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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

847 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 43

East to West Railway. 700 Out of 1050 Miles Laid

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 5

In a progress report to Mr. K. O'Malley, Minister for Home Affaire, Mr. N. G. Bell, engineer, in chief for the Commonwealth railways, states that the…

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Giant Aeroplane

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 3

Details have come to hand of a very large new German aeroplane. It is a Wane (i.e., three tiers of planes), with eight Maybach motors, such as are…

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French Seize Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 2

A Paris communique gives the intelligence that the Bulgarians are entrenching opposite Krivolak, at a distance of 200 metres from the French outposts, the…

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Railway Men's Dispute

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 2

To mark their objection to the employment of a ganger, who, it is stated, refused to join the union, about 1000 men employed on the construction of the new…

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Trees on Shire Road. Man Fined for Destroying

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 3

At the Albury Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. Laidlaw, the clerk to the Hume Shire Council (Mr. S. F. Mudge), proceeded against Daniel Quast for…

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Serbians and Bulgarians Slaughter Each Other Pitilessly Terrific Fight for Three Days Bulgars Beaten by the French Allies Must Save Serbians Invasion of Serbia. Two-thirds of Country Occupied. Direct Railway to Constantinople Being Cleared. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

The latest Athens messages show that two-thirds of Serbia is occupied by invaders. Ruskea is the new capital…

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Border Railways. Joint Commission Meets

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 4

The joint Parliamentary Commission on Border Railways met last week at State Parliament House, Melbourne, for the purpose of considering…

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REDLANDS. Bush Fire Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 6

A meeting of the Redlands bush fire brigade was held at Redlands on the 6th inst., when the following gentleman were present:--Messrs. R. A. Freyer…

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Banking Roads to Prevent Skidding

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 6

There is one important factor affecting road wear that we have not as yet considered, and one in which the motor car is by far the more serious offender. This is tyre slipping and…

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Other Items. What the War is Costing. A New British Aeroplane. Pro-German Incendiarism in the States

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 2

Mr Asquith stated in the House of Commons that a new £600,000,000 loan would raise the total sum voted since the outbreak of the war to…

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Railway Markets Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 1

At the railway markets to-day 51 trucks were offered, of which three passed. Wheaten chaff, prime 5s 6d to 6s 6d, good 45 8d to 5s 5d, inferior 3s…

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Proposed Yarrawonga-Oaklands Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 3

Mr R. T. Bill, M.L.A., has received the following communication from Mr J. Davis, Director-General of the Public Works Department:—…

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Selling Wool & Produce. Inspection of "John Bridge" System

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 1

Over 150 country newspaper proprietors visited the wool and produce stere of John Bridge & Co. on the 29th October last, for the purpose of making…

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CORRESPONDENCE Re Cates on Mas[?]oplsh Road To the Editor of "The Observer."

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in your last report of the Culcairn Shire Council, you have admitted making an error in reporting Engineer…

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Postal and Train Alterations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 3

Beginning to-day (Monday), mails for' Sydney and the Southern line, which formerly closed at the Albury Post Office at 2.5 p.m., The…

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Uniform Railway Gauge. Third Rail Method. Experiment [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 3

A practical demonstration of the Brennan third rail system designed to overcome the break of gauge problem was held at Tocumawal on Friday. A special train was…

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Daily Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 3

The daily train service was restored on the Corowa [?] line yesterday, and needless to say the convenience will be much appreciated by business men…

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Master Killed on Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 2

A message received by the Fourier Agency it. Paris says that when the French steamer Cavados was sunk by a German submarine in the vicinity of…

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Selling Wool and Produce. Inspection of "John Bridge" System

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 4

Over 150 country newspaper proprietors visited the wool and produce store ef John Bridge & Co. on the 20th October last, for the purpose of making…

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A Riverina Railway Proposal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 4

In reply to a question by Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., that the question of the construction of a line or railway from Yarrrawonga via Savernake to Oaklands…

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