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Railways, roads & transport, 1916

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Cricket. Albury Sydney Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

A team of cricketers known as the Sydney Railways will arrive in Albury this. morning and commence a match at 10.30.against Albury on the sports ground.The…

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Border Railways

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 1

Mr A. S. Kenyon, Chief Engineer of the Victorian Water Supply department, paid a brief visit to Mildura recently. During his stay he was…

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Motor Traffic Regulations

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

The amended motor traffic regulations came into force on 1st January. Among other things they provide that any motor car or motor cycle…

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Railway Accident in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

What may happen to an engine at the Prince's Bridge station, or wherever else there is a traverser pit, was shown this morning, when, after the arrival of the…

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German Troop Train Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 22

A daring exploit by Russian soldiers is related in a message, from Petrograd. A detachment of Lettish troops volunteered to damage the Libau-Rommy railway, in…

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City Railway to Be Built

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 33

According to the estimate of the Minister for Works, the projected electrical city railway will prove it payable proposition from the outset. At the end of the…

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Border Railways. Rutherglen's Position

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

Some weeks age, before the State Parliament went into recess, it was decided that the Victorian Standing Committee of Railways and the New South…

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New Diving Shells Fires From Aeroplane

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. Lincoln Fyre, in a special Paris despatch published in the "New York Herald," describes a remarkable new "diving shell"…

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Train Wrecked by Avalanche. Seattle (U.s.a.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 5

Eight persons were killed in the disaster to the Great Northern train in the Cascade Mountains on Saturday, when an avalanche overwhelmed it and threw some…

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Strange Railway Tragedy. Overseas Soldier Frightens Gird. Who Leaps From Running Train Soldier Found Dead London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

A strange affair occurred on the Great Central Railway. A young girl named Violet Reynolds, aged 18 years, was returning home at midnight from Marylebone. An overseas…

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Air Raids. Zeppelins over Paris. Some Damage and Loss of Life. French Raid on Freiburg. German Military Train Blown Up Zeppelins seen over Denmark

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

The Zsppelin flew over Paris at a height of 11,500 feet, thus escaping the searchlights and hampering the movements of the defenders…

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Fight at Altitude of 3000 Feet. British Aeroplane and Fokker

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

"The Lokal Anzeiger" of Berlin do describes a fight between, a Fokker and a British aeroplane at a height of 3000 feet. "It was an exciting combat,…

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German Hospital Train Wrecked. Wounded Men Mangled

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

Travellers reaching Amsterdam from Germany report that a shocking railway ; [?]strophe occurred on Saturday. The Cologne express collided…

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Motor Ambulances

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 4

The Wentworth district, which has already presented seven motor ambulances to the Defence Department, decided at a meeting of the Ambulance…

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Municipal Roads

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

A complaint has been made at this office against our civic fathers' supervision of the streets of the town. The complainant—a farmer who lives a…

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January Wool Sales. John Bridge Record Handsome "Wool Prices

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 6

John Bridge and Co.'s opening sale of the year, held on Wednesday, 19th instant, was notable for several things. One of these was the…

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Railway Retrenchment. Federal Treasurer Seen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 3

Mr. W. G. Higgs, he Federal Treasurer, was asked this afternoon by a deputation from the Victorian Railways Union if he could make any funds available to the…

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Narrative of the Appam's Captain. Heavily Armed Ship Disguised As Tramp

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

Captain H. G. Harrison, master of the Appam, giving details of the capture of the vessel, says:-"The day was bright and clear, and we were travelling at a fair…

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Australian Motor Requirements. Dodge Brothers' Car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

The advent of Dodge Brothers new car in the Australian market has been welcomed by many interested in the introduction of a car especially adapted…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Falls Over Cliff. Passengers' Marvellous Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Through a lyre coming off a front wheel a motor car carrying five men from Liverpool to Built tell 30 feet over a cliff on Bu[?] Mountain on…

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