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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

700 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 35

Blighty Railway League

The Independent · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

A Meeting of the executive of the Deniliquin Blighty Railway league will be held at the school of Arts, Deniliquin, on Thursday 7th…

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Perrin Bats 122 Mr. Killen Opposes N.t. Railway [?]C Concert [?] Club Effort Over Our Heads?

The Independent · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

In the first part of heart in aid of Deniliquin [?]g and life Saving Club encored. It was notice…

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N. Territory Railway Useless Strong Objection by W. W. Killen No Business Man Would Spend the Money

The Independent · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Mr. W. W. Killen, M.H.R., writes as follows to the Sydney "Bullotin":— Has ox-S.A. Premier Crawford Vaughan seen the country in the Northern Territory of which he writes in The Bulletin of…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

Edward Rylands (42) and J. Davis (43) were working on the railway line near Oatley Station, last night, when they were run down hy an electric…

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The Missing Motorist

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 3

A tramp named Viscoe, who it was thought could throw some light on the strange disappearance or Mr. L. J. Williams, the Goulburn electrician…

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Expensive V Motoring

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 3

A few weeks ago a visiting motorist collided with a horse and gig late one evening close to the monument, in Albury-road, Corowa. He was on…

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Motors’ Toll 332 Persons Hilled

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

Police figures show that during 1928 332 persons were killed in motor accidents in New South Wales. The number killed in the previous…

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Motor Cyclists Injured Abrasions and Concussion

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

Edward Babington and Conrad Peacock, both residents of Tocumwal, were injured on Saturday night through the motor cycle they were…

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Aeroplane's Adventure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 9

A light aeroplane with a woman passenger aboard landed in District Park, Newcastle, after an adventurous trip. It is understood to have left…

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Aeroplane Kills Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

Remarkable evidence of low flying by airmen near the aerodrome at Richmond was given at the inquest into the death of Albert Charles…

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Train Fatalities

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 18

Joseph Plunkett (66), of Cook's Hill, Newcastle, hurried to cross Honeysuckle Point railway line, when he slipped, and fell right across the…

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Cyclist Killed by Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 36

A man named Thomas Geo. Hetherington, a fettler, residing at Barnes, on the Deniliquin line, was run down by the early morning goods train from…

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Killed by Train. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 5

Oscar Hicks, 34, a painter, was run down by a train while crossing the lines between Redfern and Sydney this morning. He died almost…

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[?]Ghty Railway Proposal Inspected in March Ermediate [?]Lts Announced Deniliquin Successes

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

[?] Intermedite Examination announced in the Sydney Herald of Tuesday last [?] of Deniliquin District…

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Coming to Deni. in March Next Victorian Minister for Railways Blighty League Makes Preparations for Visit

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

At a meeting of the Executive of the Deniliquin-Blighty Railway League, in the school of Arts yesterday, the delegates to Bandigo were congratulated on the access of their mission, as reported in a previous issue of the Independent…

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Motor Revenues

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 26

ONE of the most sensible suggestions put forward for the raising of motor revenue for the upkeep of the roads has been an increased tax on…

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Albury Municipal Council Speeding Motorists

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 45

At a meeting of the Albury Municipal Council on Wednesday night tho solicitor for Railways forwarded a draft agreement and plan of the overhead…

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Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. When Should Tappets Be Set?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 36

In regard to the setting of the valve tappets there is something of a controversy, but all authorities concur in the opinion that this adjustment…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 35

When his motor cycle crashed into the rear of a motor car in Nicholson street, Carlton (Vic.), a young man fell to the ground with such force that…

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Ungarie-naradhan Railway Opens on February 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 3

The final inspection of the Ungarie Naradhan railway line was made by railway officials on January 25. The secretary of the Ungarie Railway…

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