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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

717 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 36

Railway From Moama

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 2

With regard to an application by the landholders along the Moama-Moula-mein-Balranald Railway Construction line, that they be protected from the…

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Football Balranald v. Railway Rovers

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 2

A scratch match between the above teams was played at the Balranald Park last Saturday and resulted in a win for the Rovers by a narrow…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway. Efforts to Finalise Sale

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 2

From Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Minister for Works and Railways, we have received the following copy of a letter sent by him to Hon. F…

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Border Railways Bridges Over Murray

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 2

Good progress has been made up to date with the building of the border railways and the construction of bridges, over the Murray, in…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Driver Found Under Car

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

Cliff Haigh, a motor driver, of Bega, was found pinned under a tourist car at the bottom of a cliff at Pambula. He had been dead…

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Visit of the Main Roads Board

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 2

The members of the recently constituted Main Roads Board, Messrs John Garlick (chairman), Nowell and Upton, accompanied…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

A sad railway fatality took place last Thursday night about a mile this side of Carrathool, whereby MR. Chas. Herring, a widower, between…

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Main Roads Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 20

Under the Main Roads Act a Main Roads Board has been created, and the administration of the main roads of the State will in future be carried on…

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Aeroplane Accident. Man and Woman Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

A shocking aeroplane fatality occurred in Orange on Wednesday afternoon, when Thomas Lynn, pilot, and a woman passenger named Brown lost…

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Road Hogging Penalties

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 26

IT was quite in accordance with the proper fitness of things that a magistrate recently imposed three months' imprisonment upon a motorist…

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Double Aeroplane Tragedy. Two Killed at Orange Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 25

A shocking aeroplane tragedy occurred at Orange on Wednesday afternoon, as the result of which a man and a woman are dead…

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Main Roads Board. Sitting at Deniliquin

The Independent · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 2

The newly constituted Main Roads Board visited Deniliquin on Tuesday, and after being tendered a civic reception by the Mayor (Mr E. T. Matthews) before the…

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Latest Telegrams. an Aeroplane Disaster At the Orange Show. Pilot and Passenger Killed and then Burned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 2

A shocking disaster happened at the Orange Show on Wednesday afternoon, when Mrs. Brown and Thomas Linn, a motor mechanic, lost…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Cars at the Sydney Show, Interesting Indications of Motoring in 1925

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 36

Whilst many thousands of motorists from all parts of Australia will have viewed the motor exhibits at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, and will in…

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Border Railway Agreement Murray Bridges and Riverina Railways in Progress

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 35

Since the agreement was entered into between the Governments of Now South Wales and Victoria by which the great prairies of Central and Western…

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Motor Service—melbourne to Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 33

A regular motor passenger and freight service between Melbourne and Sydney is promised by tho representative of a company formed for this…

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Motor Lorry Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 43

Five persons were injured through a motor lorry turning turtle at Obx Creek, on the Glen Innes road. A motor lorry owned by Steel Bros., and…

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Aeroplane Crashes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 2

At the Orange Show Ground, on Wednesday last, a De Haviland aeroplane crashed, and the pilot, Thomas Lynn, and a passenger, Mrs. Brown,…

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Main Roads Board Visit Corowa

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

On Thursday, morning the members of the Main Roads Board arrived in Corowa from Urana. The party comprised Messrs Jno…

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New Rail Motor Manufactured at Newport Workshops

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

The Victorian Railway Commissioners, accompanied by the general superintendent of traus[?] and the…

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