Scrap Book. How Liege Held the Road
We were pounding at our anvils when they pounded at our gate. "Open!" cried the German squadrons; let us pass or meet your fate!…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 56 of 63
Supply Train Seized. Travelling Through Roumania. German Arms for Turkey
A freight train of 150 trucks, loaded with artillery, ammunition and war has been seized at Siugevo. Similar trains freely traversed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Main Sydney Road. Municipal Request for Nation-alisation
A largely attended deputation Introduced by Mr. M. K. McKenzie, M.L.A., and representatives of shires through which the Sydney road runs from the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan Seizes Railway
A telegram from Peking published in New York, states that Great Britain, replying to China's protest against the Japanese occupation of the Shantung…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Tramway Men's Claims
The full bench of the High Court made absolute a rule nisi for a writ of prohibition directed against the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, preventing the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The State Finances. Income Supertax and Tax on Motor Cars. the Premier's Statement
In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening the Premier,' Mr. Holman, delivered his financial statement. He said the financial year, ended June, 30, had…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →The Day. (The author of this magnificent poem, says the "London Daily Express," is Mr. Henry Chappell, a railway porter at Bath. Mr. Chappell is known to his comrades as the "Bath Railway Poet." A poem such as this lifts him to the rank of a national poet.)
You boasted the Day, and you toasted the Day, And now the Day has come. Blasphemer, braggart, and coward all,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycling and Motoring
In the bombardment of Antwerp, the famous works of the Minerva cars, have been wrecked. This factory was one of the most complete and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE N.S.W. RAILWAYS. The Lines That Do Hot Pay
Ther are quite a number of railway lines in this State that do not pay, and judging by the way things are shaping in the Government services…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A [?]Andy-driven Motor
The following story of the [?]nad (says the "Stan[?]") is going the rounds in Paris, where the lightest deed of [?] frequent and popular a Royal visitor is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The River Bridge
The action taken by the Municipal Council in Persistently urging upon the Works Department the necessity of repairing the decking of the river bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor 'Bus Fatality
Alighting from a motor 'bus on Saturday afternoon on St. Kilda road, Victorian, while the vehicle was in motion, William Mann, 18 years of age, clerk, of Meaning road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor and Cart Collide
A collision occurred between a motor car and a cart on Pyrmont-bridge on Sunday, Timothy McCarthy, 53, the driver of the cart, had his thigh fractured:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Railways
The appointment of a joint commission from New South Wales and Victoria to inquire into suitable [?] for [?] railways was apposed by two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Men Killed by Train. Railway Men Run Down. Melbourne
Walking home at about 1 a.m. to-day, after having been relived from duty at the Melton viaduet, on the Ballarat line, a railway employe discovered the bodies of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Balranald Police Court. [Before Mr. W. A., Flynn, P.M., Tuesday, 20th October)] Motor Prosecution
David Gerrand, Swan Hill, was Charged with failing to return a number plate and certificate of his motor car. Fined £1 and 6s costs. Defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airship or Aeroplane?
In view of the German reports of their rapid construction of airship sheds in Belgium, and also that the Kaiser has ordered the construction of 25 Zeppelins, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Second Edition "Border Morning Mail" Office 4.30 a.m. Deadly Dragoon Marksman. Holds a Bridge For a Day. SHOOTS 30 Germans. Paris
A Dragoon marksman was stationed behind a fence near a swing bridge at Sailly, near Lille, and had two comrades loading riffles for him. He was ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Railways
The Minister for Works has replied to certain complaints that had been directed against his department concerning the departmental position so far as it applied to…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Tax on Motors
The proposal of the Government to levy a tax on motor cars on the. Victorian sysstem, as outlined in the Premier's Bridget,, speech, is not,, in the existing…
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