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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Woman Motorist's End

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 2

Miss Alice Elizabeth Folly Anderson, 29 years, well known as proprietress of a garage at Cothan road, Knew sustained fatal injuries on…

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Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 2

Mr. Reid, Area Commissioner, will arrive in Corowa on Wednesday, September 29, at 3.34 p.m., leaving at 4.15 p.m. Mr. Reid will be pleased to…

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Motors Collide

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 2

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday two motors met with a collision, but fortunately no serious damage was done. Mr. W. J. Clark, of the…

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Motor Truck

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 5

Mr. J. E. Kelly is the latest to employ motor traction in his business, he having just purchased a Doge truck…

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Corowa Show Special Train

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 2

The Now South wiles Railway Department has scheduled a special train to run on Saturday, October 2 for the Corowa Show! A train will…

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Railways and Tramways Show a Loss

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 2

Losses on the New South Wales railways and tramways for the financial year 1925-26 totalled £1,109,071. The deficit, according to the report of…

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Motor Notes Four Wheel Brakes and Front Spring Bolts

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 4

Needless to say, it is always necessary and desirable that the "U" bolts" of the front springs should be kept tightly in place and that the spanner…

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Road Reconstruction

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

Messrs. Clark and Thomas made a start ester day on their contract for reconstructing the north road to the railway station. The work was…

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Atrial Holiday 2000 Miles in Aeroplane

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 4

Mi. W Oliver, of South Yarra, accompanied by his son and Mr. A. Peck, left Essendon aerodrome on last week on a 2000-mile…

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RAILWAY [?] (To the Editor.)

The Independent · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

Sir,—The railway [?] 'seems to be good at [?] "Eat More Frnit," [?] Freight," and a few [?]…

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Latest Telegrams Another Railway Accident. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

A railway accident occurred yesterday between Byrock and Brewarrma 396 miles from Sydney, when two trucks of a ballast train were…

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Roads Agreement

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 29 September 1926 · page 2

Acting on behalf of the State of Victoria and the Attoney-General of the State, the Crown Soliator[?] (Mr. F. G. Menzies) on Wednesday last…

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Aid for Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 39

Consideration was given by the Federal Cabinet to providing funds for the States—Queensland, West Australia, and Tasmania—that are willing to…

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Main Roads Grant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 10

The Country Roads Board has notified Oxley Shire Council (Vic.) that the following amounts have been allotted under the Developmental Roads…

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Corowa Show. Special Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 6

The Railway Department has scheduled a special train to run on Saturday. October 2, for the Corowa Show. A train will leave Culcairn at 9 a.m…

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Bridge Built in a Day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 31

One of the most ambitious tasks attempted in a limited period on the construction works of the Casino-Grafton line was the demolition and…

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Five Man Molong Cross[?] Train Kills a M[?] Sydney[?]

The Independent · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

A Molongy message [?] five passengers in a m[?] was run down by a [?] Dean's Crossing, near [?]…

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Latest Telegrams. Shocking Motor Accidents. Car Crashes Into Train at Crossing. a Party of Five Wiped Out. Two Men Killed Near Bourke. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

Within the last 24 hours the motor car has taken toll of seven lives in country districts. A tragic level crossing accident…

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Took Wrong [?] Two Motorists Sydne[?]

The Independent · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

A Bourke message at commercial travellers, Theo. Curtis, were kill[?] about two miles from [?]…

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Shearers in Motor Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 30

One man, Frank B. Jenkins, is in an extremely critical condition and six others are more or less seriously injured and in hospital as a result of a terrible…

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