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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Train Collisions in Germany and Poland

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

Trains collided at Posen, Germany. Thirteen persons were killed, and 70 injured. A collision in Russian Poland was…

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Boy Labor on the Tramways

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 1

The secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association enters a protest against what he describes as the Government…

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Motor Boat Tragedy Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

The body of John Ristkok, who was drowned through the capsizing of a motor launch at Botany Bay yesterday, was recovered this morning. The bodies of…

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De-registered Railway Unions Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

Heads of the Railway Department deny the statement of Mr. Thomas, secretary of the Amalgamated Railway Service Association, that there had been any breach…

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Mirages in Melbourne Across Tram Tracks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

A curious phenomenon has been observed daily of late on Sydney road, Parkville (Melbourne), Somewhere about College Church, near the University colleges, and…

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Robbed of £120 in a Train Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

While travelling from Orange to Sydney by train early this morning, Thomas O'Keefe, a resident of Kensington, was robbed of £120 in notes, which were taken…

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Motor Car Overturns Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Alfred McEwan, of Petersham, was driving a motor car along Broadway, near Sydney, when he tried to avoid running into a sulky in front by swerving his…

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Obstruction on Railway Line Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

Two men, John William Kerr and Leslie Morley, were before Glenn Innes Police Court yesterday, charged with placing an obstruction on the railway line with…

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Ew Railway Time-table The following revised time table will be force from December 2:—Southern Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

The 7.25 p.m. ordinary express train (saturdays excepted), Sydney to Albury, will leave Sydney at 7.50 p.m., and arrive Albury at 8.2 a.m. next day. This…

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The Howlong Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

The "Federal Standard" (Chiltern) writes: -- "The deputation, which proceeded to Melbourne in connection with the apportionment of the…

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New Railway Time-table The following revised time table will be i. force from December 2:— Southern Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 1

The 7.25 p.m. ordinary express train (Saturdays excepted), Sydney to Albury, will leave Sydney at 7.50 p.m., and arrive [?] Albury at 8.2 a.m. next day. This…

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Railway Refreshment Room Case Only Travellers to Be Served with Drink

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before the P.M. (Mr. J. Laidlaw) and Mr. M. J. D'Arcy, J.P., Henry Carter was charged that he did aid, abet, counsel, and…

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Theft From Railway Van of £750 Guard Cadley Committed for Trial Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. E. Notley Moore, P.M., concluded the evidence at the City Court to-day in the case in which Jolm James Cadley, railway guard, was charged with having…

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Collision at Port Melbourne Railway Shunter Killed Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

John Ricardo, 27, a-shunter, was killed in the goods yard at the Fort Melbourne railway station this morning, as the result of a collision. He was a single man,…

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Sw Railway Time-table

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 3

The following revised time table will be in force from December 2:—SOUTHERN LINE The, 7.25 p.m. ordinary express train…

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The Wheat Sa[?]k Shortage. Delay on Railways to Be Prevented

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 3

The Hon. R. T. Ball, Minister for Public Works and Railways, has had under notice the trouble experienced by farmers in obtaining…

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The Morundah Bridge

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

The Shire Council caution persons from using the Morundah bridge as it is unsafe for traffic. Some months ago notices were…

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Fooling the Motorist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 15

The motorist had lost his way on a country road. Hailing the first pedestrian he overtook, he asked the way to Blankville. "I don't know as I can explain it very…

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The Motor Cycle in War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 40

The fact that our Government has called for bids for supplying 10,000 motor sycles indicates that the value of these machines, as demonstrated in the operations in…

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Two Motor Cars. Warre Warral, Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is about two years since I last wrote to the "Banner." I am 12 years of age, and I go to school at the. Christian Brothers' College, Waverley…

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