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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Savernake Bush Fire Brigade to Purchase Own Motor Truck

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 3

At a meeting of the subscribers to the Savernake Bush Fire Brigade and others, held at Savernake on Sunday, it was decided that the brigade should…

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Concrete Roads and Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 26

MR. Ken. Hoad, M.L.A., has made tho statement that the people who are clamouring for new railways would be well advised to concentrate…

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Aeroplane Mail. Government Proposals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 18

The Federal Cabinet is considering the question of an aerial mail service between Fremantle and Adelaide. This service, if established, will deliver…

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Main Roads Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 13
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The annual report of the Main Roads Board shows that the total expenditure in the metropolitan area during the first year's operations amounted…

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Better Farming Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 21

The "Great White Train" which recently toured the State in advocacy of the "Made in Australia" movement, is to be re-equipped, and, in the interest…

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Murray River Bridge. £180,000 WORK

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 3

The Murray Waters Commission has commenced the preliminary work in connection with the building of a bridge over the Murray River, two…

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Tarcutta Road Fire. Milkman Fined

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 23

In connection with the disastrous Tarcutta road fire, Leslie Percy Sterck was charged in the Wagga Police Court, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., with…

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Better Farming Train. Agricultural College on Wheels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 30

The Premier, Mr. Lang, has decided to use the Great White Train as a travelling institution in the interests of primary producers…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Train Crews to Assist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 9

The Victorian Railway Commissioners have issued instructions to train crows to stop their trains in future when they can assist in fighting outbreaks of fire…

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Holbrook Motor Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 29

Mr. D. F. Parker, District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry into the death of Archibald Gordon Rankin M'Laurin, who was killed as the…

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Border Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 36

Under the border railways agreement made between New South Wales and Victoria, the Government of the latter State was given permission to build a…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Balancing the Carburettor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 36

The operation known as "balancing the carburettor" is, needless to say, not one of manual juggling in the ordinary sense of the word, but…

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Neglect of Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 11

"One of the first essentials for the adequate defence of Australia—the railway system—has been neglected because of interstate jealousies," said…

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Motor Motes. Noisy Brakes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

Few things are more irritating to the driver than brakes which squeak and shriek when they are moderately applied, and with a view to…

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Warning to Motor Hogs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

The Yankees have a device for restricting motor hogs that might well he emulated in Australia. Among their road notices are these: "Go slow…

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Stolen Motor Car Abandoned on Back Country Road

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 2

During last Saturday night or early Sunday morning some person or persons entered the garage at the Commercial Hotel, and got away with the…

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Motor Notes the "Flat Rate" System

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 3

Those motorists who have at any time studied American motor magazines, will no doubt have been Interested in the details concerning the…

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Better Farming Train Great White Train Re-equipped

The Independent · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

The "Great White Train," which recently toured the State in advocacy of the "Made in Australia" movement, is to re-equired, and, in the…

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Motor Tax

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Sir W .J . Salter, Windouran Shire Clerk, has received the following letter from the Police Department Sydney With reference to your…

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