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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

932 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 47

Killed by a Motor Cycle Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Mrs. Maud Coutts, 42, of Union street, Bruswick, was run down by a motor cycle, in Sydney road. She died shortly afterwards…

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Another Motor Accident Girl Seriously lNJURED. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Owing to a collision between a tram and a motor car yesterday afternoon, a young woman named Vera Filmer sustained a fractured skull. The car was…

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Railway Contract Delayed Labor Conditions Impossible. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

The building of an important country .line from "Clare to Spalding has been declared, as the contractor says that the new conditions demanded are impossible…

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"You're the Ones We Want!" Tram Men Roughly Handled. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

A fight occurred at the Newtown train debot last night. Frederick Cork, driver, and Robert Els-wick," conductor, were walking off duty…

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The Proposed Carrathool Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

THE district residents who have to cross the Murrumbidgee River at Carrathool have good reason to complain of the governmental delay in…

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Aerodrome at Suda Bay Flooded. Some Thrilling Experiences. London, Jan. 15

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

Belated letters from members of the Kangaroo crew detail their unfortunate adventures. The aerodrome at Suda Bay was flood…

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Stealing Luggage From a Train. Man Committed for Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 4

Edward Currie Brickhill, 30, on remand, was charged before the P.M., at the Albury Police Court yesterday, with stealing a leather suit case containing a quantity…

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Fire at Railway Station. Tongala, Monday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

At 2 a.m. yesterday the railway station premises at Tongala, between Toolamba and Echuca, were destroyed by fire. The police have been informed that it is…

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Border Railways. Linking Up of Corowa and Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 3

In response to representations made in the columns of the "Free Press" and also requests from many leading residents of the town and district, the…

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Railwaymen's Wages. Advantages of the Settlement I London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

Sir Eric Geddes, in the course of a speech, said that wholesale competition for some of the traffic was wrong and wasteful. Railways should compete in…

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National Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 33

The Minister for Local Government welcomes the proposal to establish a branch of the National Bonds Association in New South Wales. He believes it would be…

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Letter-box. How to Make Money. Strathvean, Tarcutta-road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—Well, we .have had a great fall of rain since I last wrote, about 3in. It has been quite cold. I write to Elva. Parnell, Mollie Flanagan and Elsie…

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Railway Porter Bailed Up

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 41

The usually quiet station of Perthuille, about six miles from Bathurst, was the scene of a daring armed and masked robbery. The fortnightly wages of the…

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Queensland Railways. Hostile Attack on Minister. "Self-appointed Czar."

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

The Queensland Railway Union is very hostile towards the Minister for Railways, who issued an order giving preference of employment in metal…

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Motor Smash at Tenterfield

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

A party of Tenterfield residents motoring from Tenterfield to Stanthorpe on Monday evening, met with a serious accident fifteen miles from Tenterfield The…

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Motor Cyclists Missing Perth. Thursady

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

No word has been heard of Messrs, Greenhalgh and Collins, two motor cyclists, who left Perth on January 7 to cross Australia…

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Strangling the Country by High Railway Freights

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the Orange farmers' and Settlers' Association carried a motion protesting against the action of the Railway Commissioners in rasing fares and…

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Another Railway Proposal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

"X," the writer of "Current Topics" In the Benalia "Standard," says --"The good people of Yarrawonga are much exercised at present…

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Repairing the Aeroplane. for Ross Smith's Flight. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

With luck Captain Sir Rosa Smith [?] Lieut. Sir Keith Smith hope to have their Vickers -Vimy aeroplane ready t continue the flight from c{?} arleville to sydney in a little more than a week…

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Motor and Bicycle Collide. Bicycle Rider Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 3

A remarkably narrow escape from a tragic accident occurred at -about 6 o'clock its night .it the intersection of Olive .and Wilson street Albury, near the corner of Dr. paton's residence…

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