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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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No Railway Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 3

Mr. Smith, general secretary of the Australian Railway Union, arrived in Sydney on Saturday. He said that a mass meeting had been called for…

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A Railway Matter

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 3

A Finley correspondent writes:--The agitation to remove the terminal of the Victorian Goulburn Valley railway line from Tocumwal to Finley is now…

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New Motor Truck

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. Dug. Wright, of Corowa, has just purchased (through the local agent Mr. Alf. Parkin) a Ford one-ton truck, upon which has been erected a…

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First Coorabin Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 6

Last week the first train passed along the new loop line to the Coorabin coalfield. It was found very convenient for unloading the new machinery…

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Deniliquin—Moama Railway. One Train Daily for Present,—TimeTable Unaitered

The Independent · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 2

After to-day (Friday) the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company will cause to exist, and from to-morrow the railway advice will be under the control of the…

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Railways Versus Motors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 17

As a result of the competition of motor transport waggons, the Railway Commissioners are becoming more businesslike in their dealings with the…

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Revised Railway Rates. To Begin Next Month. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 1

Mr Gall. Minister of Railways, announced last night that the Executive Council had approved of the issue, by the Railway Commissioners, of a…

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Motor Drivers Strike. Serious Position at Adelaide

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 1

The motor drivers employed by the Metropolitan Abbatoirs Board, Adelaide, struck. There will be a serious shortage of meat if the strike…

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Adelaide-melbourne Motor Record. Reduced by 90 Minutes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 1

Norman Smith, of Sydney, driving an Essex car, yesterday lowered the Adelaide-Melbourne record, by 90 minutes, to 13 hours 20 minutes,…

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Port Augusta-hay Railway. South Australian "Threat." ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 2

The Premier (Sir Henry Barwell) referred to-day to a report that it was probable that the Commonwealth authorities would proceed with the…

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Cruelty to Animals. Railway Commissioners Guilty

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 5

When a truck of eighteen calves arrived at Homebush from Wee Wan it was found that nine of them were too big for the truck. They were raw…

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Railway Employees' Grievances

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 29

The Australian Railway Union has a number of grievances against the department in New South Wales which it is determined shall not continue…

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Christmas Gift to the Producers. Substantial Railway Concessions. Freight Reductions. the Riverina Policy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 28

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Kilpatrick suggested to the Minister for Works that in view of the Commissioners' repeated statement that…

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Railway From Brisbane to Kyogle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 39

Dr. Earle Page, Acting-Prime Minister, said a day or so ago there was every prospect of an agreement being reached between the Commonwealth…

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Railway Reductions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 24

"It is good news that the Railway Commissioners have announced some important freight reductions. Nobody will be under the illusion that the…

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Tragic Motoring Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 4

A motoring accident occurred on the Prince's Highway on Wednesday, Mr. Penleigh Boyd, the well-known artist, being killed almost instantaneously, and…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Second-hand Cars. Hints for Would-be Buyers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 36

There is much contradictory advice floating around on the subject of purchasing a second-hand car; or, as our nicely-spoken dealers have it, a "used"…

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Moama-deniliquin Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 3

The Victorian Railways Department will officially assume control to-morrow of the Moama-Deniliquin railway. It has been decided to charge through…

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Moama-Deniliquin Railway. Victorian Railways Assume Control

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1923 · page 2

In accordance with the purchase agreement arrived at recently the Victorian Railway Department will officially assume control of the…

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The Agent-general. Sir Timothy Coghlan Injured in Motor Smash. (Austral Press.) LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

Sir Timothy Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has been seriously injured in a motor smash…

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