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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

700 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 35

Motor Notes Moisture on plugs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 4

The condensation of moisture on the porcelains of sparking plugs is prone to occur in the damp atmosphere of autumn, and is frequently…

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N.s.w. Finance Surplus on General Account Railways Show Heavy Loss

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 6

State Ministers expect a surplus of revenue over expenditure for the present financial year. Until recently it was expected…

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Outboard Motor Boa Record Claimed to Be World's Best

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 1

In his outboard motorboat, "Miss Beda," in which he travelled down the Murrey River from Albury (New South Wales) to Gootwa (S.A.). and…

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Runaway Motor Truck in Sanger Street Crashes Into Verandah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2

Excitement ran high in Sanger street on Tuesday afternoon last when a motor-truck owned by Mr. Dan. Johnson. of Wahgunyah…

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Manangatang-Euston Road

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 3

Country Roads Board tenders accepted include one for the Swan Hill Shire for work on 10,256 feet of the Manangatang-Euston road. The work…

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London--Corowa--Northern Territory by Ocean Liner, Motor-car, Train and Aeroplane a Much-travelled Man

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

On Easter Monday last Mr. Hamlyn H. Whitty, late of Tarramia, Corowa, arrived in Sydney from London, after a very…

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Main Roads Board

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

Scathing criticism of the Main Roads Board is contained in a minute presented by the president of the Local Government Association (Mr. J. B…

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Pepper Thrown in Face Attack on Lonely Road Motor-car Driver's Experience

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

Half blinded with pepper Mr. W. B. Murray, of Gundagal, resisted an attack by a man who, on a lonely road last Wednesday night,…

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Ald. Duncan McRAE Dead. Fatal Car Accident on Carrathool Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Duncan James McRae, of the Hay Irrigation Area, which sad event took place esterday about 4…

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Spring Lambs Railway Staffs Busy 25 Trucks on Sunday Last

The Independent · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 1

The trucking season has again commenced in earnest and with local grn[?] of you [?] to the Southern markets, the [?]…

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A Railway Yard Smash. a Ganger Killed. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

After releasing the brakes holding seven trucks, loaded with gravel and concrete, at Chullora railway yards, to-day, Denis Gearing (45), a ganger…

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Riverina Railways Duplication by Victorian Guage Opposed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Bligh, secretary of the Tocumwal branch of the Riverina Development League, writes :— “A deputation from Jerilderie,…

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Railway Transport

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 4

Mr J. D. Reid, southern area commissioner of the New South Wales railways writes:— As the shearing season is…

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Aeroplane Strikes Fences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 4

Three persons were injured when a Moth aeroplane, attempting to land on he racecourse, at Bundaberg (Q.), track two fences and was partially…

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Roads for Horses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 31

At a meeting in Sydney, of persons interested in horse-drawn traffic, it was resolved that consideration should be given to the advisability of a…

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Albury Overhead Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 28

Messrs. Tietyens, Gavan Duffy and Angel forwarded to the Albury Municipal Council on Wednesday a copy of the specifications for the Railway…

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Pony Dead on Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

Mr. Todd's son, aged about 8 years, was found unconscious on the road at Stewarton, near Benalla (Vic.) The pony that he was in the habit of…

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The Railways and the Producers Appeal for the Use of the Iron Road

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 6

The following letter has been sent to the landholders from the Goulburn office of the Area Commissioner:…

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Culcairn Shire Affairs Town Well and Walbundrie Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 27

Reporting to Culcairn Shire Council on Monday, the president (Mr. J. H. Balfour) stated: "With Cr. Crennan I met Mr…

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THE N.Z. GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Train Runs Into Landslide. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

The Governor-General of New Zea-land was a passenger on the New Plymouth-Wellington express, which ran into a landslide, yesterday…

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