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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

700 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 35

Blighty Railway Complaint of Apathy

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

At a meeting this week of the council of the Advance Bendigo and the North League complaint was made by the secretary (Mr. E. E…

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Plucky Motorist Risks Drowning To Savs Man’s Life

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 4

Faced with the fact that if he drove straight ahead he would run over and almost certainly kill a man, who, after falling from a…

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Bridge Over Hume Reservoir

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 1

A great bridge, is being built across the Murray Valley, a mile above the Home reservoir. This is to be the longest bridge on the Murray, and one…

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Aeroplanes Ten at Aerodrome

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

This morning there were 10 aeroplanes at the Deniliquin aerodrome. Nine were Air Force machines, and the tenth was the mail aeroplane…

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Sporting Notes Road Race To-morrow R.s.s.l.l.a. Gymkhana

The Independent · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 1

Deniliquin Cycle club will hold its ten-mile road race to-morrow (Wednesday). It should be a success although a couple of the leading riders…

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The Coal Stoppage. Railwaymen's Support. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

In the event of the coal trouble lasting any length of time, it is expected the cost of food relief will amount to more than £20,000 a week, while an…

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District Railway Matters. Yarrawonga-oak Lands Line. Coreen Take Firm Stand

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

A meeting of the Coreen Railway League was held at the Coreen Hall, Coreen, on Saturday, March 2 a large and representative number of men…

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Starving Stock and Fodder Rates Concession Granted by Railways

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

The [?]the Moulamein branch of the [?]union of Southern Riverina (Dr. N. A. Maclure) has received word from the…

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The Roads

The Independent · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 3

Probably at no period in the history of New South Wales has the [?] in the country had cause to [?] more impressed with the [?]…

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Another Aeroplane Fatality. One Man Burned to Death. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

The list of air tragedies was added to this afternoon, when Flying Officer Herbert Warland was burned to death when his plane crashed six miles…

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Sporting Notes Bicycle Road Race Pedestrian Items

The Independent · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

[?] road race conducted by the Deniliquin Cycle Club on Wednesday, was [?] spoilt by the handicapping of the five contestants. Last…

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The Harbour Bridge. Boilermakers and Ironworkers' Strike SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

About 150 boilermakers and ironworkers employed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, struck work to-day, alleging that Dr. Bradfield had…

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[?]Lts Premiers in Wednesday Cricket Competition [?]Hght Releif [?]Stock & Fodder [?]Railway Freights

The Independent · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

[?]ry of the Bairanald [?] Pestoralists' Union (Mr [?] received word from the [?] ways Commissioners that…

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Motor Car Accident. a Driver Arrested. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

When two motor cars collided at Randwick, last night, Harold Baker received shocking injuries and was removed to hospital in a critical…

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Bridge Over Hume Reservoir

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 1

A great bridge is being built across the Murray Valley, a mile above the Hume reservoir. This is to be the longest bridge on the Murray, and one…

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Colonel Bruxner Talks About the Road

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 3

Probably at no period in the history of New South Wales has the traveller in the country had cause to be more impressed with the extent and energy…

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Robinvale to Lette Railway

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 3

Our Member, Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A.) has received the following communication from the Under Secretary of Public Works, Sydney:—…

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Aeroplane Crashes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

Crashing into a tree when taking off near Wangaratta on Thursday last a Moth aeroplane burst into flames and an R.A.F. officer was burned to death…

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The Bridge Strike. Work Resumed Pending Inquiry. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 3

The ironworkers' assistants and boilermakers, employed on the Harbour Bridge, who struck work, last week, resumed this morning, pending…

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A New World's Motor Speed Record. New York

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 3

At Dayton Beach, Florida, Major H. O. D. Seagrave, the British motor driver, set a new world's automobile speed record, to-day, at 231.36246…

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