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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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New Railway Time-table

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

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

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Enforcing Railway Charges

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Officials of the Victorian Railway Department have been native for some months in enforcing a rule under which only passengers' luggage is carried…

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Windouran Shire Roads. Tour of Inspection

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

The Councillors of Windouran Shire [?] dre[?] inspection of the main roads within the Shire on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday…

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The Spring Offensive Preparations in Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

M. Marcel Hutin, the well-known correspondent of the "Echo de Paris," states that reports are current in Switzerland that Von Wyrsch, the new German…

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New Australian Aerodrome Established in Midlands

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

The Australian Flying Corps has achieved its cherished ambition, and now has its own aerodrome in the Midlands, where the principal training will henceforth be…

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Blizzard in America Train Services Discontinued. Washington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The United States are experiencing the coldest weather since 1899. There is zero weather in Alabama. The train service has been discontinued in the South West,…

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Bad Roads Disrepair on Northern Boundary

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

The roads on the northern boundary of Albury are now in a worse condition than ever, possibly as a result of the rain. Those accustomed to travelling regularly…

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Lower River Road

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

In connection with the work necessary to make the Lower River Road passable for traffic in all seasons, the Shire Engineer (Mr. H…

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Removing Timber From Public Roads. Heavy Fines Inflicted

The Independent · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

On Tuesday last, at the Finley Police Court, before Mr Watter Scott, P.M., A. C. Fitznead, engineer for the Conargo Shire, proceeded against J. O. Schier for…

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Sw Railway Time-table

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 1

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

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Arabs Turn on Turks Hedjaz Railways Destroyed London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

Official confirmation has been obtained of the success of Arab operations against Hedjaz railway, northwards of Maan. During three days…

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Building a Railway Money Found for Country Line Help for Those Who Help Themselves

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

The Barmedman-Rankin's Springs Railways League is a live businesslike body. Some time ago the Government stated that owing to the…

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The War. To-day's Cables. on the Western Front Bombing German Munition Towns and Railways. the French Break Up an Attack

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

General Haig reports that aeroplanes dropped a ton of bombs at Thionville steel works, midway between Luxemburg and Metz, and a…

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German Railway Accident Troop Train Leaves Rails

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 3

It is stated in a German official message that a German leave train near Kirn, in Prassia, was derailed owing to the collapse of an enbankment. Some…

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

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 1

The 725 p.m. ordinary express train (Saturdays excepted), Sydney to Albury, will leave Sydney at 7.50 p.m., and arrive of Albury at 8.2 a.m. next day. This…

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Motor Car for Recruiting (To the Editor.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

Sir,—In the matter of the recently purchased motor car for the use of the recruiting officers, there is a deficiency of about £80, which the committee are…

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Motor Car Overturned Returned Soldiers' Narrow Scape. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

While endeavoring to avoid a collision h a tram at Woolahra yesterday, a motor car containing four returned soldiers, inmates of the Randwick Hospital, and…

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A German Train Derailed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 1

A German leave train was derailed near Kim, owing to the collapse of the embankment. Some soldiers were killed and others injured…

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Sydney to Melbourne New Road Through Gippsland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

The linking up of Melbourne and Sydney by means of a road traversing Gippsland and the eastern portion of N.S.W. is a work which is nearing completion. On…

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Railway Men Support the Constituent Assembly. Which Sailors Dissolve. Fatalities at Moscow

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The All-Russia Railway Men's Congress, by 273 votes to 261, passed a resolution in favor of the formation of a Government responsible to the…

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