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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

1,101 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 56

Motor Notes the Brakes of the Future

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 4

That braking systemes as fitted to modern cars still leave room for much improvement is a fact that will be readily admitted by many a…

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Tocumwal Train Smash

The Independent · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 4

A railway accident occurred on the Narandern-Tocumwal line on Tuesday. From the brief information available, it appears that the motor train from…

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World's Longest Railway

The Independent · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 3

According to records in the possession of officers of the Victorian Railway Department, the opening of the Brisbane to Cairns (Q) railway line has given…

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Test Match Captain. In Head-on Motor Collision. Narrow and Lucky Escape. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. A. P. F. Chapman, England's test skipper, had a most remarkable escape from death, near Folkestone, in the early hours of this morning. A…

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Fatal Jump From Tram

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 3

George Asser, 51 years, of Wallsend, was run over by a tram at Wallsend on Saturday night Iast He was carried past his atopping place while he…

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District Registry for Motors at Oaklands

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 3

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Police Department…

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Motorboat Capsizes in Murray River. Two Men Narrowly Escape

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 2

At Easton Station last week two station hands named William Russell, overseer, and Cecil Park, narrowly escaped being drowned in the Murray…

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Griffith-Jerilderie Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 1

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., recently made representations on behalf of the Jerilderie Shire Council to the Minister for Railways,…

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Bullinginya Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 45

Mr. V. W. E. Goodin, M.L.A., has received the following from the Under-secretary for Public Works:—"With reference to representations which have…

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States and Roads Scheme

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 17

Mr. Bruce stated that the Government did not intend to make any new overtures to the States with regards to roads schemes. Any further proposals…

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Roads Question. Corowa Council at Work

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 5

"If this town is to make any progress In the next four cor five years it wilt have to make good roads."--T. H. Webster…

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Kiewa Valley Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 26

IT would seem that there is a very good prospect that the proposed railway from Huon to Dederang, to serve the Kiewa Valley, Vic., will be…

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Transporting Sheep by Motor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 2

The transport of sheep by motor lorry is becoming more general in the Hay district, especially so in the case of small drafts of stud sheep. This…

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Killed by Motor-lorry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 41

Herbert Costello, aged 46 years, labourer, of Castlereagh-street, Redfern, who, according to witnesses, threw himself under the wheels of a…

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Post Kembla-moss Vale Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 32

The Premier, Mr. Lang, announced that the Government had decided to carry out its election promise to build a cross-country railway from Port…

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N.z. Railways May Close

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 43

Mr. K. S. Williams, Minister, in the Public Works Department's, statement, says that, owing to the extraordinary development of motor traffic in New…

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Moss Vale to Port Kembla Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 32

The construction of the railway line from Moss Vale to Port Kembla will be begun on September 1. Simultaneously with the commencement of the…

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Fatal Motor Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 32

When a motor car in which they were returning to Melbourne overturned between Yarra Junction and Warburton one night, a young woman…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 32

Shocking injuries to the head caused the death of James Thomas Redmond, single, aged 24 years, when his motor cycle and sidecar collided with a city…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them Renewing Crown Wheel and Pinion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 36

It may happen that after some yours of service, either the old crown wheel or pinion decides that its useful existence has come to an end and…

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