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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 63

Border Railway Bills

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

It is not proposed by the Victorian Ministry to introduce the border railway bills in this short session; they are to big dealt with in the session which is to…

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Railway Routes Inspection

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

Mr Kernot, Chief Engineer for Victorian railway construction, accompanied by his assistant, arrived at Balranald on Wednesday afternoon last, after having…

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The Approach Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

Relief in the shape of financial assistance to put the condemned bridge in something like order--or to replace it by a new structure…

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Corowa Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The Department of Public Works has notified our Civic Fathers that a grant of £280 had been voted for expenditure on the Corowa road leading into Jerilderie…

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Turning Out a Complete Train a Day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 40

The Canadian Pacific Railway's shops at Angus, in the extreme north-east of Montreal, are the largest of their kind in the Dominion. Here pig iron is turned into…

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Squatter Dies in Train. Doctors Differ As to Cause

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

In connection with the death of Mr. Herbert William Parkinson, squatter, of Thyra, New South Wales, who expired suddenly in a train on Tuesday night…

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Railway Electrification in Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 33

The progress being made with the Scheme for the electrification of the Melbourne suburban railways, the Commissioners state, has been steadily advancing,…

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Fine of £3440. Gunpowder in Motor-car. Berne, January 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 43

A Swiss named Huhues Moutette has been fined £3440 for having attempted to smuggle gunpowder and phosphorus across the Franco-Swiss border…

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Daring Burglary From Tramway Depot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 32

A risky burglary was committed at the Tramway Depot, Rushcutter Bay. £50 in gold was stolen. On Thursday afternoon and evening over £1000 was paid out…

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Tallangatta-cudgewa Railway. Turning the First Sod

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 20

The first sod of the railway to be built from Tallangatta to Cudgewa was turned on Saturday by the new, Minister of Railways, mr. Mackinnon. The ceremony was…

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Motor Car Burnt. Accident Near Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

Our Wodonga correspondent reported:—The residents of Middle Creek were considerably mystified yesterday morning at the discovery of a burnt and…

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Cycling and Motoring

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The cyclecar scction of the exhibits at the recent Cycle, Motor Cycle and Cyclecar s[?] at Olympia, London, is…

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Superb Railway Carriager

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

What is conceded to be the [?] private railway in the world has beat constructed at A[?]na for Pres[?] [?] of the Pennsylvania Railway…

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Cablegrams. Railway Smashes. Frost Disorganises Signal, Wires. Paris-london Express Collides with Goods Train. Man Killed: Several Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

A remarkable railway accident occurred yesterday. The frost caused some disorganisation of the signal wires along the route of the…

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Runaway Coal Trucks. Dash Into Passenger Train. Two Persons Killed. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

Another train smash occurred near Beauvais yesterday. Three trucks laden with coal broke their coupling from a goods train, and…

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Early Morning Call at "The Swan." Two Men in a Motor. London, Sun. Afternoon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

The Wolverhampton police are investigating a story to the effect that a motor car containing two men stopped at The Swan, a public house near the scene of…

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Safe Railway Working Class

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. Alt recently formed a safe railway working class at Albury, and instructed the men in his own time. An examination was held, and it has now been…

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Railwaymen Foregather. Honor Stationmaster and Guard

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

The largest gathering of railway men seen in Albury took place on Saturday. It was an assemblage at Treloar's Cafe to do honor to Guard Samuel Murray,…

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The Death in the the Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

At the inquest on the death of Herbert William parkinson; "who died in the train whilst on his way to Castlemaine (Vic.) with his bride-elect to be…

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The Carrathool Bridge Question. The Minister Promises to Visit the Site

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The necessity of constructing a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Carrathool was urged on the Minister for Public Works on Thursday by a…

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