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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Train Traffic Resumed. Confirmation at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 2

The Quarantine Department states that nil restrictions on train travelling between New South Wales and Victoria was lifted at 4 o'clock this afternoon…

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CYCLING. Road Race

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

A five-mile cycle race took place at 5.15 yesterday afternoon, along the Jindalee road. Only four riders started, the…

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Influenza. Railway Curtailment Probable. Restrictions on Assemblages. More Suspicious Cases. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 2

The New South Wales Cabinet is anxious concerning the resumption of traffic with Victoria. At a meeting to day they will probably consider the…

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Our Railway Staff Notified

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 2

Word came to the Cootamundra railway people on Tuesday night that Victoria had been declared infected, and therefore, all restrictions in traffic…

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The Railways. Commissioners' Important Decision. Depot and Workshops at Harden to Be Removed. Junee Affected

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have decided to remove the railway depot and workshops from Harden. It is assumed that their choice for the location of the…

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Last Night's Latest News The Influenza. N.S.W. Cabinet Anxious. Wishes to Impose Restrictions. 100,000 Masks Sold in Sydney. The Unmasked not Allowed on the Trams. Crowding to be Restricted. 21 Suspicious Cases This Morning. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 1

The New South Wales Cabinet is anxious concerning the resumption of traffic with Victoria. They are meeting to consider the…

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Goods Train Derailed. Traffic Held Up. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

A serious derailment of a goode train occurred at Lyndhurst, when two engines and five trucks laden with coal left the line. The train ran about 70…

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Light on Hampden Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

The necessity for providing better light on the Hampden Bridge at the north end was emphasised by Ald. Hurst at the last meeting of the…

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West Australia's Action. East-west Train Held Up

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

Latest particulars regarding the holding up of the trains-Australian line show that, including the crew, there are between 70 and 80 passengers on board…

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Railway Authorities' Explanation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

The Victorian railway authorities state the mails of last night's express failed to connect at Albury, but arrangements had been made with the…

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INFLUENZA. Local Railway Men

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

The Cootamundra railway men expressed a wish—most of them—to be inoculated, so arrangements were made by the Superintendent to have…

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Compulsory Wearing of Masks on Trains or Trams. In any Part of N.S.W. Restriction of Travelling to be Considered. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 1

A law has been passed by the Executive Council compelling all persons travelling by train or tram in any part of N.S.W. or on any…

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State Revenue. Increased Railway Returns. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 4

The revenue returns for January, 1919, for Government and business undertakings total £1,803,147, being an increase of £986 over January,…

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Railway Station Robbed. Man Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 1

At 3 o'clock this morning a man named Kennedy, employed as watchman at the Toorak Railway Station, was found lying in the ticket office on the…

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Shell Droped on a Munition Train

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 1

Reuter's Brussels correspondent says that owing to a soldier accidentally dropping a shell on a munition train it exploded between…

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Railway Precautions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

A by-law, which was issued on Saturday by the Hallway Commissioners, came into operation on Monday morning. It provides that persons may not enter…

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Railway League Formed at Bute. a Good Attendance, and Much Enthusiasm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

A well attended meeting, called by advertisements in the press, was held last Saturday at the residence of Mr. C. Hicks, "Clarendon Park," Bute, to…

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Weekly Market Report. John Bridge and .Co. Ltd. report under date February 1:— Homebush Fat Stock Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 1

Sheep: A heavy supply of 47,500, of only medium quality. Comparatively few realty prime sheep ami lambs, and these are getting scarcer every…

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Obituary. Miss Bridge Quirk

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 3

Miss Bridgie Qnirk, aged 23, died yesterday afternoon at the residence of her father, Mr. P. Quirk, at The Rock. The beginning of deceased's trouble was…

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West Australia Flouted. Stoppage of East-west Railway Service. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

The regulations between the State and the Commonwealth Governments on the influenza question was discussed by a special committee of the Federal…

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