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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

636 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 32

Tramway Strike Sydney

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

The Randwick tramway works hopes, the boys who refuesed to work will resume to-day. The Commissioners informed the…

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The City Railway to Wait

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 1

The State Cabinet has reaffirmed its previous decision in connection with the City Railway, and has decided that all work, except that…

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Railway Freights and Fares. Proposed Further Increase. (To The Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 1

Sir, --It is rumoured that railway fares and freights are to be further increased. This is a vitally important matter for all country districts. It is…

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Railway Commissioners and Randwick Strikers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 July 1917 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have notified the boys concerned in the strike at the Randwick tramway workshops that unless they resume…

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Train Facilities. Curtailment on Some Branch Lines

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided on a curtailment of train services on some of the branch lines, which will cause a - good deal of…

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Rear Lights on Motor Cars. Amended Regulations

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 1

An amended motor car regulation provides that the rear lamp on a motor car must illuminate and render easily distinguished at a distance of…

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Aeroplane and Zeppelin Collide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 20

Reports received in Amsterdam state that a Zeppelin and a German aeroplane came into collision above the German aerodrome at Ghent (Belgium). The aeroplane…

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Train Services Curtailed

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 6

On and after this week the train service beyond Whitton to Hay will be reduced to three trains a week. A daily service will continue from…

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Urana-jerilderie Road

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2

Following upon our comments on the Wunnamurra Council's action regarding the above road, we notice that another pen has taken the…

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Local and General John Bridge & Co

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2

The Country Service & Supply Department of John Bridge & Co,, appears to be milking marked progress with producers. This week's…

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Railway Fatality Man Killed at the Rock

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 6

The necessity for an overhead bridge for passenger traffic at The Rock railway station has been frequently urged, but it was the…

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Work Resumed at Randwick Tramway Workshops

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2

Work at the Randwick tramway workshops is in full swing, the boys having resumed to-day…

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Serious Tram Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2

Two trains collided in Sydney just before daylight this morning. Thirteen passengers were injured hive seriously. The driver of one car…

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Increased Train and Tram Rates

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 1

The freights and fares on the railways are to be increased in the neat future. Certain, increased rates on the trams are also anticipated. The…

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The War in the Air. Aeroplane Attacks on German Ports. Much Damage Caused

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 1

The Admiralty reports that naval aeroplanes carried out raids. The military objectives were the Ghisteles and Varsennaere railway dumps…

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Increased Railway Freights

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

Freights and fares on the New South Wales railways are to be increased in the near future, and certain increased rates on the trams are also contemplated. The…

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Serious Motor Accident. In the Back Country

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

Last Tuesday (10th inst.) about 1 p.m. a serious motor accident occurred within half a mile of Manfred Station, in which all the occupants were more or less…

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Fire. Narrow Escape of Railway Station

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1917 · page 3

On Saturday morning the attention of men engaged at the Berrigan railway station yards was drawn to smoke issuing from the station…

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Later Reports. News Conflicting But Reassuring. Good Effect of Cossack Patrols. Railway Bridge Blown Up. Alleged Conspiracy Against American Ambassador. Leading Regiments Support the Government. Attempt to Assassinate the Minister for War

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 1

Although the majority of the banks and the businesses are closed, and the trams are not working, there is a great improvement in the situation…

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Proposed Railway Increases

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 1

The State Cabinet gave preliminary consideration to the recommended increases in railway freights and fares. The feeling amongst…

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