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Railways, roads & transport, 1916

866 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 44

The Coal Crisis The Railway Commissioners Take Definite Action The Coal at Newcastle and Pyrmont Seized SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

There are no fresh developments in connection with the coal, crisis. The New South Wales Railway Commissioners took definite action this…

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Members of I. W. W. in N. S. W. Railway Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

It was stated in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon by members of the Railway and Tramway Association that the Chief Commissioner had dismissed from…

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Government Action in N.S.W. Conference of Both Sides on Monday. Railway Commissioners Act. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 3

Mr. Hail, the Attorney-General, and Mr. Hoyle, Minister for Labor, conferred to-day regarding the coal strike, and arranged to meet Representatives of both…

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Corowa-culcairn Train. Deputation to Commissioners. Favorable Reply Received

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 November 1916 · page 4

The deputation representing almost every town on the line from Corowa to Culcairn, waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways on Tuesday, to protest…

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Incidents of the War Australian Prisoners. Would Appreciate Parcels. Anzacs Work on Bagdad Railway. Paid Sixteen Pence a Day. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 November 1916 · page 3

Private Bolder, of the 55th (N.S.W.) Battalion, and a prisoner at Schniedemuhi, in Prussia, states in a letter to his mother that the camp is one of the best in…

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Language on the Train. a Heavy Fine

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before the P.M., William Thos. Angus Pocock as charged on summons with making use of indecent language…

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The Transcontinental Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

Mr O'Malley has decided to institute another inquiry into the charges of waste in connection with the construction of the Kalgoorlie-Port…

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When You Want a Motor Car

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

There are times when business people require a motor car at short notice for a trip into the country, or to catch the express at Chiltern. On these occasions…

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Motor Vehicles Restricted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 November 1916 · page 3

The Ministry for Munitions has prohibited automobile traders to manufacture and erect new motor vehicles whatsoever, except with the Government's permission…

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Big Railway Contracts

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 2

Messrs Foley, Welch and Stewarr, Canadian contractors, have secured contracts for the construction of 3000 miles of railway…

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Boston Tram Fatality. Forty Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 2

A Boston (U.S.) closed tram car ran through an open drain in Summer street bridge. Forty people were drowned, and only eight of the passengers were rescued…

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Weighbridge at MairJimmy. Reply From Railway Commissioner

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 1

In connection with a weighbridge at Mairjimmy siding, which bas been so long agitated for by Councillor Connell at the Wannamarra Shire…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 2

A deliberate attempt was made on Friday morning to wreck the train arriving from The Rock at the 382 mile post, and about a…

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Train Service Curtailed Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 6

The Victorian Railway Commission. ers are discussing the probability of reducing the tram service if the strike continues…

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John Bridge and Oc, Wool Report

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 3

John Bridge & Co. Ltd., report nuder date of 4th. November 1616:— The general tone of the market is in owners' favour. Medium to good…

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COMMERCIAL. John Bridge and Co. report under date 4th November:—

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 1

Wool.—The general tone of the market is in owners' favor. Medium to good merinos, and fine free xbreds have improved their position during…

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Russia's Wonderful Railway

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 3

It was Alexander III. who first realised the possibility of making a railway across the whole length of the continent, and in the year 1892 his…

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Railway Tank

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 2

The railway tank which was recently constructed at Tocumwal by the Victorian Railways Department owing to a fault in its construction,…

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Fight for Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 November 1916 · page 2

A Russian communique announces that Russian cavalry and infantry are two miles west of Chernavoda, and are fighting for the famous bridge across the…

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Sydney-Melbourne Railway Service Curtailed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 November 1916 · page 4

Beginning to-day, the Sydney-Melbourne train service will be considerably curtailed. The limited express Trill be cut out altogether both ways, thus leaving only…

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