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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Cheap Motoring

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 4

For the twelve months from February 1923, to February 1924, Mr Marshall, wool representative for Dalgety and Co., has kept a [?]…

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City Railway and Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 5

Mr. Ball (Minister for Works and Railways) in reply to a question, said that the completion of the Sydney Harbour bridge would probably…

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£500,000 Foe Main Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 37

In the House of Representatives Mr. Stewart, Minister for Works, introduced the Main Roads Development Bill, which authorised the advance of…

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The Demand for Good Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 30

Although America is continually cited as a place where the cement road is the ideal and almost the rule, the more important lesson Australia has…

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Letter-box. on a Buckjumping Pony. Ariah Road, Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the Page. I hope you will accept me as one of the cousins. Father has been taking the "Banner"…

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Dissatisfaction in Railway Services

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 15

Claiming that great dissatisfaction exists in the whole of the railway systems of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, and that there is…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Business Motor Vehicles

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 36

When to Invest in Motor Transport. The term "business motor vechicle" is here applied to include not merely vehicles used for the carriage of goods…

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Jerilderie-deniliquin Railway. Public Works Committee Recommends it

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 1

A Public Works Committee's report presented to Parliament last night, recommends the construction of a railway from Jerilderie towards…

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Motor Cycle Accident. One Killed; Three Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 1

A motor cycle ana sidecar, containing two men and two women, swerved off a culvert and fell fifteen, feet into a gully near Cudal on…

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Proposed New Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 2

The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposal to construct a line of railway from Jerilderle to Deallquin, together with an alternative…

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New Railway Used

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 2

The Echuca ”Herald” states that on Thursday last week an engine travelled over the part of the new line to Balranald now constructed…

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Road Work

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 3

The council has made good progress with the Albury roud during the pant few weeks, and a start has been made with the road past the Connell…

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Australia to New Zealand. An Aeroplane Flight

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 2

Pratt Brothers, of Geelong, intend to make an attempt to fly from Australia to New Zealand…

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The Road Vote. To Be Spent Immediately

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 2

As a result of a conference between Sir George Fuller and Mr. Fitzpatrick this afternoon, a portion of the road vote of a million sterling,…

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Correspondence [We do not necessarily endorse opinions expressed herein by Correspondents.] Riverina Railway Needs

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 2

The Editor, Jerilderie "Herald," Sir,—As one of the oldest advocates of the use of the Victorian gauge on all Riverina railways, and…

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Railway Extension

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 2

We are in receipt of the two reports of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works concerning the inquiry into the…

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Motoring to the Moon!

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 4

Twenty years ago there were not more than a few hundred motor vehicles in Great Britain. To-day they number nearly half a million,…

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Proposed New Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 3

The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposal to construct a line of railway from Jerilderie to Deniliquin, together…

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The Call for Good Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 26

Governments and Shire Councils alike are agreed that, in view of the extraordinary development of the motor traffic of Australia during the…

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Dash Over Bridge. Woman Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 33

A motor accident occurred at Cheeseman's Creek, Cudal district recently, as a result of which Mrs. Florence Annie Waghorn, aged 41…

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