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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Bulk Handling of Grain Heath's Patent Economic Bulk Grain Handler Method of Conveying Wheat From Farm to Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 3

To dispel the do[?] concerning the impracticability and costliness of the bulk handling method, I will undertake to build an Iron Silo at a cost of 15 per 100…

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Gonn Crossing Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 2

The district supporters of railway extension from Kerang to Gonn Crossing are reported by our Cobuna contemporary to be showing "very anxious concern" at…

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Marketing Live Stock. Delays on Railways. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 2

For years past there have been many complaints regarding the manner in which live stock for the metropolitan market is handled by the Railway Department…

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Aeroplane Height Records

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 22

Roland Rohlife, the American airman, reached an altitude of 34,000ft., which is the world's record without passengers. He used a Curtis aeroplane. Major…

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A Train Robbery in Canada. £15,000 Stolen. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 2

Five masked robbers gagged the mail clerk of the Ocean Limited express, Canadian National Railway, when outside the city of Quebec, and…

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Railway Motors

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 2

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

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Railway Inconveniences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 28

The evidence is accumulating that it is high time the Railway Department, made an improvement in the services, on the southern line, especially that portion of it…

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Albury and District. Shortage of Railway Trucks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 28

During his visit to Albury last week, the Minister for Railways, the Hon. R. T. Ball, had brought under his notice by several landowners the inconvenience that…

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Management of N.S.W. Railways. What the Farmers Think. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 5

To the sittings of the conference of the Farmers' and Scttlers' Scttiers' Association to-day came the following resolution from Howlong and Corowa district councils:-…

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A Tense Love Story Is Told in the New World-picture, "The Road to France"

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 2

A tense love story is told in the now World picture, "The Road to France," which to-morrow will be shown at the Melba Pictures, in the Albury Mechanics'…

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Carting Water for Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 1

Owing to the very dry weather the railway supply of water at The Rock, Cootamundra and Tomora is running short. The Railway Department are now carting…

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Tram Rails Break Wheel of Gig. One Man Killed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 3

Through the wheel of his gig breaking through eatehing in the tramllpe at Gladesville yesterday, Percy Martia and another man were thrown out on to the…

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Rabbits on Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 3

What was the use of the Railway Department digging out rabbits on its property between Wagga and Uranquinty, when there were hundreds of rabbits…

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The Hay Train Service. The Recent Deputation

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 September 1919 · page 2

The following official report of the deputation which recently waited on the Railway Commissioners has been sent to us by Mr McGarry M.L.A…

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"The Road to France." Great 7-Reel Drama at Melra Pictures To-night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 September 1919 · page 3

"The Road to France," which will be screened at the Melba Pictures in the Albury Mechanics' Theatre to-night, is declared by critics to be the most…

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[?] for Injuries on Railways. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 September 1919 · page 3

Before Judge Moule and a special jury in the County Court to-day, Jessie Allen [?] milliner, of Loraine street, Es[?] was awarded 300 damages and…

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New South Wales Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 September 1919 · page 2

The annul report of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners reveals a deficit on the year's working of £211,817, despite the 10 per cent…

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General Cables. $71, 000 Stolen From Train London September 22

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1919 · page 2

A Message from Quo [?] re announced that four arrests have been made in connection with the theft of $71,000 from a train [?] thursday. The money…

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Going Down to the Show. Farmer Killed in Motor Accident Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1919 · page 2

Mr. Fred [?] Brown,[?]3 [?] farmer of Timor west, near Maryborough, was coming to Melbourne by motor with his sons and daughters today, When a…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Cycle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 September 1919 · page 3

At the [?] Police [?] yesterday before Mr.D.N Mou,[?] a man named Ebno [?] or Elms Kirk, 44,an optician and a native of germany…

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