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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

577 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 29

Closing of Railway Gates

The Independent · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Further consideration was given by the Municipal Council last Monday night to the question of the closing of the railway gates in Harfleur and Henry streets with…

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Motor Cars. [?] in U.s.a

The Independent · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

U.S.A., as else where, eater menace to the welfare the more it is [?]…

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Railway Rolling Stock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 33

An important development in the (system of autogeneous welding has been made at the Eveleigh railway workshops. Mr. E. E. Lucy, Chief Mechanicals…

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About Motors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 40

When you are called upon to replace the celluloid window in your back curtain do it this way. After cutting the celluloid to proper size and shape fasten in…

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Meat Delivery by Motor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Messrs. Jas. Forguson and Co., of Wangaratta, have purchased a Ford motor van for delivering meat in country districts, and it is the first motor…

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Tractor takes Fire. Mishap on Deniliquin Road

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 2

On Tuesday, (reports, the Finley “Mail”) a motor tractor driven and owned by Mr. Pickett, caught fire in the vicinity of Mr. A. S. Hamilton’s…

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Smothering the Rabbit Using Motor Car Fumes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

For a couple of years past several Deniliquin district landowners have made successful use of the exhaust fumes from motor cars for…

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Railway to Soldiers Settlement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 1

Regarding the above the Hon. R. T. Ball, has received the following communication from the Public Works Department:—…

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Tuppal Soldiers’ Settlement the Proposed Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

Mr R. T. Bull, M.[?].A., has received the following comm[?]ni[?]tion from the Mi[?]otor for Railways (Mr Estell):— “Wilb reference to your…

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Smothering the Rabbit. Destruction by Means of Motor Car Fumes

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

Experiments worried not by the the Department of Agrioalto[?]e of New South Wales have m[?] in the conolnsmn that whore rabbits are…

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Woperana Bridge

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council, the Woperaua bridge was reported on by the engineer as a matter of anxiety to…

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Up in an Aeroplane Burrumbuttock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." We are having lovely weather now, We had 85 points of rain the last few days. I am staying at my…

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Urana Shire Council. The Corowa Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 3

At the last meeting of the above cr. Patey said that with the amount ct. patey said that with the amount at their disposal they would be unable…

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Tractor Takes Fire. Mishap on Deniliquin Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 3

On Tuesday (reports the Finley "Mail") a motor tractor driven and owned by Mr. Pickett, caught fire in the vicinity of Mr. A. S. Hamilton's…

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Plethora of Motor Smashes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 41

Motor smashes are becoming almost nightly occurrences at Centennial Park. As the result of a collision in Cook Road, five persons were injured. Their names…

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Sydney Tram Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 32

Twenty-five persons were more or less seriously injured in a tram accident at Randwick early in the week. Three waggons from the Eastern Suburbs Ambulance…

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About Motors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 33

The value of motor cars imported into England for the first ten months of 1921 was £5,085,577. as against £20,778,411 for the same period in 1920—a drop of over…

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Discontent of Railwaymen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 44

In regard to the statement from the Railway Department, denying that there was any cause for discontent among the staff, the secretary of the New South…

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A.w.u. Wants Control of Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 23

Members of the State branch of the Australian Workers' Union are making an effort to secure contr[?] of the railways They have a series of 23 demands on…

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Finley-Tuppal Railway

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

Hon. 'R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has received the following from the Minister for Railways:—"With reference to your personal…

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