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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

1,101 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 56

First Border Railway. Line Officially Opened

The Independent · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

By the completion of the railway, approximately 130 miles in length, between Moama (N.S.W.), a small township just across the River Murray from Echuca, and…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Points on the Starting Motor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 36

Those who are owners of old-fashioned cars not equipped with starting motors generally exercise a great deal more caution and forethought…

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Foe the Woman Motorist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 14

When women first began to own or drive a car it was taken as a matter of course that they should have specially designed coats and headwear…

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18,000,000 Motor Cars in America

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 25

The congestion caused by motor cars is one of America's greatest road problems, according to Mr. Horton-Lewis, international representative of Fiske…

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W.a. Railwaymen Reinstated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 32

The two drivers of the Great Western express who had been suspended for refusing to pass the automatic signal at "stop" after waiting for…

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Tram Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 32

A sensational tram accident occurred between Kogarah and Ramsgate. It appears that a tram left Kogarah for Sans Souci, and when starting up…

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Railway Outrages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 23

The persons responsible for a series of railway outrages in the vicinity of Palmerston North (N.Z.), are still at large. Another incident occurred…

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Motor Accidents. Race Track Accident. Two Cyclists Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 31

At the Gawlor (S.A.) racecourse on Saturday, during a preliminary trial for one of the events on the motor cycling programme, two of the…

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A Railway in the Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 12

There are many stories of achievement in railway construction, but few will surpass in interest tho story of an aerial railway nearly as long as…

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Proposed Railway Hillston to Roto

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 4

For some time past representations have been made on behalf of the settlers on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, and also on behalf of…

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The New Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 4

While the construction of the line to Balranald by the Victorian authorities proceeded, preparations by the N.S.W. Lands Department for the…

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Our Bad Roads

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 2

To-day in the main thoroughfares of Deniliquin the roads are a succession of holes and bumps, and apparently the municipal authorities are…

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Motor Notes Carbon Valves, and Engine Efficiency

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 4

From time to time every motoring writer discourses at some length our the subject of carbon formation in the engine, and draws the attention of the…

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Balranald Railway Official Opening Ceremonies

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 2

Balranald came right into the limelight this week, when the official opening of the new railway Iine from Mo[?]ma took place. The cercmonies…

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Motor Mishap

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

About 2 o'clock on Friday morning a sensational motor accident occurred on Howlong road at the western entrance to Albury, and within a few…

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Proposed Oaklands Yarrawonga Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., states states that during his recent visit to Melbourne he called on the secretary to the Minister for Railways,…

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Another Motor Lorry

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

Mr. T. [?]. Armour, builder and contractor, of Albury Road, Corowa, has installed a Morris-Cowley motor truck for use in his ever increasing business…

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The Great White Train

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 2

On Friday and Saturday there is every prospect of the town being thronged with visitors from all parts of the district, to see the" Great…

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Border Railway. What It Will Mean. Value To Two States

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 3

The Parliamentary train, which traversed the full length of the new border railway, from Moama to Balranald, returned to Melbourne on Wednesday…

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GEELONG. Ford Motor Works

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 2

About 3,000 people, chiefly Geelong residents, inspected the motor assembling works of the Ford Motor Company at North Shore last Saturday…

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