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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Gerogery Mr. Yarick Thrown Out of Motor Lorry Football Delegates' Meet

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 4

A delegates' meeting of the Central Hume Football Association was held at Jindera last week. Messrs. McKenzie and Mitchell represented…

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Speeding Motorist Fined £3

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 2

Yesterday at the Police Court the police proceeded-against Keith Philips on a charge of speeding Mr. F. Kelly, for-defendant, pleaded…

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Sheep "The Road to Hell!"

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 May 1930 · page 4

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

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Hours of Timber Workers on the Railways. Fixed at 48 Per Week. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

Mr. Judge Lukin, in the Federal I Arbitration Court, to-day, granted the application of the Railway Commissioners for an alteration in the award…

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Hillston Motor Fatality Two Old Residents Killed. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blondino. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

A motor accident, by which two old and much respected residents, lost their lives took place on Saturday night…

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Sensational Motor Car Accident. Runaway Car Falls Over Cliff on to Children. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

When a motor car, which was parked near Sublime Point, ran down an incline and crashed over the cliff into the valley 500 feet below, at…

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Young Man Injured at Albury When Motor Car and Cycle Collide

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 3

The collision of a motor cycle and motor car near Albury on Sunday resulted in shocking injuries to Edmond Hartag, aged 23…

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Strike Coming in Queensland Railways Brisbane

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 3

A meeting of the combined railway unions in Brisbane carried a motion in favour of a [?]eneral strike in the event of the Government attempting…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

The Victorian Railways Commissioners will pay their, annual visit to Deniliquin on Tuesday. June 24. 6 representatives of public bodies desire to…

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Russian Train Disaster. Moscow

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 5

Brief details are filtering through of a terrible collision between a passenger and a goods train at Tyhor[?] on the Moscow-Kazan railway. Twenty…

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Complaint Against Road Traffic

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 14

For the ten months ending 30th April the loss on the West Australian State railways was £240,282, as against a loss of £128,367 for a…

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May Cause Inconvenience Reduction in the Rock-oaklands Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

Following their policy of retrenchment, the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners have decided as from May 25 to reduce the train…

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Motors How to Avoid Oil-pumping and Carbon Deposit

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 28

1. Use nothing but the highest-quality oil of the body and character exactly suited and recommended for the engine in your car by competent…

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Motor Car Strikes Tree

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 46

Early on Monday night Mr. Joseph Lewis, of Moyhu, and Mr. W. Dinning, of Hansonville, were motoring from Wangaratta (Vic), when their car…

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Railways to Be Protected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 46

A bill to put the railways in a position to compete with motor competition in the carriage of goods will be introduced into the Assembly this…

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Railway Construction Work for 1000 Men

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 8

THE State Government has found work for 1000 men on railway construction in the country. The men will work a 34-hour week…

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Motor Bus Tax

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 35

The Motor Traders' Association has made an emphatic protest to the Premier (Mr. Bavin) against the proposed additional tax of up to £4 a seat on…

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When You Motor in Japan

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

Rules of the road which visitors to Japan may understand have been prepared by the Tokio police office. Their intention is most courteous and…

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Motor Car Over Cliff Crashes Among Children

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 6

When a motor-car went over Sublime Point, near Bu[?]i, a girl was killed and seven children were slightly injured…

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Motor Car Strikes Tree Two Men Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 1

When Mr. Joseph Lewis, of Moyhu, and Mr. W. Dinning, of Hansonville, were motoring from Wangaratta, their car struck a…

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