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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

825 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 42

Momalong Road Work

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 2

The Shire Engineer reported [?] the [?] road work to a [?] of the B riding [?] held on Monday, and the [?]…

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Railway Tours to Central Australia

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 4

An announcement was made last week op behalf of the Australian Railway Commissioners, that during June, July and August this year a…

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Aeroplane Accidents. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 1

An Air Force 'plane crashed at Hornchurch. The pilot landed by parachute, unharmed. A mechanic, flying at Viborg, was…

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Ten Traffic Points to Guide Motorists in America. Our Problems the Same

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 4

After elaborate investigation by the Erskine Bureau for Traffic Research, which the Studebaker Corporation endows in Harvard University, ten…

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Motorist Found Murdered in His Car. a Suspect Arrested. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 1

Horace Walpole (36), a motor driver, was found murdered in his car, seven miles from Geelong. His head was terribly battered from behind…

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The Attitude of Railwaymen The Chief Commissioner on the Position. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 2

Addressing the annual conference of the Country Women's Association, Railway Commissioner Cleary said that the recent alterations in the…

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New Vacuum Oil Storage. Store and Underground Tanks. at Hay Railway Siding

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 2

The Vacuum Oil Company, which is represented at Hay by Messrs. Permewan Wright, Ltd., has just completed the erection and installation of…

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Motor Smash at Wagga Truck and Car Two Injured in Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 3

The intersection of Gurwood and Beckwith streets, Wagga, was the scene of a motor car amash during last week-end…

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Balranald Aerodrome Applications to Be Called for Lease

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 1

OFFERS will be received until 9th June, 1930, for grazing rights of the Balranald aerodrome, which consists of 91 acres on part withdrawn…

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Road to Success Pull Your Weight Country Party Advice

The Independent · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 1

Australia's present economic difficulties are similar to those which have been experienced by every nation since the war. The blow has fallen…

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Car and Lorry Collide. at Intersection of Albury Road and Steel Street Car Badly Damaged

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 3

On Friday afternoon last a col[?]llsion occurred between one of the motor lorries owned by the Corowa Milling Co. and a…

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Central Australia Railway Tour

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 4

An announcement was made last week on behalf of the Australian Railways Commissioners, that during June, July and August this year a…

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Railway Rationing Scheme. Further Ballots Favour It. MELBOURNE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 3

Application was made to the Full Arbitration Court, to-day, by the New South Railway Commissioners for the standard hours of a 48-hour week or…

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Motor-car Strikes Jinker

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 3

Mr. William Gunn was driving a Jinker near the drill hall, Benalla, when ills horse shied at a motor-car, which was about to pass him, and…

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Daysdale and District Railway League Linking Up of Rand to Yarra. Wonga-oaklands Line Discussed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 3

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the above was held at the Exchange Hotel, Daysdale, on Saturday evening last…

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Aeroplane Disaster in Texas The Victims Incinerated. ELPASO (Texas)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 3

A short-trip passenger plane crashed, due to motor trouble, killing the pilot, his wife and son, a mechanic, and three passengers, all of whom…

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A Motor Cycle Tragedy. Two Bodies Found Near Telegraph Pole. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

The bodies of Ralph Morpuss (20), and Cecil Patterson (20), were found at Miranda, this morning, beside a wrecked motor cycle. It is surmised…

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Car and Motor Cycle Collision. a Girl and a Man Killed. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 3

A head-on collision between a motor car and motor cycle and side-car occurred near Mount Martha, early this morning, and the occupants of…

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Motor Driver Attacked. Fierce Assault on a Policeman. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 1

Albert Morton, taxidriver, was accosted near the Central Station early this morning, by two young men who demanded money. When he refused…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

The bodies of Ralph Douglas Mor puss, 20, and Cecil Patterson, 20 wer found this morning at' Miranda, both having Apparently been killed at mid…

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