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Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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A Cross Roads Hero

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 38

He was an odd sort of man for a soldier. He was short and stumpy, with the largest sort of feet incased in the largest sort of poilu shoes. His face was camouflaged by…

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Main Roads Board Objected To

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 41

The Richmond-Clarence Local Government Association held a conference and carried a resolution disapproving of the proposed Main Roads Board on the…

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Chapter Xix. Wrecked on the Road

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 3

The bells of old Berlin are just ringing out the hour of one, when Jack Warren, seated in a drosky, is being hurried through the streets…

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A Brother at the Front. Pine Vale, Koetong-road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the Page. My father gets the "Banner" sometimes, and I like reading the letters. My mother and father were at the…

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Motorists' Protest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 32

A meeting of the Automobile Club of Australia was held to protest against the proposal to increase the motor tax. A number of speakers were in accord, that…

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Railway Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 4

A meeting was held last night at the Albury Railway Station, with the object of forming a cricket club. There were not many in attendance owing to the short…

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Trans-continental Railway. Linking North, East, South and West

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 6

A proposed connection between Port Augusta and the New South Wales border, near Broken Hill, which, with other connections…

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Sure Road to Victory. Succession of Hammer Blows by Allies. Valiant Americans in Sight of German Territory. Dashing Victory at St. Mihiel. Guns Open on Metz. Austria Feels for Peace. 15,000 Prisoners Counted. London, September 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 20

While the Americans continue to improve their position in Lorraine, where they' have taken 15,000 prisoners, the French have launched a new attack in the…

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Albury's Roads. How Tests Are Being Made. Council to Discuss Engineers Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 4

No subject is more interesting to Albury ratepayers than that of the roads. As reported in Thursday's "Border Morning Mail," Ald. Logan, gave notice that…

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Albury—wodonga Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

The operations on the new bridge now being erected on the Albury-Wodonga road are proceeding space. Large atacks of iron wire, stone, etc. are on the ground,…

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Railway Transport Staff Dissatisfied with Wages Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 3

The first annual conference of the Government Railways Transport Staff Association was held yesterday. The president, in his address, stated…

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Railway Commissioners Mulcted £640 Damages for Fire. Bendigo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 3

In December last a fire which began in the vicinity of the Cohuna-Elmore railway line, just after the passing of a train, caused damage to fencing and…

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Bridge Works

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. J. B, Reid, the engineer from the Public Works Department, Sydney, who is in charge of the bridge renovation works along the Murray between…

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Roads Packed with Fleeing Troops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters in Palestine, telegraphing on Friday, says: Tulkeram was captured yesterday evening by London and Indian…

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Another Motoring Fatality. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 3

Paul Richard Jaenteth was out motoring along Inverell road in company with a returned soldier, when the car got out of control. Going down a steep incline…

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When Is a Surplus a Deficiency? When It's a Railway Surplus. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

Although the annual report of the Railway Commissioners states that there was a surplus on the combined railway and tramway undertakings of £11,900, the…

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Motor Cycle Run

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

The members of the Corowa Motor Cycle Club had fine weather for their run on Sunday last, when they carried out a run to Barnawartha, reaching…

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Motor Oar Buns Into Buggy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

On Saturday evening last, between half past 7 and 8 o'clock, a collision occurred at the northern end of Sanger street, Corowa, between a motor…

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Albury—wodonga Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 4

Mr. A. G. Manning, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the New South Wales Public Works Department: Referring to my letter of July 9…

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Thefts From Railways. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 3

The trial of John Worland and Samuel York, who were charged with conspiracy to defraud the Railway Commissioners of large quantities or metal, was concluded at…

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