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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Kerang to Gonn Crossing Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 4

With the object of securing the construction of a railway from Kerang to Gonn Crossing a deputation waited on the Minister of Railways last…

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Sad Motor Fatality. Priest Killed

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 4

Father Barron (Bourke), Father O'More (Wilcannia), and Father Carroll (Brewarrina), left Brewarrina about 3 o'clock on the morning of the…

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Serious Tram Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

A collision took place yesterday between a tram car being driven to La Perouse and a stationary car at South Kensington. Fourteen persons…

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Other Items. Control of Irish Railways Taken Over. Germany's Universal Labor Service. Portuguese Soldiers in France British Recruiting Offices Busy. Turkish Prisoners at Cairo

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

The British Government has taken over the control of the Irish railways. Viscount French states that the neutral States adjacent to Germany…

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Direction Boards on Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 33

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald) lias recently written to all shire councils inviting their attention to the great public convenience afforded…

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Railway Service

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

The Goulburn Valley line running to Tocumwal has been made the main line, instead of that to Cobram. On and after Monday…

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Serious Motor Cycle Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Residents of this town will very much regret to hear of the serious accident which happened to Mr Chas. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Alf. Smith…

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Higher Railway Fares

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 22

The now railway conditions in Great Britain came into operation on New Year's Day. Services have been greatly reduced, a number of stations closed and fares…

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Military Railway Director

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 47

Sir Eric Geddes, who has been appointed Director-General of Military Railways, in which capacity he is responsible for the organisation of all the railways used by…

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Goodyear Motor Tyres

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

Some idea of the extent and continual growth of the motor car and motor tyre industry in Canada and the U.S.A. can be obtained from a study of the…

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Tram Fatality at Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

A boy (Clarence Handson) was killed and several people were injured on Sunday afternoon when a large electric combination tram belonging to the…

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Amended Railway Time Table

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

On and after Monday last there will be an alteration in the time table on the Swan Hill line. On Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays the train will leave…

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"John Bridge" Expansion

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3
Also in The Riverine Grazier

Marked expansion shows in all the aggregates relating to stock clearances in this department, during the year ended 31st December last. Indeed,…

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News of the Week. Finger Posts on Roads

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The matter of providing finger posts for roads in the shire was brought forward at the Culoairn Council on Monday by a letter from the…

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Unrest Among Railway Men

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

Unrest is reported to exist amongst some of the Traffic and Wages staff of the Railway Department, as a result of the recent award which came into…

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Railway Service Restored in Queensland

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The railway service in Northern Queensland, which was dislocated by floods, has been restored…

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Possible Tramway Strike at Adelaide

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Grave developments are feared among the tramway men at Adelaide as a result of the action by the Trust in making a new Sunday roster. The…

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Trans-australian Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 41

Interviewed, Mr. Poynton, Director of Supplies and Transport, who is at present on a visit to Perth, said:—"The long-awaited trans-Australian railway,, linking…

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Motor Car and Tram Car. Collide at Double Bay. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

A collision took place between a motor car and a tram at Double Bay this morning, and resulted in the five occupants of the car being injured…

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