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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

932 stories in Murray's papers · page 42 of 47

Motor Truck Bodies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 41

Motor truck utility depends much, upon body design. A body unsuited for the work which it must perform causes loading and unloading delays that sometimes…

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About Motors. to Use Tractors on Trip

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 41

Official information has been received from Desmark that the young Danish scientist, Lange Koch, who is to start on a new Polar expedition, will try to reach…

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Motor Fuel Production in Australia. Ten Million a Year

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 32

The conference convened by the Commonwealth Bureau of Science and Industry to consider the future supply of motor fuel and oil in Australia has drawn up a…

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Railway Employes' Picnic at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 28

The first annual Amalgamated Railway Employes' Picnic and Spoils (No. 4 South District) was held at Albury on Monday, on tho show grounds. A train left Junee…

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New Basic Wage and the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 30

Interviewed regarding the probable effect of the new basic wage and the increase of 4/ per ton in the price of coal upon the cost of running the railways and…

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Serious Tramway Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 30

A tram from Wallsend failed to climb & slight incline at Broadmeadows, and slipped back down the hill and dashed into a tram that was following. The latter tram was…

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Proposed Rock to Clifton Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 31

The returned soldiers who entered upon, land settlement in the Mangoplah—Pulletop country in anticipation of railway facilities becoming available at an early…

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Motor-car Runs Off Punt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 31

A party of six persons went by motor-car to Wiseman's Ferry, on the Hawkesbury River, for a day's outing. On the return journey, while the car was on a…

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Henty-daysdale Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 28

Arrangements have been made for the official opening of the Henty-Rand railway to-morrow. It is expected there will be some 30 members of Parliament present,…

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Motor Car's Leap

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 4

"Tht river crossing punt a Sackville was the scene of a fatal mortor car accident on Sunday afternoon. The car, which contained the…

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Fourth Commissioner Railwaymen's Protest. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the Railway Union at Newcastle Trades Hall carried a resolution protesting against the appointment of a fourth Railway…

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American News Items. Motor Bandits' Big Haul

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 2

Military circles at Washington are in a ferment owing to a report of something closely akin to atrocities by United States troops against the…

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Band's Motor Transport. Arrival in the Town

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 3

The motor conveyance purchased by the Border Brass Band arrived in Corowa on Saturday last at 1.30 p.m., having been driven from Melbourne…

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Train Delayed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 3

As a result of the recent heavy storm a washaway has occurred on the main line, some five or six chains of the line having been seriously…

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Saw the Aeroplane. Fortuna, Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my fourth letter to the Page. I take great interest in it. Our crop is over 4ft. high. It is out in head now. I saw the aeroplane at…

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The Chicken on the Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 20

No scientist has yet stopped forward with the reason why a chicken, Secure be side the fence on a country road, will, scurry from its place of safety and rush…

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Gundagai Lass Joins Our Happy Circle. Kimo-road, Gundagai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to you, and I hope it will not be the last. It is only lately that we have been taking the "Banner," and when I found…

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Local Loan for Railways and Hydro-electric Works

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 33

Mr. Lang, the Treasurer, in announcing the terms of the new local knur of £3,000,000 for expenditure on reproductive works, said the loan will bear, interest…

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Opening of Billabong-henty Railway. Large Ministerial Party. Several Deputations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 31

The new Henty-Billabong rail way was officially opened at Rand on Saturday morning by the Hon. J. Estell, Minister for Works and Railways, in the presence…

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About Motors. Use for Old Tyres

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 20

Few tyres are completely worn out when thrown away. Most of them are capable, of considerable extra mileage if given a little help. A rim-cut patch or…

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