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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Proposed Oaklands-yarra Wonga Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

At a meeting of the Oaklands Railway League it was decided to get statistics of land, wheat, stock, etc., within a radius of 10 miles of the proposed…

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Balranald Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

Now that the Border Railway Bill has become law, the Victorian Government is losing no time in getting to work. On Monday of last week the…

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Renewing Railway Lines

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

Many people think that railway lines hardly ever want renewing. A steel rail is in its old ago, however, in its tenth year, though some on…

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Laws of the Iron Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 4

How many readers are aware that the Great Eastern Railway Company was a curious regulation forbidding women to occupy seats in smoking…

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Breaking Records—and Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

The shire and municipal councils in the Riverina view with disfavour the practice of certain centres endeavouring to establish records for the…

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Motor Waggon v. RAILWAYS

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

The directors of the North-Eastern Co-operative Society, Wangaratta, have been considering the question of railway freight and charges on goods from…

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The North Road. Question of Repairs. Should Money Be Borrowed?

The Independent · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 2

The State Government has decided to make available for the improvement of main roads loan money amounting to £100,000. The Deniliquin Municipal…

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The Electric Lighting Scheme. Successful Public Meeting. The Council Asked to Go On with the Scheme. Resolution of Indignation Carried in Regard to the Hay Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 2

The public meeting, called by the Mayor (Ald. Beissel) to obtain an expression of opinion from the ratepayers in connection with the proposed…

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D. & M. Railway Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Independent · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 2

The 97th general rotating of shareholders of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held at the company's office. Deniliquin, on Tuesday morning last, when…

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The World's Greatest Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 33

It is just 99 years since George Stephen son drove the first train over the track a few short miles long that had been laid by the pioneer British…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Importance of Flaps

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 36

There is probably no part of a pneumatic tyre as little understood or appreciated as the flap, and yet its importance can be hardly over-estimated…

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Victorian Railway Revenue

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 28

Railway revenue continues to steadily increase. Each official statement shows an increase for the period under review compared with that of the…

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Railway Statistics

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 28

A bulletin issued by the Australian Bureau of Railway Statistics shows that exclusive of Tasmania, there are 22,149 miles of railway open for…

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Oaklands Railway Line

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 3

At a meeting of the Benalla District Council of the Farmers' Union, held at Benalla on Tuesday, the 23rd inst., Mr. Guppy said, in reference to the Dookie…

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Motor Trains

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 5

Quite recently it was stated in a Melbourne newspaper that tho Victorian railway authorities were completing, the erection of six motor trains,…

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D. and M. Railway Company

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 2

The ninety-seventh general meeting of the shareholders of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held at the Company’s office,…

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Grain Sown by Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 17

An American airman has invented an serial grain-sewer in order to plant more quickly the vast wheat-growing areas in the United States. Speeding…

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The Corowa Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

The Municipal Council is faced with a big problem, and the sooner it is at tacked the better it will be for all concerned. It is that of Putting our roads…

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Roads of Rubber. What Is the Full Value of Rubber?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 38

If the general public only knew the full value of rubber they would be more keenly interested in the rise and fall of the market…

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Tram and Car Collide. Motor Driver Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 3

A tram crashed into a motor car at Moore Park this morning. The car was smashed to pieces and the tram was badly damaged. Samuel…

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