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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 63

Poison in Salt. Train Passengers Affected. Rome, January 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 43

Chevalier Passalacque, who is a director of the Hamburg-Amerika Steamship Company, and five other passengers by the Genoa-Milan express, on Friday, partook…

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New Train Route to Sydney. to Be Opened on 1st May. Tocumwal-finley Extension

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

The Victorian Railway Department announces that by 1st May an additional route for railway passengers from Melbourne to Sydney will be provided…

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Sheep Run Down by Motor Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 18

A flock of sheep being travelled to market is occasionally a source of annoyance to owners of vehicles driving along the same thoroughfare. But the fact that the…

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Murder in Motor-car. Commercial Man Shot. Paris, February 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 42

Herr Sigall, a leading commercial man of Leipsig, met with a tragic death while making a motor-car trip from Mentone to San Remo…

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Railwaymen's Wages in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 29

Many expressions of dissatisfaction have been given by Victorian railway employes in consequence of the fact that the new regulation dealing with rates of pay…

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Tocumwal Guardian Riverina Echo, and Finley Free Press. (Established 1897.) Friday, February 6, 1914. Tocumwal-finley Railway

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

THERE is every reason to assume that long before the end of the present year, Tocumwal will be pretty well as important a…

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Murdered in Motor Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 8

A murder case, in which a prominent business man was the victim, is engaging the attention of the French police authorities. While Mr. Longfield, of…

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Tocumwal-Finley Railway. to Be Opened for Traffic on 1st MAT

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 5

An answer to the much asked question, “When is the F[?]rley Too[?]wal extension to be opened?” is contained in an announcement by the Victorian…

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Science Notes. Telegraphy From Aeroplane

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 4

Long distance wireless telegraph experiments recently made from a Breguet aeroplane to a ground station at Douai, France, showed excellent…

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Albury V. Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 6

The team to represent Albury against Railway this afternoon, on the Albury Sports Ground, will be as follows: Johnstone, Langley, Nagle, Abbott, Kelly, A…

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Tumbarumba. the Plateau of Plenty. Its Resources and Potentialities. What the Railway Will Mean

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 6

Tumbarumba, the preturesque town on the tablelands, within a day's journey of Albury, has not made any important change during the past three years. But…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

The seventy-ninth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held on Tuesday. Mr W. V. Holtom presided, and Messrs J. Kincaid and S…

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Stopping a Train. Unjustifiable Prosecution Dismissed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

Surprise was expressed by the bench at Sunshine (Vic.) on Thursday after hearing evidence that the Railway Department should have sanctioned a…

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Railway Horror in Mexico. Bandit Sets Tunnel a Fire. Forty-one Lives Lost. Juarez (Mexico)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 2

It is reported that the Mexican and North Western train ran into a burning tunnel and that 41 passengers on board perished…

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The Transcontinental Railway. Engineer-in-chief Resigns

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

Now interest was given on Friday to questions relating to the transcontinental railway, when the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) made three unexpected…

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Grazier's Death in Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

The death of Herbert William Parkinson, which occurred in the Bendigo to Melbourne train as it was approaching Castlemaine on the evening of January…

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Expenditure of Government Grant for Roads. Replies to Hume Shire Circulars. Comments on Albury Municipal Council's Attitude

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

The Hume Shire Council, at a recent meeting, decided to ask the various municipalities and shires in the State to co-operate with it in protesting to the Minister…

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Ferry Boat Runs Down Motor Launch. Sensation in Middle Harbor. Sydney, Monday Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 3

The ferry boat Lady Rawson ran down a motor launch in Middle Harbor to-night. The motor launch sank immediately…

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Women Tramway Conductors

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 4

The Rapid Transit Company, which operates the electric cars of Philadelphia, has practically decided to substitute women for men. The women…

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Albury Water Supply. Racecourse Road Extension

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 4

The Director General of Public Works wrote to last night's meeting of the Albury Municipal Council: "Albury Water Supply:—With reference to previous…

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