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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

1,101 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 56

Main Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 38

In a memorandum issued by the Federal Government on the Federal aid for roads scheme, it was shown that the Commonwealth contributions to the…

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National Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 33

It is still being stated that the three dissenting States are being compelled to contribute towards road construction in other States. This…

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Victoria Accepts Roads Grant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 31

The Victorian Government has decided to accept the Federal Roads Aid Scheme. A Bill will be introduced in the Assembly at once to ratify the…

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Mr. G. V. Chapman Dies. Result of Aeroplane Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 34

Mr. Geoffrey Valentine Chapman, who was injured when a Curtiss aeroplane, piloted by his brother, Mr. Norman Chapman, crashed into a true at…

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Visit of the "Great White Train" to Albury. Prize Essay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 13

The object of the "Great White Train" was to encourage the people to take more interest in "Australian-made" goods. By doing this the people…

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Queensland Drought Railways Are Affected

The Independent · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 4

Drought is seriously affecting operations of the Queensland railways. This was admitted by the Minister for Railways last week when he said…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. a Mysterious Noise

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 36

An irritating noise which conies from underneath the front floor boards of a car may be traced frequently to a loose starter ring on the fly wheel…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 43

While returning from Lillimur to Serviceton (Vic.) a rail tricycle, driven by hand and carrying two railway gangers, was struck by a light engine…

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Kiewa Valley. a Railway Project. Rejected by Standing Committee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 22

The Railways Standing Committee presented a report to the State Parliament against a proposal to construct a 5 feet 3 inches gauge railway…

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Motor Accident at Jindera Gap

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 4

While driving into Albury in his one ton Ford truck on Tuesday evening between 5 and 6 o'clock Mr. Carl Nischke, of Jindera, had a sensational…

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Queensland Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 11

The continuance of the drought has interfered with the railway estimates and involved the department in very heavy expenditure for the first five…

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Country Edition Telegrams. the City Railway. a Big Compensation Claim. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 1

The sum of £119,000 is claimed by Benjamin Barrettt from the Railway Commissioners in a case brought before Mr. Justice Pike in the Land…

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Border Railways

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1926 · page 2

A recent writer in the "Age" disapproves of the construction of Border Railways, in the following terms;—"While the railway section of the…

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Motor Notes Noisy Tappets

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1926 · page 4

It is quite common to find that when the tappets of a car have just been adjusted that one or more of them remains noisy and no amount of…

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[?] Lind. [?] Roads Plan [?] Party Report

The Independent · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 3

[?] 10th peak and [?] of the [?] have came into…

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Main Roads. Mr. Lange[?]pdains. Reasons for Limitations

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 4

“In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Kilpatrick asked we Premier in regard to the proposal to. “purloin” money from the Main Roads Fund,…

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Hours for Delivery of Wheat to Railway Yards

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 5

The Advisory Council of the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales has received many communications from branches re the hours for…

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Great Overland Trip. in Bean Truck. Motorists Arrive in Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 2

About mid-day yesterday Mr. John Coghlan, driver and mechanic, and Mr. Milton Napthine, assistant driver and mechanic, arrived in Corowa on…

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Political Victoria and South Australia Accept National Roads Proposal N.s.w. Alone Remains to Come in

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 1

Within last week two, viz., Victoria and South Australia of the three dissenting States have come into the Federal Government's National Roads…

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Motor Car Burnt

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 2

Very curly on Sunday morning a Willys-Knight motor car, the property of Mr. Angus McDonald, grazier, which had been housed in an open shed at the…

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