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Railways, roads & transport, 1916

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Road to Complete Victory

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 December 1916 · page 2

Amsterdam reports that the Kaiser has telegraphed to the Empress as follows: "Bucharest has been taken. What a magnificent success! We are on the road…

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Congested Railways. Russians Successful

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 December 1916 · page 2

It is believed that the Roumanian retreat from Wallachia is due to the transport of Russians from Moldavia, to Wallachia being impossible owing to the…

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World's Most Northerly Railway. a Russian War Project Completed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1916 · page 3

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent says that the railway from Petrograd to Romanoff on the Murman coast has been completed. A Te Deum was celebrated at…

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The Christmas Holidays. the Train Arrangements

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 4

The Christmas holiday excursion schedules on the Victorian railways will come into force throughout the state on 11th December, and tickets…

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Flood at Tumbarumba. Heavy Rain Causes Damage. Tooma Bridge Washed Away. the Murray Rising

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 2

One of the heaviest floods experienced for many years at Tumbarumba occured on Saturday as the result of the heavy rains. In a short time 333 points were…

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Economies in N.S.W. Two Millions Less to Be Expended. Reduction on Railway Duplication.sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 2

The Premier, Mr. Holman, in introducing the Loan Bill to the Legislative Assembly to-night, announced a diminished estimate, which he said was due to…

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Record Railway-building

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 36

Russia has just beaten all records in railway construction. She has built a great double-track, broad-gauge line from Alexdrovsk, an ice-free part on her north…

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Railway Excursion

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

The Railway Department announces in this issue the running of Cheap Trains to Sydney and Intermediate Stations in…

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Henty-billabong Railway

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 1

In the Legislative Council on Friday, November 17, the following debate look place on the second reading of the Benty to Billabong…

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Irish Railway Trouble Settled

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 December 1916 · page 2

The threatened strike on the Irish railways has been averted by the announcement by Mr. Redmond that the Government has decided to take over the Irish…

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Perth Tramway Men

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 3

The Perth tramway men have demanded a permanent concession of time and a half pay for Sunday overtime, without reference to arbitration,…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Monday Evening. Curtailing Railway Works

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 3

In accordance with instructions received by Messrs. Norton Griffiths Ltd., from the Government, the railway construction works in connection…

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Victorian Railway Saving. Expenses Will Be Reduced. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 December 1916 · page 2

Replying to a question by Mr. W. S. Keast in the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. H. M'Kenzie, Minister for Railways, said that the Government had arranged…

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Railway Appeals Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 32

The new Railway Appeals Board, of which Mr. R. V. Hodgson is chairman, will be constituted on the basis of sectional representation, one representing the…

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Control of Irish Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 23

The leader of the Irish Nationalist party (Mr. John Redmond) says that the decision, of the Government to take over the Irish railways gives great satisfaction in…

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Railway Commissionerships

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 28

In view of the coming re-arrangement of the positions of control in the New South Wales railways, a very strong agitation of the part of the railway employees and…

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The Balkans. Cossack Checks Teuton. Road to Braila a Hard Proposition. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 2

Despatches concerning the fighting along the Lower Danube indicate that Field Marshal Mackensen's last jump over the lowlands to Bralla is proving the hardest…

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Sad Motoring Fatality. Rev. Father Barron Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 2

A private telegram received in Hay on Wednesday brought news of the death of the Rev. Father Barron, and of injuries to the Rev. Father Carroll,…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Wednesday Evening. the Railway Commissioners

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 2

The Cabinet to-day appointed Mr. Fraser Chief Railway Commissioner; Mr. Milne, Deputy Chief Commissioner; and Messrs. J. H. Cann, M.L.A.,…

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The New Railway Award

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 2

The new award of the Railway Traffic Board, which will he issued to-morrow, provides for extensive increase. The award itself covers…

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