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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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A Railway Matter. Saturday Night Train or Stock Train--which? a Wahgunyah Opinion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 8

At the close of the meeting held to arrange for Corowa Hospital Sunday on Tuesday evening an informal chat took place between the representative…

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Farmers' Cheap Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 25

The Railway Commissioners are going on with their policy of providing more frequent opportunities for country people to avail themselves of cheap…

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Shire Road Works

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

A special meeting of the Coreen Shire Council to discuss the advisability of applying for a grant to enable the council to attend to its roads, was held on…

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Train the Boys in Trades

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 26

Those who perennially seek to make political captial out of the unemployed would be better employed themselves in seeking to probe its cause and applying…

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The Federal Road Grant. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

Mr. Fitzpatrick states that the Federal grant for road purposes is to be subsidised, pound for pound, by the State Government…

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How Some Shire Councils in Victoria carry out Road Works

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

(Reprinted by kind permission of "The Australian Motorist.")…

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Fatal Accident at Melbourne Railway Station

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

A woman, supposed to be Mrs. Baldwin, fell off the staion platform at Prahran, last night, and was killed instantly by an Incoming train…

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George Street Fatality. Woman Killed by Motor

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

Mrs. Hourigan, 33, was struck by a motor lorry in George-street to-day and killed instantly…

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"The Australian Motorist"

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

The "Australian Motorist," although published in Melbourne, now enjoys a world-wide circulation, and deals with motoring throughout Australia…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Care and Repair

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

To the pneumatic tyre falls the task of insulating the car and its occupants from all those minor vibrations and road shocks which are not fully…

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Moama Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 33

The Deniliquin and Moama Railway Act of 1873 empowered the Government of New South Wales to acquire the property of the Deniliquin and…

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Assaulting a Chinese Gardener. a Hay Bridge Incident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 4

At the court of petty sessions, before Messrs. Johnston and Lobb, J's.P. yesterday, Percy Brabender was charged that he did at Hay, on the 20th…

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Moama Railway Function. Shire Council Ignored

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 4

At the Murray Shire Council meeting held recently. Cr. Glenn reported he attended the conference at Moama to arrange for the…

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Motor Collision. Action for Damages

The Independent · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 2

A sequel to the collision on the Deniliquin. Hay road on May 31 last between a motor car and a motor track, at a result of which a jockey named Thomas Bradley…

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Border Railways. Sals of Moama-deniuquin Line

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 6

At an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the Denilliquin-Moama Railway Co., held at Denillquin on Sa[?] the chairman (Mr. S. J…

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Railway Commissioners. Temporary Re-appointment Probable

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

Questioned on Monday night, the Premier said that some arrangement would have to be made to provide for the period between the date on which the…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Causes of Wobbling Wheels

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

One day you will notice that your automobile has acquired the habbit of zig-zagging from side to side of the road. This means that the front…

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Railway to Mangoplah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 28

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., has been informed by the Chief Engineer for Railway Construction that, on the line now under construction the rails will…

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Border Railways. Extension From Oaklands. Line to Yarrawongra Likely

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 4

The Victorian Railways Standing Committee, in a preliminary report, intimates the intention of recommending the extension of the Oaklands line to…

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Railway Freight Concessions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 4

The Premier explained this week that, notwithstanding heavy overhead charges in conducting the railways, there have been for the benefit of…

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