Railway Accident at Ararat. Goods Train Runs Into Dead End
An accident occurred on Saturday t& the perishable goods train which left Ararat at 7.15 p.m. Driver Skews received the staff from the officer in charge at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
761 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 39
Albury—wodonga Road Wodonga Council's Attitude
"Unfortunately the whole burden of maintaining the Wodonga-Albury road," wrote Mrs. R. H. Murphy, secretary of the shire of Wodonga to the Hume Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Make Progress. in Spite of Sharp Resistance. Big Aeroplane Bag in August
The French communique issued on Tuesday says: Between the Somme and the Oise our troops progressed, in spite of sharp resistance. We advanced beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Wymah Bridge Still a Work of the Future
At the meeting of the Hume shire council yesterday, the proposed bridge across the Murray above Wymah once more came under notice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Frauds on the Railways Jury Unable to Agree. Sydney
The jury was unable to agree in the cases of William Napier, Reuben Holmes, and Percy Gillingham, who were charged at the Criminal Court with having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mentone Motor Fatality. Melbourne
MELBOURNE, [?]This afternoon the State Cabinet decided to adopt the recommendation of the police that £200 should he offered as a reward for information that would lead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Type of Aeroplane
It is reported from Paris that the Germans for some days past have had experience of a new type of French bombarding aeroplane, which is superior to any that…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Upkeep of Roads
A large deputation representing all classes of the community interviewed Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Minister for Local Government, to protest against the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →The Road to Peace
The Copenhagen "Politiken's" Berlin correspondent says that Herr Erzberger, the leader of the Catholic party in the Reichstag, who made efforts towards peace…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Increased Taxation. the Proposed N.s.w. Motor Tax
If there is a loop hole through which the country taxpayer can be sniped, it is safe to assume that the N.S.W. Government will discover it. "Farmer and Settler"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Rates May Be Increased
The general policy that State business undertakings must pay their own way, which has been emphasised several times of late by various Ministers, is shortly to be…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Motorists Indignant
The large deputation, representative of over a dozen independent bodies, which wainted on the Minister for Local Government to protest against the proposed extra…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Baby Bonus Rich Women Collect in Motor Cars
The maternity bonus is costing Australia in round figures £600,000 a year. Since it was instituted at the end of 1911, it has cost £3,800,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Evening. Larcenies on the Railways
In sentencing two men, charged with stealing the property of the Railway Commissioners, to-day, to four months' imprisonment, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America's Liberty Motor
"The Times" correspondent at the American Headquarters, telegraphing on Monday, said intense air-bombing interferes with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Railway Thieves Sentenced. Four Months for a Set of Harness. Sydney
In the Police Court to-day Peter Collins and Frederick Emanuel were charged with stealing at Sandy Flat, near Tenterfield, a ret of buggy harness, property of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty Railway Not a New Scheme. Line Approved and Land Subdivided Several Years Ago
There has been a good deal of uninformed criticism of the Government's policy in accepting a local loan for the construction of the Henty-Billabong railway. In reply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albury Road Metal Report Wanted on Tests Made
During general business at the Albury council last night, Aid. Logan said—that for some considerable time now experiments with road metal had been made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring for Pleasure. Will It Be Restricted? Melbourne
Mr. Jensen, Minister for Customs, stated to-day that the question of curtailing pleasure rides in motor cars had not been considered in relation to the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty-BIllabong Railway Line. Cost Estimated at £150,000
In the legislative Assembly on Thursday [?] last the Minister for Public Works and Railways (Mr Ball) informed Mr Osborne that…
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