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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Motor Car Somersaults. Party of Nin[?] Injured

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1926 · page 3

A car containing a party of nine football supporters, who had followed the Albury team to Corowa on Saturady, met with a mishap on the…

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Walbundrie Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 4

Last, week Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the chairman of the Main Roads Board, Mr. Garlick, regarding a new bridge at…

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Victorian Main Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 2

In reply to a request by the country Roads' Board for requirements for the ensuing year, Wangaratta Shire Council has decided to ask that…

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Tumbarumba Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 4

Mr. V. W. E. Goodin, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for local Government, that as a result of his representations, he has agreed to…

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Giant Aeroplane. Many Sleeping Berths. New York, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 5

A giant multi-motored aeroplane capable not only of carrying, but also of providing sleeping accommodation for from 35 to 40 passengers is now…

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Monument Hill. Proposed Road of Access

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 25

At last the road of access to Monument Hill at Albury, on which is erected the soldiers' memorial, is to be an accomplished fact. At last…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Helping the Other Fellow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 36

Motoring enthusiasts as well as various sections of the press are rightly laying more and more emphasis on the need for a better spirit of co-operation…

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Federal Capital Railways Agitation for Direct Route. Proposals From Albury, Wagga, Junee and Yass. Line From Yass Favoured. Official Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 18

The Secretary for Railways has forwarded to the Public Works Department the following report, bearing upon the proposed direct line of rail…

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French Motor Works. Great Damage by Fire. Paris, Mar 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 20

A serious fire occurred at the Renault motor works at Billancourt, where the workers recently went on strike…

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Railway Employees on Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 39

After a record hearing which continued for three weeks, at the Sydney Central Police Court, the case in which nine railway employees were charged…

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Motor Overturns. Passengers' Narrow Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 3

A very nasty car accident occurred about a mile on the Albury side of Gerogery on Friday afternoon. The car occupied by Messrs. W…

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Aeroplane Cadet Killed Instantly

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 2

There was another fatal aeroplane smash at Point Cook Melbourne on Thursday, when Cadet, A.H. Percival (21) was killed. It is believed that…

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Great White Train

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 2

A feature of the recent tour of the Great White Train was the record number of people who visited it during its stay in the different towns…

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New Train Signalling Device

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 2

Tests are now being conducted by the Railways Department of the Sheremeteff gravity electric machine, a new system for the control of railway…

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Local & General North Shore Bridge

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 2

Serious trouble threatens on the North Shore Bridge works Dorman, Long and Co., the contractors, posted notices on Thursday stating that in…

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Motor Notes Extraordinary Petrol Mileage

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 4

Every motorist who has read the petrol consumption figures in connection with the R.A.C.A. One Day's Trial. conducted on Saturday last…

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Great White Train. Brilliant End of Present Tour. Upwards of 300.000 VISITORS

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1926 · page 4

Now that the "Great While' Train hits gone into her temporary moorings, a few facts about the wonderful four just completed wilt, no doubt, be of…

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Wool for U.s. Motors

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1926 · page 1

Why not introduce a system of [?]arter and pay in kind for what we purchase from America? That proposition was advanced on…

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Motorist's Strange Act

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1926 · page 2

It has been reported to the Barnawartha police that a large motor car arrived near Staverley's farm, Dry Creek Chiltern and proceeded to a…

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Suggested Railway. Jerilderie to Griffith

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1926 · page 3

Mr V. W. E. Goodin, M.L.A , is in receipt of the following communication from the Under Secretary, Department of Public Works :—…

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