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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Motorists at Variance. Charge of Insulting Language Fails

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

The adjourned hearing of the case in which Alf Ashley was charged, on summons, wih using insulting words to William Graham McKinney in…

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Wheat at Railway Stations

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 3

The Corowa station yards present a very busy appearance at present. Teams laden with the new season's wheat are coming in continuously. Up to date…

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Germany's Largest Aeroplane

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

A hundred yards wide all metal aeroplane, with wings hollow, built of feather ther weight alloys, thus enabling the carriage of the aero- engine fuel and…

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The Train Cannot Wait. (Complete Short Story)

The Independent · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

She is just eighteen, with golden hair and grey eyes; her figure, though a little frail, makes one think what a pretty woman she will be soon…

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Troubled Ireland. a Series of Train Outrages. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

"The Mail's" Dublin correspondent announces further railway outrages the derailing of trains, and the burning of stations…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Good Time to Paint the Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 36

Half the enjoyment of owning a car comes from the fact that it has a good appearance. It may run well and ride very comfortably but it is an eyesore…

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Irish Affairs. Relentless Railway Wrecking. London, January 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 23

The rebels continue their relentless burning and wrecking campaign against the railways. A passenger train from Sligo to Dromahaire, in Leitrim, was…

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Original Correspondence. Riverina Railways. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Sir,--The Subjoined leading article in one of Sydney's daily, papers should prove attractive to Riverina Residents,, ore particularly those interested in…

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About Motor Drivers and Driving. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

Sir,--I crave,space in your worthy paper to reply to a few remarks published in comment of the accident at chiltern on New Year's Day, I have…

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Tram Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

A tram jumped the points in south Melbourne last night. The tram was crowded with people returning from the theatres. and…

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Motor Car Hoods

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 3

The upholstering branch of Mr. J. Oswald's business in corowa has been turning out some line jobs lately in the way of motor car hoods. Our…

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Balranald Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 3

It is expected that Mr. Barnes, Victorian Minister for Railways, and his party will arrive at Echuca on Monday, 29th inst., and that they will pass through…

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Aeroplane's Rough Trip

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 5

Captain Summers on Friday flew in his [?]vro aeroplane from Richmond to Goulburn in the truth of a gale. With the country beneath invisible through…

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Leeton Train Service

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 32

The Leeton Progress Association has again taken up the matter of a change in the south-western—Junee to Hay—railway service, and the Yanco-Leeton…

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Taxation of Motor Vehicles. Question of Road Upkeep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 32

Ministers now admit that the questions concerning roads and buses and motor cars have become so acute that action of some sort will have to be…

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Suggested Transport Bank. Road Transport the Key to Settlement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

Why settlement is hanging fire at present is not known to the city man. He does not appreciate what the rabbit is, and how that question has upset the…

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Increased Hours on the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 32

A 48-honr week is now in operation in the railway and tramway workshops and other services under the control of the Railway Commissioners…

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Melbourne Tram Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 20

Twenty-three people were injured, five badly, when a crowded cable car jumped the points at the intersection of City-road on Clarendon-street, a day…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 36

According to the latest registration figures, New South Wales has 6387 more cars on the road than Victoria, the respective figures are 37,762 and…

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Zone System of Railway Tabes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 35

The Railway Commissioner's discussed the question of the zone system of railway fares as against the present mileage system in operation in the State…

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