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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

936 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 47

Motor Hogs

The Independent · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

Patrick Plains [?] the Murray Shire council for supply for [?] your [?] from carrying out [?]…

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Railway Opposed

The Independent · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

The agitation by the Hillston [?] for the construction of a railway [?] to [?] and [?] is [?] by [?]…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, 7th March. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M.). Dangerous Motor Drivers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 22

Tainton Edwards was charged with driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public on Wednesday, 23rd February. Mr. Gavan-Duffy…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Cleaning Petrol Funnels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 36

Petrol funnels of the better type are usually supplied, with a gauze in the drain pipe for filtering the petrol as it passes through the tank. After…

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Fatal Motoring Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 18

A party of cricketers and their friends met with an accident on returning by car from Morgan to Locak 2. (S.A.). The driver of the car tried…

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Dead Motorist's Car. Buried by Villagers. London, March 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 20

The giant Babs motor car which was wrecked and burnt when Parry Thomas; the world's foremost racing motorist, was killed on the Pendine…

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Motorists, Beware!

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

In view of the fact that there have been quite a number of prosecutions for breaches of the regulations governing motor car traffic we wish to…

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Sheep Transport by Motor an Interesting Queensland Experiment

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

Details of an interesting experiment in the transport of sheep appear in the Queensland "Agricultural Journal." The journal describes…

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Family Endowment Railway Department’s Expenses

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

Further evidence in regard to the family endowment scheme in respect of the N. S. W. Railways was given this week by Mr. J. F. McAvoy, chief…

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Motor Notes New Drivers and the Law of the Road

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 4

Motoring bids fair to achieve an even greater [?]oom than was the case last year, and so it is that there are more and more novice drivers on the…

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The "Better Farming Train" to Start on its First Tour

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

The Hon R. T. Ball, M.L.A., for wards the following letter, received from the Hon. W. F. Dunn, Minister for agriculture, dated 4th March…

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Railway Clerks Embezzle £5000

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

Two railway clerks at Christchurch (N.Z.) have been charged with placing on the pay sheets of the department fictitious names of workmen…

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Condobolin to Broken Hill Railway. Takes Twelve Years to Complete

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

This line was commenced at the Broken Hill end in November, 1914, and was completed as far as Menindie on the 3rd February, 1919…

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Victorian Railways

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 2

The Victorian Railway System comprises:—5825 route miles of track, of which 401 milees are electrified. 687 steam…

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Better Farming Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

In connection with the itinerary fixed for the first trip of the Better Farming Train, which left Sydney for the Southern districts, on Sunday last,…

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Main Roads' Board Specifications

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

On Friday the Kycamba Shire Council had before it a copy of the specifications or the Main Roads' Board, under which all main road…

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The Better Farming Train. Cheap Excursions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 3

In connection with the first tour of the Better Farming Train through portion of the southern districts, the Railway Department announces the…

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Run Down by Train Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

Sidney Richards, 44, was run down by a train while riding a railway tricycle near King Siding (Qld.). He received two fractured ribs, besides other…

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Better Farming College on Wheels Touring Train

The Independent · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4

The Better Farming Train, which the Premier (Mr. Lang) announced recently would tour the agricultural districts of the State, will shortly begin is…

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Disputed Road Section Gunbar to Goolgowie. Petition to Carrathool Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4

Amongst the matters dealt with at Friday's meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council, was a petition in respect to a section of the road…

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