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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

1,101 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 56

The Motor Traffic Some Local Summonses

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., yesterday, a number of summonses for alleged breaches of the Motor Traffic Act were heard…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

Through a tyre blowing out, a car overturned at Maitland. George McDonald was killed, and three other persons injured…

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Motor Accident. Cars Damaged-- Passengers Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

At about a quarter to six on Saturday evening a serious motor accident occurred on the Albury road, at a p[?] just about the scene of theaccident…

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Telegrams British Coal Strike Railway Accidents Ektrenists Attempt to Destory Fuel Works London, May 10

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 2

Acts of violence and dastardly attempts to wreck trains and set fire to huge fuel works are but a few of the damnatic features of the British Coal…

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Motor Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 3

Care of tile car can be taken from all sorts of angles, so that it of necessity must be dealt with from whatever angle suits the respective…

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Motor Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 4

Between being able to drive a car and to attain a state of efficiency so as to deserve the title of "expert," there is a wide gulf. It is one thing to…

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Bowser Peechelba Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 3

Mr. Robers, values of the Railway Department, on Thursday last inspected the route for the proposal Bowser -Peechelba railway to make the final [?]…

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Visit of Railway Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 2

The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners will arrive on a tour of inspection on Monday next. May 17, at 9.40 p.m. and will depart on Tuesday; May 18, at…

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New Deviation Road to Urana

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

The deviation road from the main Corowa Urana Road to Oaklands is almost completed, and has been opened for traffic. For Oaklands people…

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Telegrams Visi[?] of Railway Commi[?]bioners. Sydney, Friday, [?]

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

The New South Wales Railway Commissioners will visit Corewa on Monday, at 9.40 p.m. when they will receive an[?]…

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Motor Notes "Tabloid" Advice on Lubrication

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

When the motorist picks up any cur journal or proceeds to read the motoring section of any newspaper. It it almost a certainty that somewhere…

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Hay-deniliquin Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

Hay “Grazier,” in an article last week, urges that immediate action should be taken to have Deniliquin and Hay connected by railway. It is…

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Urana-boree Greek Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

The Prana Shire Council has received word from the Main Roads Board, approving of the work on the Prana - Borce Greek boundary road…

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The Motor Traffic Act Alleged Failure to Light Up

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., yesterday, William Jackson was charged with, that between sunset and sunrise, he did…

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Motors Reverse

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 3

Corown was coupled up to Albury current after midnight on Saturday, and on Monday all the motors in the town ran the reverse way. In one…

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Motor Fatality Near Tumbarumba

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 3

A motor lorry, with 18 Adelong foot- batters aboard, leapt over a cliff, near Tumbarumba, on Saturday, at mid- day, to the bed of a creek. Two were…

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Supply of Water at Railway Stations During Drought Periods

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., for wards the following letter which he had received from the Secretary for Railways, dated Sydney, May 12,…

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Main Roads Board

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under Secretary, Department of Local Government:—…

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Great White Train

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

When the Great White Train of the Australian Made Preference [?] arrived at Granville on Saturday the first half of its tour of the country…

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Supply of Water at Railway Stations During Drought Periods

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 1

Following communication has been addressed to Mr. M. Kilpatrick and Mr. R. T. Ball, M's.L.A., by the N.S. Wales Railway Department:—…

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