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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Double Tragedy Young Man and Woman Killed Thrown From Bridge by Stock Train

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

A message from Moulamein states that at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday the bodies Norman Borland (20), of Moulamein, and Irene Anson (20), of Bendigo, were…

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Railway Accident at Cairns. Train Derailed. CAIRNS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 3

Twelve trucks, containing cattle, sugar, corn, and timber, were derailed and the contents scattered on both sides of the, line, when a train from…

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Aeroplane Disaster in Germany. Nine Killed. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 3

The Lifthansa aeroplane, travelling from Berlin to Vienna, crashed near Dresden. The pilot, mechanic, and seven passengers were killed. It is…

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Double Fatality at Moulamein Young Man and Woman Struck by a Train

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

According to a message received at the Railways offices in Melbourne on Sunday (says the "Argus"), a young man and a woman were struck and…

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Holiday Disaster in Sydney. Motor 'Busses Collide

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 3

The worst holiday disaster in Sydney for many years occurred at Rockdale last night, when two motor buses heavily laden with homeward bound…

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Latest Telegrams the Railway Award Application. The Court Sets Them Aside

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 3

On Saturday by a unanimous judgment, the Full Court of the Arbitration Court granted, with, certain limitations, the application of the…

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Killed by Train Bodies Thrown Off Bridge

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 2

Norman Borland, 21, of Moulamein, and Irene Anson, 20, of Victoria, were killed by a special train on Saturday night when crossing…

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Australian-made Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 12

Arthur Butler, a 22-year old air taxi pilot, of Cootamundra, has tested a machine which he built himself out of Australian material The trial flights…

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Albury Overhead Bridge Cost Less Than Half Estimate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 45

Although the estimate for the proposed overhead bridge at Albury was £20,000, the tenders accepted total only £8934. The Albury Municipal…

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The Glenbrook Train Robbery. The Guard Reinstated. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 1

The guard, A. E. Squires, who was in charge of the Mudgee mail, on the night of the robbery, at Glenbrook, in April last, has been reinstated…

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Railway Awards

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 3

Tho Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Cleary) loft Sydney for Melbourne on Tuesday night to confer with the Victorian Railway…

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Motor Cyclist Killed at Sports

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 12

Sturt Coberoft, aged 23 years, of Suaview-street, Summerhill, was killed when he was thrown from a motorcycle in race at tho Eight hours Day…

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Motors Sprucing Up for the Summer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 28

The unfortunate times which have hit Australia will mean that this summer more motor tourists than usual will be motoring in their old model,…

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Motor Fatality Near Newcastle

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

One person was killed and two others_ injured when a car skidded and overturned near Wyee. The victims, were:—Christopher Martinson, aged…

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Railway Awards Suspended Court's Far-reaching Decision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 11

THE: Full Court of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration made the most momentous order in the history of the tribunal, when…

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The Railway Lines. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 2

The secretary to the Railway Commissioners said, to-day, that there had been no relaxation in the maintenance of the lines as the result of rationing…

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Australian Railway Finance

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 2

SOME MONTHS AGO the Secretary for Railways stated that the revenue, including passenger and goods revenue, had fallen off approximately…

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Albury Railway Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 2

An extraordinary instance of price reduction in the carrying out of public work under tender is afforded in regard to the construction of an…

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The Railway Association. Applies for State Award. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 2

The executive of the Railway Service Association intends to apply to the State Court for an award for members of the union employed in…

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Mr. Cleary at Condobolin. Railwaymen's "Josses." SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 2

At a civic reception, at Condobolin, Chief Railway Commissioner Cleary, referring to the stirring up of strife in his department, said that a certain…

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