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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Suggested New Railway. Wagga to Corobimilla

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1919 · page 3

A denotation, comprising representatives from Lookhart and the intermediate district, waited on Mr Ball Minister for Public Works and…

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The Peace Loan Aeroplane. Surprise Visit to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 2

Theo "Avro" aeroplane, which is visiting country centres in connection with the Peace Loan, paid a visit to Rutherglen on Wednesday last, when a…

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Brigands on Road to Jericho

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 43

Many of the demobilised men who were in Palestine with General Allenby's troops were not sorry tp, bid good-bye to the precipitous, zig-zagging road running down…

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Railway Motors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 32

The Railway Commissioners have completed their annual inspection of the Lismore Murwillumbah line. Speaking at Lismore regarding the proposed railway motor…

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Innovation of Railway Motors. Experiment in the North

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 1

The N. S. W. Railway Commissioner have completed their annual inspection of the Listmore-Murwillumbah line. Speaking at Lismore regarding the…

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French Railway Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 30

A disastrous railway accident, attributable in part to poor coal, has occurred at Saint Jory, near Toulouse, in France. The low quality of the coal used for the…

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By Electric Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday. Unrest at Eveleigh. Railway Men Dissatisfied

The Independent · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 2

Serious unrest at Eveleigh railway workshops has been reported for some time, and to-day the Ironworkers' Assistants' Union stated their objections to the system of…

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Mr. W. M. Hughes in Albury. to Be Accorded a Public Reception. in Front of Railway Station To-night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister is to pass through Albury by the express train at 10 o' clock to- night on his way to Sydney. This will be his first…

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Cobramilla Railway. Deputation to Mr. Ball. Engineers to Report

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 1

A large deputation, representative of residents from Wagga to Jerilderio railway line, heaoed by MR. W. Wilson, of Collingullie, waited…

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Monty, My Motor. Or Made to Measure

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 4

I expect you will be sorry to hear that I have decided to sell off my stud of tame mice and Cedric, my caterpillar, so if you know anybody on the…

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Road Transport. Coming Possibilities

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 4

An interesting design in detail was exhibited at the Albury show by Mr. Churchill Sha[?] of Wodonga, on the above question, and attracted the attention of a…

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By Aeroplane to Hay. MR H. C. Mark Describes Trip

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 2

Mr H. C. Mark, proprietor of the Lyceum Pictures, Deniliquin, who accompanied Lieut. Treloar on his aeroplane flight to Hay last week, thus save…

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Grafton to Gulf by Motor the Mirage of the Plains

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 6

Dr. Earle Page, of Grafton, is in receipt of a letter from his brother Ald. Mound Page, giving an interesting account of the motor trip from Grafton to the Gulf on…

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"Wings or Motor Cars" Aeroplanes for All

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 3

I believe that every able-bodied man and woman in Australia should, if possible, be taught to drive a motor car or by an aeroplane. Neither of these…

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Reinforcing Bridge Piles with Concrete

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 September 1919 · page 3

A novel example of concrete work is to be found in the reconstruction of the pile foundation of a long wooden highway trestle at Port Angeles, Washington (says…

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Alleged Pilfering at Albury Railway Station. a Young Man Charged. and Is Committed for Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 1

Before the P.M., at the Albury Police Court yesterday, George Miller, a young man, was charged with stealing a quantity of biscuits, valued at 1/, the property of…

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Alleged Thefts From Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 1

An a result of inquiries made by Railway Detectives Boale, Roberts, and Ross, several houses at Ballarat were searched on Saturday by Plain-clothes Constables…

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British Troops at Scutari. Occupy the Railway. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 1

Twelve thousand British troops have landed at Scutari, in the Bosphorus, to occupy the Broussa, Afion, and Karahissar railway…

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The Nationalist Conference. (Country Edition continued from Page 1.) Some Important Resolutions. The Federal Capital Question. Interesting Railway Resolutions. The Liquor Problem. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 4

At the Nationalist Conference the Marrickville branch proposed that the sitting member should be exempted from pre-selection, unless he had been…

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Dookie Railway Connection

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 4

The "Shepparton Advertiser," referring to the agitation for the short connection between Dookle and the Yarrawonga line, says:--"This is a…

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