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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Children's Story. a Railway Race with Robbers. (Concluded.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 13

Perhaps not the least important feature in the remarkable string of happenings which were shaping matters so fortunately for the deputy was the fact that one…

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German Plan to Sieze Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 2

Petrograd states that 200,000 German-under General [?] Gallwitz, have begun a terrific drive south ward in the attempt to cut the Warsa[?] to Petrograd railway…

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Cavalry Raids on Warsaw Petrograd Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 2

Great German cavalry raids from the Baltic province of Coarland upon the Warsaw to Petrigard railway, are now expected…

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Postal Railway in London

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 3

A 9ft. tunnel is about to be constructed in London for the conveyance of mail. It will contain two tracks with island platforms at the eight…

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D. & M. Railway Co. Report and Balance-sheet

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 2

The eighty-second half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above Company, called for Tuesday last, lapsed for want of a quorum…

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Mishap to a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 2

The breakdown of an engine attached to the ordinary Bright to Wangaratta train on Friday afternoon caused inconvenience to a large party of tourists retmning to…

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Russian Armies in Danger. Disaster If Railway Is Captured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 2

Military obscrvers are apprehonsive lest the evacuation of Warsaw has been effected too late to save the Russian armies from disaster, which is inevitable if Field…

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Italy's Participation. Austrians Abandoning Gorizia. Italians Wreck a Troop Train

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 1

The Italians have bombarded the Borgo Levico railway, setting fire to a train carrying troops to Rovello. Five hundred Austrians perished…

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Rhodesia Gives Aeroplane to Britain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 3

Rhodesia has presented an acroplane to the Imperial Government…

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German Effort to Cut Petrograd Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 2

The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that following the retirement of the Russians from Warsaw the Germans shifted the momentum of…

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Well-known Boxer Georges Carpentier Injured Aeroplane Mishap

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 5

Carpentier, the French boxer, was injured through the engine of his aeroplane stopping in the air, thus compelling the machine to descend…

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Belgians and Australian. Millwood-road; Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have had some nice rain up here these last couple of days. Some of the crops about here are a foot high "We had a very nice picnic…

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Russians Hold Fast Desperate Fighting Continues Enemy Attacks Repulsed at Kovno Red Cross Train Bombed Germans Take Lomza

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 5

Desperate fighting continues on the Narew front, where the Russians are tenaciously holding out. An enemy Zeppelin dropped bombs…

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Warsaw-petrograd Railway

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 6

Monday's communique from Petro grad states that in the direction of Riga we dislodged the enemy from the region between Dwina and Eckan…

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Railway Markets Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 6

At the railway markets thirtty trucks were offered and sixteen parsed. Wheaten chaff, prime 10s 11d to 11s 2d; good 10s to 10s 1d; straw 2s 3d to 5s 2d;…

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Mangoplah-Henty Road To the Editor of "The Observer."

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of the 5th of August to the Culcairn Shire Council report, a petition was dealt with re-opening and removal of three…

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Science Notes. Walking Motor-cars

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 3

A motor-car without wheels has been specially designed in England for passing over rough ground and climbing steep hills. Instead of wheels the car…

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Railway Accident in England. Twelae Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 2

A railway acident happonel hotweson [?]lleworth and Wesdon Herk, in North into. The death holl [?]…

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Disturbance at Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 2

A disturbance in which some soldiers were concerned occured at the Albury Railway Station on Saturday night. As far as can be gathered. 15 men of the…

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Cars Roll Down Embankment. Escapes in Railway Disaster. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 2

There were many thrilling escapes in connection with the railway disaster near Northampton, on the London and North-Western Railway, yesterday, when the…

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