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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

636 stories in Murray's papers · page 28 of 32

Yass-canberra-jervis Bay Railway League

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 1

A meeting of the executive committee was Held at Kelly's Hotel, Harden on Friday night last. In the absence of the President (Mayor Cocn,…

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Motoring Accident Car Falls 50 Feet Into River. Father and Daughter Drowned

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 1

A shocking, fatality occurrcd on the road between Masterton and Tindi, in the Wairarapa district. The steering gear of a motor car went…

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Motoring Notes

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4

It is estimated that America will require 100,000 skilled mechanics in connection with her war activities. Of these, probably 15,000…

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Return of Alderman Clarence Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 4

Alderman Clarence Bridge (John Bridge and Co., Ltd ), who with Mrs Bridge and their two daughters, left for Mesopotamia some months ago on…

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Mallinson's Oil Sheep Dip. "John Bridge" Accept Agency

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 4

Woolgrowers and others will be interested to learn that John Bridge and Co's., Queensland house has accepted the agency for the popular…

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The Railway and Tramway Losses

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 1

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended September, disclosed a decrease of £377,000 in he railway earnings,…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Cootamundra

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2

Four local railway men on a trolly collided with an incoming train near Cootamundra. The trolly was smashed to pieces, and one man, Fred Day,…

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Local Government Delegates and Railway Fares

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 1

At the Local Government conference a motion was submitted deploring the action of the Government in refusing free passes, and the act of…

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Railway Facilities. Nothing Doing at Present

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2

In view of the recent agitation on the part of the Cureen branch of the F. and S. Association in the direction of obtaining railway facilities, Mr. A…

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Return of Alderman Clarance Bridge

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1917 · page 4

Alderman Clarence Bridge (John Bridge and Co., Ltd.), who with Mrs Bridge and their two daughters, left for Mesopotamia some months ago…

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Mallinson’s Oil Sheep Dip. “John Bridge Accept Agency

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1917 · page 3

Woolgrowers and others will be interested to learn that John Bridge and Co.’s Queensland house has accepted the agency for the popular…

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Russia's Roads

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 4

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…

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Aeroplane Breaks Down Near Wagga

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 2

Lieut. Galloway left Melbourne on a single seater Bristol 'plane to fly to Sydney and. drop Liberty War Loan leaflets on the way on Tuesday…

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Cannot Capsize New French Aeroplane Extraordinary Stability

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 6

A new type aeroplane differing in construction and appearance from machines now in use in the warring countries has recently been perfected…

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Return of Ald. Clarence Bridge

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 1
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

Alderman Clarence Bridge (John Bridge and Co. Ltdt. who with Mrs. Bridge and their two daughters, left for Mesopotamia some months ago on…

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Mallinson's Sheep Dip Another "Bridge" Agency

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. intimate that their Queensland Office has accepted the agency for Mallinson's Oil Sheep Dip, and that producers in New South…

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All Traffic Stopped. on Government Approach Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 5

The condition of the Government bridge near Oeding's is such as to render it unsafe for any traffic to pass except pedestrians, and on Wednesday…

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Mailinson's Oil Sheep Dip. "John Bridge" Accept Agency

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 3

Woolgrowers and others will be interested to learn that John Bridge & Co's Queensland house has accepted the agency for the popular…

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Railway and Tramway Revenue

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 2

The report of the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales for the quarter ended 30th September shows that there was a decrease of…

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