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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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From Central Railway Station Departure of the Australian XI

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 3

On Wednesday, March 5th, at 7 p.m., by permission of the Chief Commissioner, Station 2FC will broadcast a description of the departure of the…

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Roads in Public Reserve. Minister Proposes to Utilise Prison Labour. SYDNEY. Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

Minister Dee says he is determined to proceed with the road building scheme at Kurringai Chase, with prison labour, despite the opposition that…

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Derailed Cattle Train. One Hundred Animals Killed or Maimed. SYDNEY. Tuesday. Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

About a hundred cattle were killed and mained when eight waggons of a cattle train became derailed, near Ipswich, Queensland. Seven waggons…

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Charge Against a Motorist Alleged Driving While Under the Influence of Drink. When Is a Man Drunk?

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 4

At the Police Court, yesterday, before the P.M., William Alfred Cox was charged that he did upon Alma Street, Hay…

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Fatal Motor Accident Near Inverell. SYDNEY. Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred four miles from Inverell, last night, when a motor lorry got out of control and swerved across the roadway and…

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"No Funds" for Railway Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have advised Mr. Eoss, M.L.A., as follows :—"With reference to your representations in regard to the request of the…

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 10

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Judge Beeby, when informed of an undertaking having been given by the federated engine-drivers not to…

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Serious Motor Accident on Lavington Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 8

About 4.15 p.m. on Wednesday Leslie Romero, seven years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Romero, of Lavington, was run over by a motor car on the…

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Mr. Fenton Meets Aeroplane Builders. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 3

Mr. Fenton, interviewed by aeroplane manufacturers, who are very en[?]anstic regarding Australia's [?]opment, commented on the…

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Transport of Wool Roads V. Railways Mr. Tout Replies to Mr. Cleary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 11

"A lowering of the freights on wool is the most effective way for the railways to meet motor competition for this class of traffic," said the…

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Man Killed on Harbor Bridge Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred this morning when Sydney Addison fell from the fourth panel of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and struck the water…

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ROAD v. Rail Victoria's Serious Position

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 26

The chairman of the Victorian Railway Commissioners (Mr. Clapp), in a lengthy circular letter received at the meeting of the Balkarat (Vic.)…

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North Shore Bridge Fatality Man Falls 190 Feet Into Harbour. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 3

A sbocking fatality occurred at the North Shore Bridge, this morning, Sydney Addison, a boilermaker's as sista[?], falling 190 feet into the…

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Bitten by Ants Man Found Unconscious on Road Admitted to Albury Hospital

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 6

Thrown from a sulky on Saturday night, Henry Doherty, 60, a cook, lay unconscious for more than an hour on an ant bed, and…

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Railways a Business

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 28

The attitude of farmers who claim a rebate when they use the railways for transporting starving sheep and then send their wool to market by…

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Railway Dismissals in Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 15

Work upon St. James's section of the city railway has been stopped, owing to a lack of money. Eighty men have been discharged. The…

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MOTORS by Diagnosing Trouble

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 28

Coincidences are sometimes frightfully misleading, which is another way of saying that things are not always what they seem when it comes to…

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Motor Car Falls Into Pit. Women's Marvellous Escape. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

A motor car plunged over the edge of an 80 ft. cliff into a brick pit at St. Peters, last night. Two women occupants, who jumped from the car…

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Motor Fatality at Kempsey. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 2

Alexander Allen, of Taree, was killed, and his sister, Marie Allen, seriously injured, when their car overturned near Kempsey…

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Railways and Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 3

According to a report from Albury, business men assert that such beneficial effects have resulted from the agreement entered into with the…

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