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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Yarrawonga to Oaklands Railway

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

During the debate on the Railway Loan Application Bill in the Victorian Legislative Assembly Mr. [?] saud: An agreement was made…

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Motor Notes Lubrication Fallacies

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 5

There are some persons who imagine that because a teaspoonful of a certain drug benefits them, a bottle taken at once will effect an…

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Motor Spirit Supplies

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

Monday next will be a red-letter day in motoring circles in Deniliquin. It will mark the extension of bulk distribution of motor spirit to this…

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Motor Train Service. Proposal for Wahgunyah-springhurst Line

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 4

On Wednesday Messrs. W. W. Reid, C. L. Wadelton and--, Gray, three officers of the Railway Department, visited Wahgunyah and Ratherglen with…

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Portable Radio. Motorist's Experiences

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

A prominent Sydney motorist was in Katoomba a day or two ago with n portable radio set the size of a small portmanteau, and weighing only 36…

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Motor Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

These notes are merely meant to be in the nature of a discussion on motoring topics and from week to week I intend to touch…

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Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

H. W. Thomas was charged with a breach of the Motor Traffic Regulations, in failing to return certificate of registration. Pleaded…

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Jerilderie-Tuppal Railway Line

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. Kilpatrick: I desire to ask the Minister for Railways if he will give instructions for the survey of the proposed railway line from…

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Tocumwal-Narandera Railway Service

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

On Tuesday a deputation from Riverina met representatives of the Victorian and New South Wales Railway Service in Tocumwal to…

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Main Roads Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 35

"From correspondence received by members of the Country Party and from various comments in the pross, it is obvious that many of our…

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Sluggish Roads Policy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 26

NEITHER Governments nor Shire Councils appear to have gripped the spirit of the times, viz., good roads even before railways. The…

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Shire and Municipal Councils. Distribution of £20,000,000 for Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 10

The Shires' Association intends to seek representation on the Federal Board, which has been appointed to advise on the £20,000,000…

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£20,000,000 for Roads. Where Does N.s.w. Come In? Shires Claim a Voice

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 33

The Federal Government proposes to spend £2,000,000 a year for ten years on roads, but it apparently does not intend to allot the money in the same…

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Deniliquin Railway Station. Mr. Clapp Criticised

The Independent · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

At the Municipal Council meeting last Monday night reference was made to the neglect of the Victorian Railway Commissioners to rebuild the railway station here,…

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Control of the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 38

Mr. Anderson raised a point of great public interest in the Legislative Assembly when he asked the Premier (Mr. Lang) whether he would…

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Motor Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 39

When a motor car, carrying a party of children, over turned, at Bankstown a boy was killed and three others injured. The victims were Gordon…

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Drunken Motorists. "Running Wild" in America. Association Condemns Authorities. Washington, January 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 43

The American Automobile Association, following a survey throughout, the nation, has announced that the drunken motor car driver is running…

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Monday, January 25. Motorist Fined for Speeding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 30

The P.M., Mr. C. A. Arnold made strong comment and inflicted a heavy penalty on Leslie Frederick Jacobs, who pleaded guilty, to a charge of…

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Yass Railway Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 44

At an inquest hold at Yass Court House into the death of P. Weatherby, who was killed by the south-west mail on January 13, the coroner found…

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