German Motor Boats on Patrol Duty. Between Denmark and Sweden London
A Copenhagen (Denmark) message says that a large number of special German motor boats are nightly patrolling from The Sound (the narrow strait between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1916
866 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 44
Train Smashes Dead End. Sydney
A wheat train of 200 tracks, while bong shunted at Clyde on Saturday, crashed into a dead end. The buffer stops were carried away, and several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bookmaker Loses £100. Drops From Hole in Motor Car. Sydney
A bookmaker named Percy Pilcher, of Allison road, Kensington, lost £700 yesterday. Before leaving for a run by motor [?] to North Sydney he put a bag of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Eight at Railway Camp. Man Shot and Stabbed Coff's Harbor
Meagre details only are available of a sensational affray at the railway camp on Sunday night. It is alleged a quarrel took place between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring to Melbourne. In Christmas Week
Three of Hay's citizens, of the class which would be described in a war service circular as "representative business men," decided that it would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Railways. Officials Visit Corowa
In connection with, the linking up of the railways between Corowa and Wahgunyah, and also the other proposal for a line from a point on the North-Eastern line to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin and Moania Railway Co
The half yearly meeting of shareholders of the above company was held on Tuesday morning at the company's office. Messis W. V. Holtom (chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Bridge Accident. Between Wodonga and Albury
Inspector of Works Patford, of the Victorian railways, met with a serious accident, which might easily have had fatal consequences, at the railway bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New British Aeroplane
A large British aeroplane carrying several engines and capable of great horsepower and high speed is being constructed in several designs…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →“John Bridge” [?]
We have been requested to give publication to the following New Year G[?]eeting :— To our friends of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Wheat Train
A train of 32 trucks, of wheat, which had been detached from the engine, broke away at the Clyde Station on Saturday afternoon, and crashed into the buffer stops…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Heavy Traffic on Railways
Sunday night is said to have established a record a far as traffic on the southern line is concerned. Over 2090 passengers left Sydney that night. There were two…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Cars and the War
Authentic fibres contained in an official communication from Manor-General S. S. Long, director-in-chief of the British Supplies and Transport Service, shows…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Motor Transport Marvels
It would not be polite to give the number of vehicles employed by the British Army but when it is mentioned that over 20,000 men are now engaged in the mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Women Dressed As Soldiers. Refuse to Pay Railway Fares. Sydney
Two women dressed in soldiers' uniforms attempted to evade the payment of their fares on the Liverpool to-Sydney train, on the pretest that they were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transcontinental Railway
The engineer in charge of the western section of the transcontinental railway has received a telegram from the engineer in chief, instructing him not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Aklands-yarrawonga Railway Proposal
Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Director General of Public Works concerning the above proposal:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Border Railways. Officials Visit Corowa
In connection with the linking up of the railways between Corowa and Wahgunyah, and also the other proposal for a line from a point on the North-East…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Railway. Oaklands to Yarrawonga
Mr R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has received the following communication from M[?] J. Davi[?] director general of the Department of Public Works:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Raid. Allied Airmen's Adventure
Among the air raids undertaken by the Allies, the most interesting is without doubt the one which was so successfully accomplished by the 60…
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