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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Urana Shire Main Roads Works

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 1

A special meeting of the above was held on Thursday of last week, for the purpose of dealing with matters in relation to the Main Roads Board…

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Motor Notes Maroubra Speedway Opens

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 4

From an early hour the ekodus has begun and crowds have set out from city in trams cars and taxis, intent on being present at the opening…

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Cheap Railway Excursions for Christmas

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 4

Details of a series of cheap excursion train to and from Sydney are announced by the Railway Department in our business columns…

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Wahgunyah-springhurst Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1925 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Rutherglen Shire Council the following letter was read:--From secretary, Citizens' Association, asking co-operation in…

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The Motor Traffic Act. a Batch of Summonses

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 December 1925 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., yesterday a number persons were charged, on summons, with breaches of the motor…

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Motor Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1925 · page 3

From many inquiries made we find a great deal of satisfaction in the knowledge thai our first instalment of motor notes have…

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Special Train to Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 3

A special express train will leave Springhurst at 1 a.m. on Christmas Day, reaching Melbourne at 6 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Hotton's car will…

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A Nasty Mishap. Clear Bridge, West Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I was pleased to see my last letter in print. The pony is well again, and we are driving it to school. We had an accident going to…

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Grass Drying Up. Glenfield, Urana-road via Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—1 was ever so glad to see my last letter in print. The grass is all drying up for the want of rain. Christmas time will be here…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Fatal Accident at Junee. Hay Train Cuts a Man to Pieces. SYDNEY. Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 1

Just before 6 o'clock tonight Alfred Baldwin, employed at the railway engine sheds, was run down by the mail train from Hay, and cut to…

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Terrific Motor Crash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

Although his helmet saved him from instantaneous death, Dave V. Evans suffered frightful injuries when him motor cycle, travelling at a terrific…

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Carlton Motor Tragedy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 32

At the Melbourne City Court on Saturday "Dick" Kalafatis, the Greek fishmonger, who is alleged to have feloniously slain Gertrude Waters…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Great Opening Meeting at Maroubra Speedway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 36

Saturday, December 5th, 1925, was a red letter day in the history of motoring in Australia, for then it was that the newly completed Maroubra…

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Motoring Hints. Help for the Handy Owner

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

When, in an emergency, a small gear must be cast, the following method can be employed. Estimate the diameter and number of leech required. Find…

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Border Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 4

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Railways, Melbourne, on the matter of the proposed…

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Federal Roads Grant

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce stated on Tuesday, that there was no definite scheme or suggestion to institute a tax on petrol for the…

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Urana Train De-railed Permanent Way and Rolling Stock Badly Damaged

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 5

It is not often that Oaklands has two sensations in the one day; but such was the case on Monday last. One was the grass fire at Burrengong…

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Railway Smashes Another accident

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 5

A man in a motor car was going over the crossing at the central railway gates at Junee on Monday night and did not see an approaching train…

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Yarrawonga To Oaklands Railway

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 1

Mr. M, Kilpatrick M.L.A is in receipt of the following communication the Minister for Victorian Railways:—"In reply to your letter of the 16th…

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