frontier. At Pagny-Sur-Moselle they have torn up the permanent…

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An Indifferent Game. East End v. RAILWAY

The Independent · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

The gusty wind on Wednesday was a factor in the fastball match between East End and Railway teams. Each team had a full muster, but the Red and…

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Motor Accident. Some Narrow Escapes

The Independent · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

A motor accident, which might have been very serious, took place on the Deniliquin-Hay road on Saturday night. It appears that Mr Slatteyr was driving his car, having…

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The Railway Sleeper

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

The extraordinary peregrinations of an extraodrdinary sleepy man are related by the 'Petit Journal.' He lives at Corbell, about twenty miles from…

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Guarding the Railways. Paris

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

Searchlights played all night to prevent any aeroplane attacks. The railway stations were crowded with reservists…

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Australian Motor Cycle Volunteers

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. Hugh D. McIntosh, proprietor of Rickard's cabled to Sir Joseph Cook, offering to raise Corps motor cyclists to act in conjunction with Australian…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Iv. Situation Summarised, and Reviewed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

It is a trite old aphorism, but one indisputably true, nevertheless, that the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. This is peculiarly…

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Battleships and Railways Taken over by Britain

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

The British Government has taken over four warships, ordered for a foreign nation. The warships are the two battleships…

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Border Railways. the Joint Commission. Uniform Fees Agreed To

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 1

Proposals for the construction of a number of railways on the border of New South Wales and Victoria have been referred to a joint commission,…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing -- Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. Situation Summarised and Reviewed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

It is a trite old aphorism, but one indisputably true, nevertheless, that the strength, of a chain is the strength of its weakest link? This is peculiarly…

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Hydraulic Train Stops

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

The sudden stopping of trains at terminal stations has long been a source of continual annoyance to travellers, and in many cases has been…

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Girls As Train Conductors

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 5

Girls are arting as lonductors on the Paris tube trains. Society women have replaced the shop assistants who have been ordered to the…

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