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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Railway Conference. Greatly Improved Service in June

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

The most important local event of last week was the visit of railway official on Friday last to discuss the providing of greater facilities in out from…

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Harbour Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 11

At a conference of the Federal Council of the Operative Stonemasons' Society exception was taken to the action of the New South Wales…

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Finley-berrigan Road

The Corowa Chronicle · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2

At a meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council a letter was "not received." the Council considering its wording unnecessarily sarcastic. The letter…

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Roads Board and Lockhart Shire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council a letter was read from the main Roads confirming its offer to assist the council in finacing…

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Slippery Roads. Clear Ridge. West Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I last wrote to you. We have been having rain up here nearly every week. The roads are very muddy…

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Shires' Conference. Developmental Roads. Defensive Policy of Councils

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 45

The annual report of the Shires' conference stated that the Main Roads Board, which the association had done so much to create, had committed itself…

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Kind to Animals. Eauldrie-road, Grenfell

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 12

-Dear Uncle Jeff,—I thought I would like to write to you again. It is very cold up here, uncle. It is still raining, and the grass is nice and…

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Walbundrie Bridge. Unsafe and Beyond Repair. Move for New Structure

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 3

A few weeks ago when the Culcairn Shire Councillors toured the district they were met at Walbundrie by a deputation who asked that a new…

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Railway Truck Building

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 33

A plea for further consideration in the matter of truck making in the country was made at the Ballarat city council on Monday night. Cr…

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Rand Railway. Extension Sought

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 22

A deputation, representative of the Band Railway Extension League, which was to have waited on the Minister for Railways, resolved itself into a…

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Railway Commissioner. Visit to Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 31

The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. J. Fraser, accompanied by Messrs. O. W. Brian and A. D. J. Forster, commissioners; C. A. Hodgson, chief…

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An Important Railway Eucha to Balranald. Heavy Traffic Anticipated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 31

A great future for tho recently opened Echuca to Balranald railway is predicted by the railway officials who visited the district the…

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Bombala-eden Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 11

The Public Works Committee unanimously rejected the proposal to build a railway from Bombala, to Eden, at an estimated cost of £3,523,441, as…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Electrical Routine for Car Owner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 36

A great number of amateurs seem to think that the "be all" and "end all" of their duties towards the electrical system of their cars consists in…

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Motor Notes Points on Care of the Carburettor

The Corowa Chronicle · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 4

Those carburettors fitted with a metal float which operates the needle valve, are deserving of a little attention from time to time in order to…

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Railway Guaro Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

Frank Morris (28), railway guard, residing at North Sydney, was killed instantly on Tuesday morning when he was crushed between the buffers of…

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Rand Railway Extensisn. N.S.W, Minister and Deputation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

A deputation representative of the Rand Railway Extension League, which was to have waited on the Minister of Railways in Sydney on Monday last…

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Corowa-Urana Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Urana Shire Council a letter was read from the Main Roads Board, in reference to the Corowa Road, No, 41.--On the…

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Proposed Bridge Over Upper Murray

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 26 May 1926 · page 3

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., for wards the following letter which he has received from the Under Secretary, Department of Public Works…

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Rand to Ringwood Railway

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 26 May 1926 · page 2

The gentlemen appointed by the Rand Railway Extension League, to interview the N.S.W. Minister of Railways, re the above, were wanting in…

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