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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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The Latest Development. Arch Bridge Approved. Friday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

A prominent Minister, to-day, tacitly admitted that the Government intends to build an arch and not a cantilever bridge, across the harbor…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. the Steaming Radiator

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 36

When radiator water boils away under conditions where no material evaporation should occur, it is because the cooling system is called upon to…

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Expert Motor Cyclist Collides with Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 33

Hitting a motor car, evidently when he was going round a bend in the road at high speed, Paul Remaley, the recently arrived American "crack"…

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Motor Char-a-banc Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 44

Two women and a youth were killed and 15 persons injured when a motor char-a-banc overturned while. on its way to a land sale at Mt Dandenong…

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Motor Cars Collide Head On

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 41

Two motor cars met in a head-on collision at a street earner at Lidcombe, near Sydney a day or two ago. A girl named Barbara Cox, aged 12,…

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Railway to Moon's Siding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 11

The energetic body of people who during the last four and a half years, have been working strenuously to obtain a railway from Uranquinty to…

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Motor Lorry Crashes 60 Feet

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 20

A sensational accident occurred on Anthony's Cutting a dangerous hill on the Ballarat to Melbourne road. Neal's 10-ton motor-waggon from Melbourne,…

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Extensive Thefts of Motor Cars

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 15

Charges of stealing motor cars valued in all at about £22,000, were mentioned at the Sydney Central Police Court. It was alleged that John Alfred Smith,…

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Proposed Rand to Bull Plain Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 3

The following is the Honorary of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public works, which will inquire into the above railway proposal next…

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Motor Trains Not in Favor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 5

Writing to an Albury contemporary a Walbundrie corespondent says:-- The motor train, of which we boasted some time age, on the Road line, is not…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. North Shore Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 2

A prominent Minister to-day tacitly admitted that the Government intends to build an arch and not a cantilever bridge across the harbor. A…

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The Oak[?]ds Motor Car Case. Accused Fails to Appear Bail Entreated

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 3

At the Jerilderie Police Court on Tuesday before the P.M. (Mr E. Harrison) the case against Richard Luke Blackwell, formerly police…

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All Steel Aeroplane

The Independent · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

A giant new all-steel aeroplane, constructed by Messrs. Boulton and Paul, Norwich, is the biggest all-steel aeroplane yet built, and has…

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North Shore Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 45

Dorman, Long and Company, of England, are the successful tenderers for the North Shore bridge. The Cabinet came to this decision, which…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 3

The State Cabinet, after nearly three hours deliberation on Tuesday decided to accept the tender of Dorman, Long and Co. for the construction of the…

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The Harbour Bridge. a Tender Accepted

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 1

The State Cabinet yesterday accepted the tender of Dorman Lang and Co. for the arch type of the bridge, across the Sydney Harbour. The…

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The Bridge Builders. May Lease Walsh Island

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 2

It was freely stated at Newcastle, to-day, that Dorman, Long and Company will lease Walsh. Island for five years in order to fabricate the…

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Accident to Hay Train. Trucks Off Line. Other Side of Groongal. Passengers Being Brought on by Motor Cars

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 3

This afternoon, through the courtesy of Messrs. Wilkinson and Lavender, who received advice from their Carrathool offices, we learned that three or…

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Railway to Moon's Siding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

A week ago a deputation waited upon Mr. E. P. Fleming, Undersecretary for Lands, asking him to place before the Minister the necessity…

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Reorganising Tasmanian Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 38

Mr. W. A. A. Webb, the chief commissioner of the South Australian railways, who inquired into the working of the Tasmanian Government railways,…

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