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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

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A Popular Railway Guard

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. F. Forster, railway guard, Tallangatta, who has been transferred to Shepparton, was tendered a farewell evening and presentation at the Tallangatta…

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Bomb Kills Mother Praying at Son's Grave. German Aeroplane Outrage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

A tragic episode occurred at Chalons sur-Marne, 20 miles south-east of Rheims, on Sunday, reports a telegram from paris. A mother, learning that her son had…

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Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country Edition on Saturday. the War. on the Western Front. An Aerial Bombardment of Ostend One Aeroplane Lost. British Cruiser Versus Airship. Another Zeppelin Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 1

A Berlin official message announces that several enemy aeroplanes bombed Ostend. One was shot down, after an aerial battle, near Middlekirke…

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Victorian Railway Commissioners on Tour

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners will arrive at Wodonga to-day, on a tour of inspection of the lines in the Wodonga and Towong Shires. The following time…

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Victorian Railway Commissioners at Wodonga. Deputation From Council

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

On arrival at Wodonga yesterday morning, on their annual tour of inspection of district lines, the Victorian Railway Commissioners were waited upon by a…

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Long Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 41

The longest made road in the world is just now nearing completion. It is 3384 miles, in length, and extends from New York to Francisco…

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Scrap Book. the Old Bush Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 12

O, old bush road, you wander amid forgotten ways! Methinks you lie and ponder o'er dim and distant days…

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Wool Sales John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 6th May, 1916.—

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 1

Wool.—News regarding wool values continues satisfactory. There is a hardening tendency at the London Sales, resulting from better business…

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New Albury Motor Garage. Mr. Lou. Harris' Enterprise

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 30

Motorists generally will learn with interest of the advent of a new motor garage in Albury. Mr. Lou. Harris, the well-known cycle manufacturer, has extended…

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Victorian Railway Commissioners' Tour. Visit to Tallangatta. Tallangatta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners reached Tallangatta yesterday, on their annual visit of inspection, arriving by special train about 10.30 a.m…

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Killed by a Tram. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 6

The man who was run over by a tram on Randwick road, and was killed, has been identified as Campbell Prott, 17, a school teacher, living at…

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A Manufacturing Success. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Highest Standard Throughout

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 6

A few months ngo the Dodge Brothers Motor Car was almost unknown in the Australian markets To-day the name is becoming a…

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Balldale to Berrigan Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. P.P. Breen, president of the Balldale Railway League, has received the following communication from the Public Works Department, N.S.W., in…

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Border Railways. Commission to Visit Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Cusack, M.L.A., passed through Albury on Wednesday morning en route to Melbourne to attend to matters pertaining to the inter-State…

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On the Road in S. Africa

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

A few months ago I boarded a train at midnight in company with fellow commercial who, either, as a reward for good business or,…

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A Soldier's Lapse. Drunk and "Language in a Train. Disgracing the King's Triform

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 3

A soldier returning home for final leave had his journey interrupted at Albury on Thursday night under unpleas­ant circumstances, which were ventilated…

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Down,with Thieving Butchers. Food Riot in Berlin. Butchers Premises Looted. Police Trampled Upon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 2

A neutral traveller who has arrival at Amsterdam from Berlin narrates that on Tuesday the immates of the Kaiser's parace plainly heardt the tumult of a great…

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The Whealbah Bridge Approach. The Departmental View

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

Some sidelights on the Departmental view of the responsibility for the approaches to the Whealbah Bridge, which have for some time, formed the…

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Casement on Trial. Evidence for Crown. Prisoner Sobs in Train. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 2

The preliminary trial of Sir Roger Casemen and Daniel Bailey Was continued at the Bow Street Court on Tuesday. In the formal charge, Casement is…

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COMMERCIAL. John Bridge and Co. report under date 18th May. 1916.—

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 1

Wool.—The news from London indicates that the raw material holds a very strong position. Not only has the April declineb been regained, but…

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