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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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The Railways. Commissioners' Annual Report

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 6

The annual report of the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners was made available this week by the Minister for Works and Railways, the Hon. R. T. Ball. He…

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The New Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 2

Crs. Glenn, Leitch and Coppinger, of Murray Shire Council, accompanied by Mr. Fitznead (shire engineer) on Monday visited Bunaloo siding,…

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The Oaklands Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 1

Be the Yarrawonga to Oaklands railway to Coorabin coalfields, a writer in the Wangaratta "Chronicle" says:--The Railways Standing Committee…

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Menindie Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. B. J. Doe, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under-secretary, Public Works Department, Sydney:—…

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The " Reso" Train. the Wimmera Our Started

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 3

All seats were filed in the "Reso" train [?] Spencer street on Monday afternoon for a tour of the Wimmera. A special car was added…

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Railway Accident at Mayence. Ten Persons Killed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 6

A Reutor's message from Cologne states that 10 persons were killed and 32 injured in a railway collision in a tunnel outside Mayence, between…

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Good Performances by B.s.a. Motor Cycles

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 4

The B.S.A. continues to perform sucessfully wherever it appears, and at the Goulburn Motor-cycle Club's hill climb on Saturday week, M…

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The Shires' Conference. a Tax on Motor Tyres

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 6

At the Shires Conference to-day a resolution was agreed to for a tax on motor tyres. It was pointed out that a motorist in running 1000 miles…

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Railway Enginemen Restive. Victorian Conference Opens

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 6

The annual conference of the Victorian locomotive enginemen was opened to-day. It is stated that there is now all the elements of a general…

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New Railways. Yarrawonga to Oaklands

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 3

We have it on good authority (will Corowa and Wangaratta please note!) that the Enabling Bill for the construction of the above railway will…

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Advertising Australia Abroard. Railway Commissioners Publish Beautiful Booklet

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 6

Returning from his recent trip abroad the Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, declared that the prevailing ignorance of Australiar is "abysmal." It will be no…

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Cars and Tram Collide. Four Casualties

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

Two motor cars and a tram car collided at the corner of Parramatta and Balmain roads, Petersham, to-day, and four persons were injured…

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Another Motor Victim. a Church Organist Killed. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

A fatal motor accident look place last night. A car skidded and crashed against a tramway pole, which completely, wrecked it. The occupant…

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A Cessnock Motor Bus. Bursts into Flames

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

At Cessnock, a motor bus burst into flames. The only passenger escaped…

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Reduction in Railway Freights

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 6

Speaking at the official opening of the Royal Show on Friday, the Premier announced that the 10 per cent. reduction in freights and fares on all…

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Railway Experts' Report Seven Commissioners Recommended

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 1

The English Railway experts' report on the State railways was tabled in the Assembly last evening. It is generally on the lines of a forecast…

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A Trip to the Dorrigo. Wonderful Record of a Motor Truck

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 5

What we suppose constitutes a long-distance record of the removal of a load of furniture and effects has just been successfully accomplished…

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A Sydney Tramways Record

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 1

The Sydney tramways created a new record yesterday, when 1115 cars carried 1,035,100 passengers, earning £12,366. These figures represent…

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Motorists Warned. Lamps and Number Plates

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 3

In our advertising columns a warning is issued by the inspector-General of Police that the new regulations under the Motor Traffic Act…

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A Motor Trip to Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 3

Messrs. A. C. Stubbs, Police Sergeant Morris and Constable McKee left Corowa on Wednesday morning on route for Sydney per Mr. Stubbs' Oakland…

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