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Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Tram—car Overturns

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

A tram—car left the rails and overturned at Camberwell, Victoria. One passenger was killed and 19 more or less seriously injured…

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Melbourne Tram Accident. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

Doris .Stear (15), who was injured in yesterday's tram accident, had her foot amputated yesterday. The tram taotor-man said to-day…

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Railwaymen Dissatisfied

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

Unrest is reported to exist amongst some of the traffic wages staff in the Railway Department, as a result of the recent award, which came into…

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John Bridge Expansion

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 4

Marked expansion shows in all the aggregates relating to stock clearances in this department during the year ended 31st December…

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"John Bridge" Expansion

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser, Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

Marked expansion shows in all the aggregates relating to stock clearances in this department, during the year ended 31st December last…

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“John Bridge” Expansion

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Marked expansion shows in all the aggregates relating to stock clearances in this department, during the year ended 31st December last. Indeed, it is stated…

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"John Bridge's "Stock Department, Growing Rapidly

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

Perusal of the annual report of John Bridge and Co's stock department shows that a year of great activity has been experienced, and…

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Hohenzollerns Must Go! Kaiser to Meet the Same Fate As Napoleon. Only Road to Peace

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Remarkable Interviews with famous representative Frenchmen on the question of peace terms have been obtained by Mr. Arbi Dosch Fleurot Marshall, and have…

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The Man Who Made Motor Tyres Possible

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

Many old time experimenters and inventors would be greatly surprised if they came to life and saw the extent to which their…

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Tumut to Cooma Railway

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Killarney—Tumut—Wereboldsrie Hills—West Blowering—Yel lowin —Jouauama—Jouanama River—Mt. Telbingo—Yarrango…

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Tramway Trouble

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Grave developments are feared among the tramway men in Adelaide. As a result of the presentation by the Tramways Trust of a new Sunday roster the…

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Motoring

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

One often hears the argument that heat causes sufficient expansion of the air in a tyre to produce a blowout, and many car owners thus…

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"John Bridge's" Stock Department. Growing Rapidly

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 2

Perusal of the annual report of John Bridge and Co's Stock Department shows that a year of great activity has been experienced and that…

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Guarantee for Next Season. 3s at Railway. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 2

Mr Ashford stated on his return to Sydney to-day, after the Premiers' Conference, that they had arranged that the Commonwealth…

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Railway Freight Question

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 3

Owing to the low f.a.q. standard of the wheat it is held by those in a position to know that it will take at least fourteen bags and even more…

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Queensland Floods. Damage to Railways. Clermont Relief Fund. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

A telegram from Townsville states that one-third of the Inkerman bridge over the Burdekin River, the longest bridge in Queensland, was washed…

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Tour Railway Sections to Be Despatched to the Front. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

Senator Pearce has announced that the Government, on an urgent appeal from the British War Office for the despatch of railwaymen to the war, had…

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"John Bridge's" Stock Department. Growing Rapidly

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

PERUSAL of the Annual Report of John Bridge & Co.'s Stock Department shows that a year of great activity has been…

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