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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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N.s.w. Railways. Commissioners on Tour

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 3

The N.S.W, Railway Commissioners are scheduled to visit Corowa at 9.45 p.m. on Monday, June 4, and will leave again at 7.45 a.m. on Tuesday, the 5th…

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New Aerial Motor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 23

Dr.Dewaltorff (president of the [?] Pharmaccutical, League. America) announces the construction of new aeroplane motor. By its use, he say,avaitors…

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Russia’s Roads

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 3

Russia is almost a roadless land. It is inconceivable to the foreign visitor who has ever left the beaten track of the railways in Russia how a great…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 3

The New South Wales Railway Commissioners are to arrive in Corowa at about 10 o'clock to-night (Monday). They are timed to leave at 7.30…

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Yarrawonga-Mulwala Bridge. Work on Approaches

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 4

About seventeen men are at work on the Yarrawonga bridge approaches at pile-driving and scooping, with seven small scoops. Nea[?]ly all the…

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Victorian Roads

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

Mr Fitzgerald Minister for Local Government, who has returned from southern state after studying the Victorian system of dealing with the main…

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John Bridge Report

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co. report under date 2nd June. 1917:— Wool.—So for no official notification big been made in respect to the…

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Great Aerial Activity. Italian Airmen Bomb Railway Stations and Barracks. Rome

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6

Two powerful air squadrons bombed an Austrian aviation camp at Prosecco, and dropped one and a half tons of high explosive shells…

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East and West. the Transcontinental Railway

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

The Kalgoorlie-Port Augusta line will be about 1,051 miles long. So far 946 miles have been constructed,' and it the rails' come to hand on schedule…

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Railway Commissioners. Visit to Tocumwal

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

The Now South Wales Railway Commissioners paid tbeir aunual visit of inspection to Tocumwal on Thursday. Arriving by special…

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Railway Commissioners Visit Jerilderie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3

Word was received at this office last week from the Hon R. T. Ball that the Railway Commissioners would reach this town on Thursday…

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Accident on Railway Line

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 1

Mr. Hudson, the railway traffic inspector at Cootamundra, accompanied by Mr. Atkins, inspector of railway bridges, when returning from…

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The Railway Commissioners at Hay. a Deputation From the Municipal Council

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners visited the Hay railway station on Wednesday afternoon The party consisted of Mr. J. Fraser (Chief…

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Heavy Floods. in North-east Victoria. Washaways on Railway Lines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3

During this week there has been an exceptionally heavy fall of rain in the north-eastern district of Victoria, as a result of which the whole of that…

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Train Facilities. Through Service Refused

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

Messrs W. Pyle, E. Burwood. H. Haines and Rhys David Griffiths waited on the Railway Commissioners whilst they were on a visit…

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Mr Clarenoo Bridge. Visit to Mesopotamia

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 3

We are asked by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to state for the information of their clients and friends that their Mr Clarence Bridge,…

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John Bridge Report

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. report under date 9th June. 1917:— Wool.—The trade still awaits a definite pronouncement in respect to…

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Train Service Disorganised

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

Consequeut upon the floods in Victoria there was no train to Tocumwal on Monday, and travellers from Melbourne were only able…

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Lower River Road

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3

Cr. W. J. Quirk is in receipt of the following communication from the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, through the Hon…

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Mr. Clarence Bridge Visit to Mesopotamia

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3

We are asked by John Bridge and Co Ltd., to state for the information of their clients and friends that their Mr. Clarance Bridge accompanied by…

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