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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Motor Notes. Rear Door Rattis

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

If the rear, doors of the car rattle and will not stay closed when the car is driven over rough roads, this is usually caused by the sagging of…

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Motor Car Burnt

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 2

During the holidays a party from Butherwah Station motored to Mr. R. Pearce's Bongeroo Estate with the intention of indulging in a fishing…

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Run Down by Motor Lorry

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

On Christmas night, as Messrs. A Murcus and J. Cochiness were indulging in a walk ever the bridge they were run down by a motor lorry, which…

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Motor Fatality in S.A. One Man Killed. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Lawrence Carroll was fatally injured and two other persons are in a serious condition as the result of a motor car colliding with a tramway pole…

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Victorian Motor Registrations. Yield £1, 000,000 Revenue. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

During last year the Victorian Government received more than one million pounds in motor registration fees, which is easily a record…

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Main Roads Record Expenditure £3,500,000 This Year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

For each of the last three years Main Roads Board expenditure has increased, and it is expected that in 1929 there will be a still larger…

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Heavy Rains and Floods. a Queensland Train Held Up. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

A message from Rockhampton states that a trains which was marooned at Mills Creek, owing to the flood waters, has succeeded in reaching…

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Latest Telegrams Week-end Motor Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Four deaths and eighteen injured was the outcome of two motor accidents in New South Wales, on Saturday. A motor 'bus loaded with…

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The Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

THE report of the Commissioners of Railways for the year ended 30th June last, has been in the hands of the public for some weeks, having…

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Tram Conductor Robbed. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

An armed and masked man held up a train conductor and tram driver, at Long Bay, early this morning, and robbed the former of a few shillings…

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Motor Accident. Corowa Residents in Smash. Mr. J. O'connor Seriously Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Three Corowa residents.--Dr. J.P. Hurley and Messrs. J. H. Izon and J. O'Connor--who had been to Melbourne to witness the third test…

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Motor Thieves Yearns Record 1700 Vehicles Stolen

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

There was an alarming increase in tho number motor vehicle thefts during last year. Almost 1700 vehicles—chiefly cars—were stolen…

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Main Roads Board. River1na Division

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

The scheme for the decentralisation of administration of the Roads Board has been completed by the appointment of…

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Narrower Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 29

A proposal to reduce the width of many shire roads which, in a large number of instances are three chains wide, is being submitted by councillors…

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British Train Disaster

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

Two coaches of the London, Midland and Scottish Company's northbound Bristol to Nottingham mail train, overturned as the result of a…

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To Train Cricketers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 30

A leading Sydney firm has offered to find a position in its employ for any inter State or international cricketer of promise, who by reason of his work…

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Attempt to Wreck Train Sleepers on Line

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

When the Adelaide express was between Bacchus Marsh and Ingliston on Sunday tho driver noticed on obstruction on the line. He stopped the…

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Xavier College, Kew, and Xavier Preparatory School Studley Park Road, Kew

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

One of the six Associated Public Schools of Victoria, under the management of the Jesuit Fathers. Boys trained for professional and…

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No More Road Contract Work Murray Shire Favours Day Labour Millewa Forest Wanted Settlement

The Independent · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

Murray shire council at is meeting on Tuesday last pressed sat [?]action at the decision to eliminate the contract system in connection with road work in the shire. The work will, in…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Use Correct Type of Spark Plugs

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 36

Not every automobile owner realises the importance of the type of spark plug he uses with his ear. His knowledge of its relation to the operating…

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