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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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American Railway Workers and a Minimum Wage. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 1

Reuter's Chicago correspondent says that 400,000 maintenance way railway workers have appealed to the United States Labor Board for a…

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Riverine Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 2

THE heading "Railways for Riverina" appears daily in the metropolitan papers, and we suppose that it brings a message laden with hope to…

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Border Railways. Fixing Up Details

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 7

Mr. R. T. Hall, New South Wales Minister [?] Railways, arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday last by the Sydney express to cont[?] with the Victorian…

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New Rail Motor. Problem of Non-paying Lines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 3

The high cost of running trains on back country lines has long perplexed the Railway Commissioners in this and other States, and it has led to…

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Motor Trains. Government Impatient

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 8

The Government cannot understand the attitude of the Railway Commissioners in persistently neglecting motor services on branch lines. when they…

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Our Non-paying Railways. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 3

Sir,--According to the latest railway report the loss on [?] lines last year was over a million. It has been steadily mounting up for a good many years…

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A Border Railway. Yarrawonga to Oaklands. Deputation to Victorian Minister

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 3

Residents in the Southern Riverina waited on the Victorian Minister for Railways (Mr. Barnes) on Wednesday last, and urged that consideration…

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Big Railway Picnic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 2

Corowa is going to have a large number of visitors on Monday, October 23. The Railway Employees' Association of the southern districts has decided to…

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Too Slow Railway Methods. Motor Trains Wanted

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners are not advancing motor traffic on country lines as fast as the Government would like. A storm is said to be…

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The State Railways. Last Year's Financial Statement

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 September 1922 · page 2

THE accountancy branch of the railways is one of the most up-to-date of call the Government Departments. The report of the Commissioners for the…

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State Resources Development Train. Swan Hill and Nyahviited

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1922 · page 2

The party on tour in connection with Victorian State Resources arrived at Swan Hill on Thursday last, and in the evening were entertained…

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Border Railways. a Tentative Agreement Reached. Railway to Balranald

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1922 · page 2

The Ministers in conference in Melbourne have agreed to recommend to their respective Government three railways:—(1) From Mathoura to…

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Riverina Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 32

At a meeting of the Cohuna (Vic.) Shire Council, the following motion was agreed to:—"That this council respectfully requests the Government of Victoria and…

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Are Our Railways Out of Date?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 26

The advance of science and discovery during recent years has forced attention upon the subject of the most speedy and efficient manner in which the passenger…

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About Motors. Corroded Terminals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 36

Very often when gaskets are to be inserted between surfaces which can only be separated a small distance the gasket is damaged or the workman only places it…

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Railway Weighbridges

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Monday the N.S.W. Govt Railway Department wrote re the forwarding of produce, especially wheat. The…

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Border Railways. the Agreement with Victoria

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

The Premier (Sir George Faller) announced last Tuesday night that the Cabinet had unanimously approved of the tentative agreement which was…

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The Railway Picnic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

The secretary of the Corowa Progress Association (Mr. P. T. James) has received a letter from Mr. Thos. Egan, secretary to the movement,…

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Borer Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

The Minister for Work made an agreement with, the Victorian Government about an extension of the southern State's railway across the border…

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Developing Riverina. Three Railways Proposed. New Murray Bridges

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 2

Three valuable areas in Riverina will be tapped if the proposals of the conference which sat in Melbourne last week are approved. The meeting…

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