Spending the Holidays in Melbourne Strathvean, Tarcutta-road
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 13
Dear Uncle Jeff,—It has been very dry up here, and we only have enough water to last about a week. Then we will have to get water from the creek. Two families…
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The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 31
There is already some misunderstanding as to what is the intention of the Minister of Railways in the experiments to be conducted at Tocumwal to overcome the…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Raids by Motors
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 23
According to Petrograd advices, several motorcars participated in the attack on a German force at Lask (17 miles W.N.W. of Petrikau), when the motor force…
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Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 5
A war tax, equal to a penny per gallon has been imposed on all petrol used in the United States. Considering that over a million cars are on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Signals : Clever Scheme
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 4
There has been tried in France an apparatus for signalling from aeroplanes, consisting of a reservoir of lamp black, which is connected with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Novels of the Road
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 3
It was Fielding and Smollett who began the jolly, tradition in English fiction of setting their heroes out on the road to pick up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Aeroplane Raid
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 4
A communique states that French aviators again dropped sixteen bombs unsuccessfully on the Zeppelin station and sheds at Friederiekshafen…
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The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 3
At the monthly meeting of the North Ovens shire council last week, Cr. Fogarty referred to the absurd report submitted by an officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sporting. No Special Race Trains. to Albury L.v.r.c. New Year's Day Meeting. Railway Departmental "Red Tape."
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4
"It seems [?] it is out of all [?]. Thus [?] Mr. Thea. L. Ryan, president of the Albury L.V.Race Club, comm[?] the action by the New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Engines Fail
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 22
A steamer which has arrived at Amsterdam picked up two British airmen in the North Sea, and conveyed them to Flushing. The accident was due to a…
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The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 22
One of the greatest obstacles to the Allies' advance in Northern France and Flanders, it is reported from Boulogne, is the wretched condition of the main roads…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Stout Heart for His Country. Albury-road, Mangoplah
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 13
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am always anxious for the mail to come on Saturday to get the "Banner." I would like to be big enough, Uncle, to go to the war and fight…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Aviators at Work. German Train Ignited. Submarine Operations Watched. Paris
The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 6
A French aviator ignited a German troop train at Pagny, Sumroselle. Another aviator, in reconnoitring, saw the Germans trying submarines…
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Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 5
Arrangements for the forthcoming motor cycle reliability contest from Melbourne to Sydney (365¼ miles), on December 29th, 30th, 31st, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Military Aeroplane
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4
A new type of military aeroplane, designed by Gelem H. Curtiss has been tried out at San Diego Cat and developed remarkable speed and climbing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tallangaita-cudgewa Railway. Extension to Corryong Asked For
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 6
A large and representative deputation from Victorian and New South Wales Upper Murray waited upon the Premier on Wednesday to urge the extension of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German West Africa. Northern Railway Taken
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 December 1914 · page 3
A [?] by the Optical press Bureau states that a steady advance is being in Kamerun (German West Africa), on the Bight of Biafra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dispute Over £84,000 High Court Orders New Train
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 4
The case of Gray (appellant) and Dalgety and Company (respondents) was an appeal from an order of the Supreme-Court of Victoria di[?] a motion by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Holiday Arrangements
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2
It will be of public interest to know the arrangements that will be observed on the railways during the approaching holiday period. On December 23 and 26…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Break of Gauge. the Tests Delayed
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 5
Practical tests that are to the made with the Brandian invention designed to evercome the break-of-gauge difficulty have been unexpectedly delayed…
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