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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

909 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 46

RAILWAY EMPlOYES. Widespread Discontent Denied Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 September 1919 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner of Railways today fully denied a statement by Mr. Maclay, secretary of the Federated Iron Workers Union, that the railway service…

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Aeroplane Flights in Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Ex[?]flight lientenant W. H. Treclour and Meehanie H.F Lord. who two months ago purchased a Do Haviland biplane, with a 100 H.P. Rat engine, with…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, September 23. (Before Mr. D. H. Mott, J.P.) Alleged Theft of Motor [?]

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 46

Elmo Hadyec, or Elmo Kirk, described as an optician, was charged with stealing a motor cycle, valued at £107/15/, the property of the "T" Motor Cycle Company…

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The Bendigo Motoring Tragedy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 32

An inquest was held by Mr. Berriman, P.M., concerning the deaths of Leslie Richard Marks, Robert Haines (returned soldiers) and Cecil J. Mail (student), who…

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By Electric Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday. the Railway Trouble

The Independent · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

The railway men have rejected the Government's proposals, and an ultimatum has been sent to the Government that unless a favorable reply is received by noon…

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Railway Discontent

The Independent · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

The London railway men's executive's altimatum leaves the Government to take the initiative of either declaring its willingness to negotiate or make fresh wages offer…

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Discontent in Railway Department. Repetition of Direct Action Proposed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the members of the Federated from Workers Employes' Union in the employ of the Railway Commnissioners have defeated a motion that little…

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Railway Strike Threatened. Alarm in Britain london, September 25

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

The decision to call a strike to-morrow was telegraphed to all the Railwaymen's branches in the Kingdom yesterday evening. Subsequently the Cabinet Proposed…

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The Railway Troubles. Further Particulars. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

The reassuring statements in this morning's newspapers regarding the railway situation) did not prepare the public for to-day's railwaymen's…

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Latest Cables. the Labor Unrest at Home. a Railway Ultimatum. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Thomas announced that an ultimatum had been presented to the Government on the railway crisis, which will expire at noon on…

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Aerial Flights Albury Passengers Disappointed. Owing to No Suitable Landing Place. an Aerodrome Wanted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 5

Last evening ex-Flight Lieutenant W. H. Treloar, A.F.C., who Thursday with a passenger from Junce, Mr. Brereton,state…

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Railway and Tramway Association. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 5

Delegates from railway centres all over the state attended the annual conference of the Railway and Tramway Association which was opened in sydney to-day…

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Soldier Knocked Down by Tram. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 5

James Long, a returned soldier, who came from Wandin to visit the show, was knocked down by a train cor in Swanston street and sustained a fractured kulf…

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Motor Mechanic Doped. and Robbed of 15. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 5

William Henry Williams, a motor mechanic, who recently arrived from Sydney, was found unconscious near the Fairfield Hospital to-day. He states that he…

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Alleged Trafficking in Tram Passes. Diggers Subjected to Indignity Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 5

A clash occurred between members of the Garrison Military Police and diggers at victoria Barracks yesterday afternoon which nearly ended in a riot. Several…

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Eagle Defies Aeroplane. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1919 · page 1

That the eagle still monarch of the air is shown by a statement by Capt Holden, M>G., who has been flying in the country on behalf of the Ponce Loan…

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Motor Transport Introduced. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1919 · page 2

The Channel services to the Continent and to Ireland have been suspended. The number of trains running is scarcely worth counting…

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Disastrous Railway Strike No Trains running in Britain Extensive Concessions Granted LONDON, September 27

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1919 · page 2

Groat Britain is practically without trains. No trains have moved out of London since midnight. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON, Saturday. A Downing; Street communique…

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Railway Tragedies at Guildford. Two Dead; Two Injured. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1919 · page 3

At Guildford, West Australia, Mrs Dunn was killed and another woman and child severely injured by an express train while driving across the crossing…

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What the Railway Men Demand

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 September 1919 · page 2

The railwaymen rejected that of fer, and insisted on the principle of the advance made to the drivers, firemen and cleaners. But, although…

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