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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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The Hay-deniliquin Road. The Motor Timetable

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

On and after to-morrow the mails between Hay and Deniliquin will be carried by motor cars, instead of by coaches, and the timetable has been…

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Indians Fire at Train. Three People Killed and Eight Wounded. Two Murderers Dead. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

Two Indiana created a seastion near Broken Hill to-day by Bring shots at a plenic train which was leaving for Silverton. Three persons were killed, and eight…

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Motor Cycle Reliability Trial. Motherhood. E. Sharp, of Albury, Finishes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

E. Sharp, of Allatry, [?]hed in the Inter-State motor cycle reliability trial from Melbourne to Sydney. The riders passed through Albury on Wednesday. "Motherhood," as the late Dr. Tulmagr chaorved, "is the noblest aspiration of womanhood in its best [?]." There is something lacking in the home into which…

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The Henty-daysdale Railway

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

It is now several years since a definite movement in the above proposal was made, and its early promoters kept one thing…

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Motor Cyclist Killed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

Clarry Vembrick was [?]dding a motor cycle on the Bathurst road, Katoomab, yesterday afternoon when he collided with a motor car with terrific force. Vembrick…

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N.s.w Motor Tax. Combs Into Force To-day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

The par[?]ment of the tax upon motor vehicles will commence to-day, and will be received at the Traffic Office, Sydney, or any District Registry throughout the…

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London Railway Smash

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

Three additional deaths have occurred in connection with the railway smash at I[?]ford (London), where a train fell down an embankment. These raise the death roll…

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Aeroplane Attack on Metz

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Four French and two British machines participated in the aereplane night attack on Metz, when considerable damage was done to various millitary pesitions…

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Captain on Bridge as Ship H[?] Over

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Survivors who landed at Bri[?] Devonshire, relate, that the Formidable was struck abaft the magazine. Had this exploded, the battleship would have…

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Broken Hill Sensation. Turks Fire on Excursion Train. Four Persons Killed and Seven Wounded. The Turks Shot. Broken Hill

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

One of the most sensational tragedies that has ever occurred in the history of Broken Hill took place to-day, when the whole population was…

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Break of Railway Gauge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

In addi[?]ton to undertaking the investigation at To[?]mmwal of the Brennau patent witch prop[?] to overcome the dit[?]cuity of the break of gauge between the…

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On the Right Road

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

If you are looking for that which is best in the men and women with whom you come in contact; if you are seeking…

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Killed by Sydney Trams. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

During 1914, 26 persons met their death through being ran over by trams in Sydney as against 30 the previous year…

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The New Motor Tax

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

The payment of the newly imposed tax on motor vehicles commenced on Monday list. and will be received at any district registry throughout the…

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A Train of Naked Corpses

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Appalling stories are told concerning the magnitude of the German [?]osses during the struggle for the coast. After the British war ships had shelled Lombaertzyde…

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Burrumbuttock. the Motor Mail Service

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 6

An extra[?]linary meeting of the Burrumbuttock Farmers' and Sottiers' Association was held to discuss the wheat question, After a deal of discussion it was…

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Hay-deniliquin Road. the Motor Time-table

The Independent · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

Since the beginning of the year the tails between Hay and Deniliqnin have been carried by motor cars, instead of by coaches, and the…

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Metz Bombed. Military Train Wrecked. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

Two French dirigibles dropped nine bombs on the railway station at Metz, wrecking a military train, and causing many casualties…

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War at Broken Hill. Turks' Attack Picnic Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

A train en route from Broken Hill to Silverton, conveying a Manchester Unity Oddfellows' picnic party, was attacked by a number of entrenched…

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In an Armored Train. Fired at by Friend and Foe

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

Geoffrey Young, special correspondent of the London Daily News and Leader, wrote from the North of France on October 28:— It is impossible to attempt to give an idea…

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