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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

717 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 36

Railway Commission at Oaklands Progress Association Take Up Cudgels for the Farmers

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners for New South Wales, Messrs. Fraser, The Chief Commissioner, and Commissioners Brain and Foster, and Area…

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Mail Bag's on Fire Accident to Deniliquin Mall Motor an Unusual Occurrence

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 2

On Saturday morning the mail motor, on its way to Deniliquin met with an accident before it had travelled eight miles, and returned…

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Ueana-corowa Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Urana Shire Council, the engineer reported as follows on the above road:--I would point out that the estimated cost to…

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Rand Roads and Ruts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 5

The Urana Shire Council should certainly turn its attention to the condition of the streets and footways at Rand, for they are in a deplorable…

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Accident to Echuca-deniliquin Train

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 1

The Deniliquin mailman arrived at Hay at 1.30 to-day without any mail, and informed the postmaster the motor train from Echuca to…

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Drummer's Bad Day. Sleepy Town, Miserable Hotel Business Nil, Train Late, Threatended with Jail!

The Independent · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 4

The stranger stood on the [?]der platform and scowled upon the world at large. He had spent the day in the town, and it had not only…

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Rail Motor Accident to New [?]

The Independent · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

Three miles on the Melbourne side or Mathoura, the rail motor which runs from Deniliquin to Echuca became derailed about half-past 3 o'clock on Tuesday…

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Country Edition Telegrams. the Railway Board. Employees' Representative Suggested SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 1

The State Cabinet is reported to be intent on appointing an employees' representative on the Board of Railway Commissioners…

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Peculiar Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

A lad named Eric Gladstone, aged 15 years, son of Mr. Alex. Gladstone, of Porepaakah, met a rather serious accident recently. He offered to…

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Liability of Motor Garage Owners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

A case which kept the attention of the police magistrate at Wagga is of more than passing interest to owners of garages. Under the law as it…

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Motor Train Derailed Serious Accident Averted. Passengers Escape Uninjured

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 2

What must be regarded as a miraculous escape from a serious disaster happened on Tuesday afternoon about three miles south of…

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Oaklands to Yarra-wonga Railway Deputation to the Premier

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 3

A deputation of the residents who are interested in the construction of the Oaklands-Yarrawonga railway waited on the Premier of Victoria…

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Motor Driver Fined

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 2

At the Police Court on Saturday, before Messrs Coogan and Britz, J’s. P Arthur Hawker was charged with driving a motor lorry in…

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Summonses Under Motor Act. the Silent Cops

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

At the court of petty sessions, before the P.M., yesterday, a number of summonses for alleged breaches of the Motor Traffic Act came for hearing…

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Railway Proposal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 2

CORRESPONDENCE has been running through the columns of our Narandera contemporary with reference to a proposed railway from…

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Railway towards Deniliquin

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 3

Mr M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Under Secretary, Public Works Department, anent…

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Melbourne-Sydney Road Neglected

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

The condition of the through road has been brought prominently before the public of recent date, and from Albury come the following observations:…

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Drought Fodder. Special Railway Rate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 30

The Graziers' Association has been in touch with the Railway Commissioners with a view to further consideration of the question of allowing…

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Week-end Accidents. Motor Car Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 29

Skidding on the wet surface of the roadway near Brooklyn (Vic), on Saturday afternoon a motor car over turned and rolled over twice. A man…

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Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. a Dual Purpose Bumper Bar

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 36

An inga[?] contrivance which has been dev[?] by a prominent member of the Royal Automobile Club of Australian with make a district appeal to…

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