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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

761 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 39

July Sheep Sales. Invitation From "John. Bridge."

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

Producers from this district, who intend visiting Sydney for the forthcoming Sheep silos, are cordially invited by John Bridge & Co to give…

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Big Users of Roads. Their Liability for Maintenance

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 4

An action, said to be the first of its kind in Australia, and which is of importance to municipalities and users of roads, was commenced in the Banco Court…

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American Mission to Bussia to Reorganise Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

Replying to questions by Mr. Lees Smith, in the House of Commons, to-day, Mr. A. Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that an American…

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Baby's Body Carried in Tram Medical Student Warned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 3

William Dickens Saltau, medical student, of Ormond College, stated at an Request at the Morgue to-day, that on May 22 he carried the body of an infant in an…

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Hun Aerodrome Burnt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 23

The German aerodrame at Nivelles (south of Brussels) has been destroyed by fire. Fifteen froth a aeroplanes, which had just arrived from Germany, were burnt. An…

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Enemy Aeroplane Over Kent

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 23

A German aeroplane crossed the Kentish coast at midday on Monday, but was immediately driven off by anti-aircraft guns…

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Train Three Years Late

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 1

There is one case on record of a train arriving three years late.— The train left Bolivar bound for Beaumont, a distance of seventy-five miles…

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Border Stock Matters. Excessive Railway Junction Charges

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 4

A deputation waited on Mr. M. Usher, Chief Traffic Inspector to the New South Wales Railways at the stationmaster's office, Albury, on Wednesday morning…

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Railway Rates in Victoria to Be Reduced

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 32

Consequent upon an arrangement entered into at the time the Lawson Government came into being, there will be a reduction of railway passenger fares on 1st…

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Recruits From Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 32

Mr. Ball (Minister for Works and Railways) denies a report that the Railway Commissioners do not facilitate the enlistment of employees in their service…

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Henty-billabong Wheat Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 3

The construction of the railway from Henty to Billabong, a distance of 30 miles, is progressing satisfactorily, and the earthworks have been practically…

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Albury-wodonga Road Impassable for Vehicles Side Track Again Submerged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 3

As the result of the recent rapid rise in the Murray, the Albury—Wodonga road has now become impassable for vehicular traffic, the side track round the…

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Railway Construction Office Buregled Thieves Secure £475. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 3

Thieres gamed entry into the railway instruction office at Kencpsey on Wednesday night and by means of a duplicate key opened the safe and secured £475. So…

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A Thousand Miles of Railway Through Waterless Country

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 4

The longest tangent in-the world, 330 miles without the slightest variation from a staring line, occurs on the railway linking Western Australia to the…

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The Train Arrangements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 2

During the Inst spring floods the Talangutta train was continued on to A1bury from Wodonga on Tuesdays, Thursdays. and Saturdays. The time of…

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Proposed Bridge at Wymah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 3

Mr A. G. Manning, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:— "Proposed Bridge over the Murray at…

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AlBURY-WODONGA Road Impassable. Rail Way Service to Be Re-introduced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 2

Owing to the fact that the road from Albury to Wodonga has now become impassable, arrangements are to be made to reintroduce the train service. As…

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Inter-state Main Road Now Under Water. No Special Train Service

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 2

Yesterday morning we published details and time-table of the special trains which the Victorian Railways Department conducted last year between Wodonga and…

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July Sheep Sales. Invitation From "John Bridge."

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 4

Producers from this district, who intend, visiting Sydney for the forth-coming sheep, sales are cordially invited by John Bridge and Co. to give…

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Fearful Railway Accident in America. a Military Train Telescopes a Circus Special. Sixty-nine Deaths Reported. Vancouver

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 2

A Chicago message says that 69 were killed when the Michigan Central army equipped train crashed into a Hagenbeck circus train at…

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