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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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The Extra Summer Train. Inclusion in Next Summer Time-table Probable

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. B. J. Doe, M.L.A., lias forwarded us the following letter, received from the Public Works Department: "Following on the promise given by…

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Motor Transport of Goods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 23

Leading Victorian railway officials said that they understood tho position of the Bendigo branch of the Australian Railways Union in deciding to…

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Double Tax on Motors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 25

A draft of the Main Roads Bill to be submitted to Parliament this session has been considered by Messrs. Fitzpatrick and Oakes and Sir Arthur…

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Border Railway. the Oaklands Project. Victorian Committee's Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 25

The Railways Standing Committee, in a report to the Victorian Parliament, refers to the border railway to Oaklands. It says the district to be…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. When Is a Carburretor Economical? Some Fallacies Regarding Jets.—A Heated Mixture is Always Desirable

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 36

The ever-present subject of increasing one's mileage per gallon at one time of passing interest only, but recently looming larger and larger…

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Albury Quarter Sessions Friday, 4 th July. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan.) Theft of Motor Car

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

Clive Denny (21), and Wm. Hart (23), motor mechanics, charged with stealing a motor car at Albury on May 26, valued at £180, the property…

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Riverina Coal Successful Tests. Railway Handicaps Must Be Removed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 20

The Cock's Pioneer Company has now used the first consignment of coal from the Riverina Collieries Ltd. Oaklands, at the company's power…

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Deniliquin-Jerilderie Railway. Report Before Parliament

The Independent · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposal to construct a line of railway from [?]derie to Deniliquin, together with an alternative proposal of a…

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State Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

In a tour of Riverina for the purpose of gaining Information which will assist them in their work of formulating a scheme for increasing the efficiency…

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Deniliquin Railway Station

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A.. has received the following letter from the secretary to the Victorian Minister for Railways: “l am directed by the…

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Railway Proposal. ( To the Editor)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 2

Sir,—As a life long worker for the adoption of the Victorian gauge on Riverina railways, and also for railway extension throughout Northern…

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Another Motor Car Victim

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 2

The well known tea merchant, Mr. John A. D. Gibson, was struck down by a motor car in the city this afternoon, and is in the hospital suffering…

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The Oaklands Railway Awaits Further Develop. Ments at Coorabin

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 3

The Railways Standing Committee, in a report, to the Victorian. Parliament on Tuesday night last, refers to the border railway to Oaklands. It says the…

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The Minister and the Motor. Defendant Committed for Trial. •

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1924 · page 5

Ever since the beginning of the year, when Rev. C. W. Wilson, Rector of St. Alban’s, Griffith, left the town, there has been an…

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Crossing Smash. Train and 'Bus

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 31

Five people were admitted to the Cessnock Hospital and some others were less severely injured as the result of a collision between a motor…

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Road Grant for Shire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 2

The shire clerk (Mr. E. Bray) has received a communication from the Hon. R T. Ball stating that he had been advised by the Minister for Local Government that approval had been…

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Railway Congestion at Grafton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 13

Bitter complaints were made at a meeting of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce about congestion at the South Grafton Railway station and…

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A Callous Motorist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 43

A motor car, travelling east along Victoria-street, Melbourne, crashed into a jiaker travelling in the same Erection at the corner of Victoria…

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Farmer's Interests. the Coalfields Railway. Fodder in Drought Times

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 25

In the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Dunn asked the Minister for Agriculture, in view of the fact that the area under wheat had decreased, would he…

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Ten Occupants Thrown Out of Motor Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 22

Ten persons had narrow escapes when a motor car, in which they were travelling to the city overturned while climbing a hill near the Hairpin…

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