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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

761 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 39

Miraculous Motoring. Car Turns Two Somersaults. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 August 1918 · page 2

While a party of five men was travelling from Temora to Barmedman yesterday in a motor car the vehicle became uncontrollable. While going at the rate of 40 miles…

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All Roads Blocked Causes Pace to Slow Down

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraphing on Sunday afternoon, said:— Our gains to-day were thoroughly…

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"John Bridge's" Newest Department. Two Useful Agencies Secured

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 2

Wool-growers and dairying are undoubtedly two of the greatest of our primary industries. Anything that assists to render either of these…

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“John Bridge’s” Newest Department. Two Useful Agencies Secured

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 4

Wool growing and dairying are undoubtedly two of the greatest of our primary industries. Anything that assists to render either of these…

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Man 91 Years Old. Never Rode in a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 3

Although he lived for 91 years, 64 of which were spent in Bendigo. Henry Cattlin, who died in the Bendigo Hospital on Saturday, had never ridden in a…

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Proposed Wymah Bridge. Is It a National Work? a Question of Councils Contributing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 1

The proposed construction of a bridge over the Murray above Wymah was the subject of a letter to the Hume council meeting yesterday from the Department…

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No New Railways Us N.S.W. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 3

Owing to the curtailment of the loan vote it is practically certain that nothing will be done on the Sydney city railway during the current financial year;…

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Fall From Express Train 25 Feet Through Bridge

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 1

A remarkable accident happened on Wednesday night when the first divison of the Melbourne exp[?] was entering the Albury station…

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"John Bridge" Country Service and Supply Two Notable Agencies

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 1

There is something to interest woolgrowers and dairymen in the fact that John Bridge and Co, Ltd. hace accepted for their Country Sere…

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Five Wodonga Road Bridges £40,000 Asked for Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

To re-build five bridges over the flats leading to the Union Bridge across the Murray River between Wodonga and Alburg. It is estimated the £40,000 will be…

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Fighting in Palestine Railway Centres Bombed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

On the night of August 12, says an official Palestine message. we carried out successful raids at various points on a 10 mile frontage astride the…

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Laborer Thrown Under Tram. Head Cut Off by Wheels. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

A terrible accident took place at Pyrmont to-night. F. cromack, a laborer, of Prymont, was driving a sulky along a road in that suburb…

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Armored Motor Cars Advance

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 6

Mr. Gilmour continues that the feature of the fighting on the Australian section of the front of attack was the advance of armored motor cars, whose officers had a field day bowling along eastward. They found trees cut down and laid across the road, so…

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Motor Fatality. Well-known Bookmaker's Death

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 4

Percy Benjamin Hart, the well- known bookmaker, left Sydney on Thursday on a shooting excursion with a number of friends. While passing…

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New British Aeroplane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 2

Experts were impressed with a new Handley Page aeroplane which manoeuvred over London at a height of 10,000 feet, and behaved magnificently…

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A Motoring Fatality Car Dashes Into Bridge Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 3

A fatal motor collision occurred last evening between. Haberfield and Leichhardt, when a motor car confining three, passengers and the driver swerved and…

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Durazzo Railway Bombed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 2

An Italian, naval-official report says that British aircraft bombarded the Durazzo, railway on August 10, causing fires which were visible 22 miles away…

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How London Is Living. Heavy Increases on Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 4

To use the words of a young returned soldier, "You people in Australia don't know you're alive. Here, thousands of miles from the seat of the European…

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The Council and the Fire Brigade. the Motor Engine. Not Wanted by the Council

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, in the course of a verbal report on several different matters,…

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Sedatives of Invalid Soldiers. Admission to Railway Platform

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1918 · page 1

The mayor (Alderman W. Cleaver Woods) has received the_following letter from the Defence Department in reply to representations made by him regarding…

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