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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

825 stories in Murray's papers · page 36 of 42

South Corowa Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 5

It is a generally accepted fact that one of the best advertisements a town can have is good roads…

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Metal for Tabletop Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

Quotations arc invited in this issue for supply and delivery of 750 cubic yards of road metal for Tabletop road, section 4…

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Fearful Railway Accident. To French Express Train. Fifteen Bodies Recovered. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

Travelling down a gradient, at 60 miles per hour, the Geneva-Bordeaux express, drawn by two engines, was derailed at Perigueux. The engines…

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Fatal Aeroplane Crash. Three Killed in France. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

An Imperial Airways aeroplane bound from Le Bourget to Croydon, crashed about ten miles from Boulogne to-day. One passenger and two…

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Wool Sent by Road Victorian Growers Asked to Explain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 30

Action under a railways by-law will be taken by the Victorian Railways Commissioners against nil woolgrowers who are unable to give satisfactory…

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Cycling Road Race Sydney to Melbourne J. Mauclair (France) Out- Right Winner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 5

Australia's first inter-capital cycle race of note—the Malvern Star Sydney to Melbourne of about 709 miles, was concluded on Saturday. The race started…

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Train Derailed While Travelling at 60 Miles an Hour Fifteen Bodies Recovered Paris

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 1

While traveller down grade it 80 miles an hour the Geneva-Bordeaux express drawn by two engines, was derailed at Perigneux…

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Albury District Court Holbrook Motor Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 30

In the Albury District Court, before Judge Coyle, Reston William Nish sued Jack William Arnold, of Albury, to recover £-100 damages sustained by…

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Motors Carbon Formation and Oil Pumping

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 28

The majority of complaints of carbon formation are due to oil pumping, which may itself be a result of four different conditions:-…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 15

Sydney Burnard, 38, a, -milk carter, of Malvern, Vie., was riding a motorcycle to work when he was struck by a car The car dragged the…

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Motor Fatality at Bathurst. An Architect Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

Kenneth Webb (34), architect was found dead beside his car, near Bathurst, this morning. There were indications that the car skidded, dropped…

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Victorian Railways. Serious Decline in Revenue. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

The Victorian railway revenue, so far this year, shows a falling off of £700,000 compared with the similar period last year. Commissioner…

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Two Killed When Motor Cycle and Lorry Collide Auckland

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 1

When travelling at a high speed, a motor cycle crashed into a lorry at Auckland. The rider of the motor cycle,…

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Newcastle Unemployed and Rothbury. Railway Reinstatements Also Demanded. NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

The unemployed intend to demand an inquiry into the Rothbury mining trouble, and for the refund of all fines imposed in connection with the…

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Motor Cycle Racer Killed Perth

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 1

Sigismund Schlam, 25 was riding on a dirt track at 50 miles an hour at Perth Speedway. when he crashed into a safely fence at a turn and…

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General Motors' Generosity Don. Bradman Chevrolet Roadster to be Disposed of by Art Union in Each State. Local Ticket Sales for Local Hospital

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 3

General Motors (Australia) Pty. Ltd. have made a wonderfully handsome donation in each State of a Special Don. Bradman Chevrolet…

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Struggle in Aeroplane

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

Had it not been for the courage and resource of Mr. Basil Daish, a pilot, of Melbourne, a young woman would have thrown herself from an…

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Goods Train Derailed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 6

A fast goods train was derailed by a bank of sand which had blown across the line 120 miles from Broken Hill in the middle of the desert. The…

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Spraying by Aeroplane to Destroy Tree Pests

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 9

Another attempt was made by Flying Officer T. A. Chadwick to distribute arsenate of Calcium from an aeroplane over the State pinus insignis…

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Trees Across Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 47

The patrol men employed by the Electricity Commission at Wangaratta (Vic.) had a busy time on Monday night, when the storm blew limbs of…

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