Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

1,101 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 56

Motor Notes Patching U[?] Transmission Bands

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 4

Should the Ford owner have the misfortune to "do in" either Hie reverse or slow speed band of his transmission, he win be relieved to know…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Border Railways Wakool Crossing Line

The Independent · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 4

With the extension of the border railways into Southern Riverina much valuable land that has remained undisturbed and almost unproductive has…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motorists Fined

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday Francis Anthony Thomas pleaded guilty to a charge of driving an unregistered vehicle, and was fines £2…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Balranald Railway Line

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. H. Francis, Constructing Engineer of the Victorian Railways, in a recent issue of the Victorian Railways Magazine, gives some interesting facts…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sheep by Motor

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 4

A few weeks age, relates a Queensland correspondent, there was an account of the travelling of a mob of rams, per motor lorry, from…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Border Railways. Claims for Extensions. Dairying and Wheatgrowing

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 4

There are parts of the Riverina in which many settlers can be found who consider favorably the creation of a new State. This feeling has in no…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Griffith-Jerilderie Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 3

The Hon. R. T. Ball. M L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Under Secretary, Public Works Department, re the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Train As Law Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 6

Mr. Justice Swift, who recently heard an application and granted an injunction against a film company in a train at Cannon Street Station,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Proposed Bridge Over Murrumbidgee River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 11

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has been advised by the Under Secretary, Public Works Department in reference to the proposed construction of a…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Albury Show Special Train Service

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 25

On Albury Show day (Wedneday, September 1) special trains will be run from Junee, Yerong Creek, Holbrook and Balldalo, in New South Wales, and…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Boggy Roads. The Forest, Little Billabong, Via Holbrook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—The weather has been very wet and cold lately. The other day it hailed very heavily and covered the ground some inches deep…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Railway Works

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 38

The Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. James Fraser) estimates that the total cost of work authorised in connection with the railway system of…

Continued on Trove, page 38 →

Albury Police Court. Monday, August 16. (Before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M.) Motorists Fined

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 23

William E. Collins was charged with driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public in Townsend-street on July 27. Defendant, for…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Locking the Self Starter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 36

Even where a good ignition lock and gear lock are provided to protect the car against theft, it is a wise move to fit some device whereby the starter…

Continued on Trove, page 36 →

Motor Cars—australian-made

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 17

Mr. Bartholomew Bannon, who is organising the National Motor Car Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a company with a capital of £1,000,000, which…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

New Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 11

Seven lines of railway are being constructed in New South Wales. In addition to the city railway, the first section of which—to St. James's…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Kiewa Valley Railway a Tourists Paradise. a Rich Undeveloped Area

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 20

The Kiewa valley is a tourists paradise. A district capable of rivalling Mount Buffalo in natural beauty and scenery; it is highly suitable for…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

"The Motoring Spirit."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

Even the most careful of motorists know that he or she may have to take risks occasionally. There is the unforseen skid on a slippery road; there…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Queensland Tram Strike. Probably Averted

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

There is to be no tram strike at Brisbane. After the compulsory conference to-day, the president of the Board of Trade announced that it had…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway Figures Big Increases

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. Tredinnick, district railway superintendent at Bendigo, in the course of a speech at Echuca on Monday, said the Victorian railway…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →