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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

700 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 35

Cyclist Killed Motorist Committed for Trial

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 3

As a result of being run down by a motor car Oscar Bothuel, 24 years, was killed instantly opposite the Strand Theatre, Wagga,…

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Aeroplane Fatality. Adelaide

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5

When a Gipsy Moth plane nosedived at Ardressan South Australia. H. Dendall, 28, was killed, and Captain Stall Loarmonth, pilot,…

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Shades on Motor Cars Dodge Colour Scheme Typical of Rainbow

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5

The well-dressed motor car this summer has smart exterior colour combinations that harmonize with luxuriously fitted interiors. So colour…

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Railway Commissioner

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5

Yesterday morning Mr. Reld, the Area Commissioner, visited Corowa by special train, and made his annual inspection f the…

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F. & S. Association. Walla Walla Branch Railway Crossing at Commercial Street Discussed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the above Was held in the Literary institute, Walla Walla, on Saturday night…

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Wahgunyah Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Rutherglen Shire Council a letter was read from the District Superintendent of Victorian Railways, in reference to…

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[?]Bour Returned to Power; Killen Holds Riverina [?] Freights? [?] V. Railways [?] by Commissioners

The Independent · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 1

[?] competition in the Riverina [?] the subject of a special [?] yesterday by the Victorian [?] Commissioners who pointed…

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Motorist's Terrible Ordeal Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Rogers was shockingly injured when a car overturned near Mount Pleasant last night. She was compelled to lie helpless for three…

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Ringwood Railway League

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 1

There was a very large attendance of members at the meeting of the Ringwood Railway League held at the school on Monday evening,…

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World’s Records Motor Cyclist's Times

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 4

Broadsiding and skidding around the Davies Park Speedway, Brisbane, at close on, 50 miles an hour, Frank Pearce broke the world’s motor cycle…

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Road Washaway

The Independent · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

The heavy rains which fell throughout the district on Sunday caused a bad washaway on the Moulamein-Deniliqun road, at the approach to the…

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Sheep "The Road to Hell."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

"Fair Dinkum." who has had enough experience in the district of sheep in good, bad and indifferent seasonal conditions to know something about…

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Motor Notes. Slotting a Nut for Cotterpinning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 4

When a nut is lost from any part of the chassis it is plain that a cotterpin is needed to prevent the new nut from coming off too. Slotted or…

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Road Competition Against Railways

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 1

Road competition in the Riverina district was the subject of a special statement recently by the Victorian Railways Commissioners, who pointed…

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Road Competition Rail Commissioners’ Statement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

Road competition in the Riverina district was the subject of a special statement last week by the Victorian, Railways Commissioners, who pointed…

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The Hillston-roto Railway. Construction Work to be Started Shortly. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

The Cabinet, to-day, decided to commence the building of the Hillston to Roto railway, and a Bill to authorise the work will be introduced to…

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Railway Construction

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 3

In the Victorian Legislative Assembly last week. Mr. Cain was informed by the Minister for Railways (Mr. Groves) that work had been…

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Municipal Council Special Meeting. to Consider Purchase of Motor Truck

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 3

A special meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council wee held on Thursday evening last, October 17 for the purpose of dealing…

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Another Aeroplane Mystery. Whereabouts Unknown. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a three-engined five-seater Avro aeroplane, which left Croydon this morning, for Le Bourget, on its first…

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The Sydney Harbour Bridge. Who Should Paint It? SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 3

The Sydney Labour Council has decided to declare "black" the Sydney Harbour Bridge, unless its policy regarding the division of labour in…

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