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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

692 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 35

Motor Taxes. Money Paid Into Consolidated Revenue

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 5

The Parkes branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in urging that the revenue derived from motor luxation should be handed over to the…

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P.& M. Railway Company

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

Commenting on the last half-year’s balance sheet of the D. and M. Railway Co., Sydney “Bulletin” says: This is one of the Commonwealth’s…

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Fast Aeroplane Flight

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Falkiner made an exceptionally fast flight from his Riverina station, Groongal, in his 100 b.p. Boulton-Paul aeroplane on Friday last. The…

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Fearful Railway Accident. Collision at Michigan City. Thirty-two Bodies Recovered

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

Reuter's Chicago correspondent says that 32 bodies have been recovered from a fearful wreck in Michigan City. A Canadian train was…

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The Needs of Riverina. Mr. Ball on the Railway Question

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., who was present in Albury in connection with the annual Eight-Hour demonstration, was requested to give his views on the…

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Billabong Creek-ringwood Railway Extension League. Meeting at Coreen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

A great number of farmers and others interested in railway matters met at the Coreen Hall on Friday afternoon last…

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Break of Railway Cauge [?] Terms of Commission

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 1

The terms of the appointment of the uniform gauge commission, Messrs J. J. Garvin (chairman), B. Blake and F. Whyte, have been approved…

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Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3

The Wahgunyah railway officials were notified that on and after last Tuesday the ordinary train service would prevail. This means the…

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Main Roads Bill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 4
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

The Main Roads' Bill, which was introduced into Parliament lost session and will come up again this coming session, is to be strongly opposed by…

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Iron Road Marvels

The Independent · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 4

Wonderful things are done on British railways that the travelling public never sees. The popular notion of a signalman…

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Special Train to Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 21

A special train will leave Wagga, on Saturday morning to enable people to visit Albury for the big cricket match. The death of the ex-King Nicholas of…

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Ivan Owns a Motor-bike. Strathvean. Tarcutta-road. wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is over 18 months since I last wrote to you, so I thought I would break the ice and write again. It is very hot here. The fish are biting well,…

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A Thrilling Escape Hide and Seek with a Train

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

Mr. W. B. Chaffey, Mayor of Mildura, one of the founders of irrigation in Australia, had a very narrow escape from death on Friday, when driving a…

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Cable Advices From London. Ireland. Irish Ambush. a Fierce Battle. Road Mines Explode

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 20

Seventy men of the Crown forces, who were travelling in lorries with the object of conducting a round-up, were ambushed by 400 Sinn Feiners entrenched in the hills…

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DEVELOPING the [?] Proposed Railway to [?]

The Independent · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.l.A., at [?] Eight Hours demonstration in [?] week, said that in connection with [?] coming visit of the Minister [?]…

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About Motors. Reducing Carbon Troubles

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 40

One of the great worries a tractor operator has to contend with, is carbon, and all tractors suffer from it at regular intervals. Have you ever noticed,…

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Wangaratta-mansfield Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 30

A deputation from the Tolmie Broad Gauge Railway League waited on the Mansfield Shire Council to seek support to a movement to have a broad gauge railway…

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Tumbarumba Railway Opening

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 22

At a meeting of the Wagga Council a communication was read from the hon secretary of the Tumbarumba Railway Opening Celebration Comittee, extending…

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Railway for Upper Murray Required

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 22

At a meeting of the committee of Albury Chamber of Commerce a letter was received from the Jingellic Railway League, asking for the chamber's assistance…

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