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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

717 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 36

Border Railway Agreement Murray Bridges and Riverina Railways in Progress

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 2

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

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Latest Telegrams. Motor Accident at Kogarah

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

Three persons were severely injured as the result of two motor cars colliding on the Prince's Highway, at Kogarah, yesterday morning. The…

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Heavy Loads on Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

Both the Shire Council and Municipal Council are determined to check the evil caused by "freak" loads on pur roads, and certain specified routen…

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Country Edition Telegrams. the Orange Aeroplane Smash. The Inquest. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 1

The inquest was continued at Orange to-day into the aeroplane smash of last week, when two persons were killed. The medical…

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Correspondence. the Border Railway Agreement. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

Sir.--In your issue of April 21 the Hon. R. T. Bull takes up a column and a half in an effort to refute my very definite statement that in October,…

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Quarry for Road Metal

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

A meeting of the Southern Riverina County Council was held on Wednesday at the Council Chambers, Culcairn, when the matter of the…

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Inspection of Roads Through Walliston and Warbreccan

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

The Murray Shire councillors’, inspection of roads in the Walliston and southern Warbrecean settlement areas took place last week…

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Wagga to Canberra New Line of Railway Mooted Eight Hours' Saving—Melbourne Canberra

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

The development of the Federal capital at Canberra naturally leads to thoughts of providing the most direct means of access to it from the State…

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Moama to Balranald Railway Line

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 3

We are advised by Mr. M.A. Davidson M.L.A., that he was received the following communication from the Under Secretary for lands.—…

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Motor Traffic. Laxity in Turning Corners

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a number of motor drivers’ names were taken by a constable stationed at the intersection of Cressy and Napier streets…

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Road Signs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 6

America undoubtedly leads the [?]rd in the wording of roadside warnings to motorists. The following are selected from…

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Visit of Railway Officials. Some Local Requests

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

On Monday, Mr. Reid, the Area Commissioner for the Southern District, Mr. Assistant Commissioner Harris, and Mr. Superintendent…

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Latest Telegrams. Caught in Railway Tunnel. Two Men Lose their Lives. SYDNEY. Thursday night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

Two men, F. J. Stevens, 32, and Albert Waring, 28, were caught in a railway cutting at Como, while taking measurements, by a train from…

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Motoring Peril

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

The death of five men and the illness of 80 more from inhaling gas fumes in the Standard Oil Plant in New Jersey has caused the Board of Health of…

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Motoring Notes. Irritating Fault That Is Hard to Find

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 6

Of the many petty mechanical annoyances which are prone to cause the motorist loss of patience and temper, few are more batting and irritating…

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Altered Train Arrangements. Corowa-culcairn Line

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 2

The Hon. R. T. Ball intimates that he has been advised by the Railway Commissioners that, commencing with the winter time-table to operate from…

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Concrete Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

The Chairman of the Country Roads Board (Mr. W. Calder, C.E.), estimates that concrete roads in Victoria would cost £9500 per mile. This means £550…

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Approval of Main Roads Bill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

The annual report of the Shires' Association, issued on Tuesday, refers to the passage of the Main Roads Bill as "the outstanding feature of the year…

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Mishap on Omeo Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 30

Rains caused a quantity of rock and carth to become dislodged from a cutting on the Omeo-Bruthen road. A serious motor accident resulted on…

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Tourist Road for Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 39

That Mr. J. T. Sullivan is enthusiastic in regard to the proposal for a tourist road into Groggin on the Victorian side, thus giving easy access to…

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