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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Motor Car Stealing Jerilderie Arrests Dealt With in Melbourne

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 2

Raymond Leslie Hall, garage-proprietor, of Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, left his Buick sedan motor-car in front of the Palace Theatre…

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Railways in Tasmania. Men Refused to be Rationed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 5

In view of the refusal of the railway employees in Tasmania to be rationed, the Commissioner of the Railways has resolved to proceed…

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Victorian Railways. Deficit Over £1,000,000. MELBOURNE. Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Last year's losses on the Victorian Railways were the worst in the annals of that State. The deficit for the year was £1,036,000…

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Well-known Grazier Kille. in Motor Accident Melbourne, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Fatal injuries were sustained by William Joseph Muhlebach. (57), a grazier, of Batesford, last night, when his motor truck capsized, following a…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Two People Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Joseph Banks (29), single, and an unknown girl companion, were killed when their motor car struck a motor cycle, in Heretaunga, a suburb of…

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The Railway Employees Mentioned in Arbitration Court SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

Judge Beeby, in the Federal Arbitration Court, to-day, released the Railway Commissioners from the undertakings given on February 3rd…

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Serious Motor Collision. Side Car Smashed to Pieces. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

Albert Groth, 19, and Edna Lewis, 14, were seriously injured yesterday, when their motor cycle and side-car crashed into the rear of a motor car…

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Petrol Tax "Spend It on Roads," Says F.s.a. Conference

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 September 1930 · page 1

A motion urging that motor ve[?] taxation be reduced to a nominal [?] and any deficisacy in…

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Motor Fatalities

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 September 1930 · page 3

A motor lorry travelling to a footfall match at Tumut, from Yass, overturned on the main southern road on Sunday. Norman Ross (18), was…

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Serious Indian Railway Accident. Forty-Four Lives Lost. CALCUTTA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 September 1930 · page 3

Four were killed and 54 injured, all Indians, when a mail train for Dacca was wrecked 72 miles from Calcutta, through the removal of the fish plates…

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Fatal Motor Accident Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1930 · page 2

Nine men were injured, one fatally, this morning, when a lorry skidded on Liverpool Road, near Rankstown, and overturned down an embankment. The…

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Ambulance Work by Aeroplane

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 5

So frequent are the calls for an ambulance at the Longreach depot of the Qantas Aerial Services that a special ambulance plane is now…

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New Railway Rates for Parcels

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners have introduced a new schedule of parcels rates which are claimed to be much below old rates, and also the cash…

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Balancing the Budget Victorian Railways Make a Move Reduction in Train Services and Staffs

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 September 1930 · page 3

During the week it was announced that the train service to Balranald would be reduced to meeting the huge falling off of revenues in the service…

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District Road Works £1000 Available for Maintenance

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 September 1930 · page 3

At the last Council meeting a letter was received from the Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Board stating that £1,000 had been made…

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Train Service Proposed Alterations

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 2

Mr. M. J. Cranny, general sup[?] tendent of transportation, explained proposed alterations in the Melbour[?] Echuca and Deniliquin-Echuca [?]…

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Additional Rates Suggested for Funds to Put Roads in Order

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 5

Members of the Walla Walla Roads League met at Mr. E. Burdack's barn on Thursday night last to consider certain…

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Walla Walla's Needs Road Re-construction Deputation to Culcairn Shire Council

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 5

At Monday's meeting of the Culcalrn Shire Council a petition was received from the Walla Walla Roads League urging attention…

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Railway Reorganisation. Transfers and Dismissals. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 3

As a result of re-organisation of the traffic branch of the Railway Department, the Chief Traffic Manager and Metropolitan Area Commissioner, Mr…

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Motorist Robbed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 3

After being attacked in his car last night William Herbert [?]nd, of Orange was bound, gagged and robbed and left in semi-consciousness on the…

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