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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Shortage of Funds 300 Railway Dismissals Threatened

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 15

It was stated that unless the State Treasurer obtained some financial assistance from the Commonwealth Government or other sources 3000…

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New Railway West Wyalong-wamboyne Opened by Mr. Buttenshaw

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 16

The Minister for Works (Mr. Buttenshaw) on Saturday afternoon officially opened the West Wyalong-Wamboyne railway line at the Euglo…

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Motors for Stiff Springs

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 28

Loaf springs which have rusted up and become stiff can easily be cleaned and restored to their pristine efficiency without being removed, in the…

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Heavy Queensland Rain Railway Services Dislocated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

Heavy rain fell in Northern Queensland on Monday night, from 3in. to 9in. being reported. The torrential rain caused the rivers to rise rapidly,…

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Motorist Fined at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

At the Albury Police Court on Monday, before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M., Noel Francis Weatherby was charged with having driven a motor car at a…

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Chinese Railway Settling Dispute Shanaghai, January 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 34

Following a series of unsatisfactory preliminary negotiations, Russia and China are trying to settle their dispute over the Chinese eastern railway…

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Railway Dismissals Reasons for Retrenchment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 19

Owing to financial stringency there are likely to be wholesale retrenchments in the Railway Department within the next few weeks, especially…

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Ten-mile Motoring Record "Wizard" Smith's Performance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 11

"Wizard" Smith broke the world's 10-mile motoring record at Ninety Mile Beach, averaging 148.637 miles, an hour. He covered the 10-mile…

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New Railway Line Opened

The Independent · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Speaking at the official opening of the West Wyalong Wamboyne railway Mr. Buttenshaw Minister for Works, said it was the duty of the…

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A Motor Boat Collision. a Mexican Incident. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

The owners of the Vancouver motor boat, Taiheiyo, which was sunk in a collision with a United States coastguard vessel, off Mexico, have decided…

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Queensland Rains. Railway Lines Still Blocked. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Railway traffic is still held up in parts of the north owing to floods. Train services between Cairns and Townsville have been suspended since…

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"Seem to Want to Fly" P.M.'s Warning to Motorists Sppeding in Streets Magistrate Determined to Stop It

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

At the Albury Police Court on Monday, Noel. Francis Weatherby was charged with having driven a motor car at a speed dangerous…

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Railway Users' League

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

A meeting of the above will be held on Wednesday night next, January 29, for the purpose of considering redaction in rall freights to…

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Australian Gains World's Motoring Record "Wizard" Smith Again New Car Planned to Challenge Seagrave's Title

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

Covering the 10-mile course at 4.2 1/5 minutes, "Wizard" Smith broke the world's 10-mile record at Ninety Mile. Bench, near Auckland, New…

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Sensation on Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Passengers' lives were endangered on a mountain train from Sydney on Wednesday night, when a middle-aged man pulled out a revolver, and…

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No Preference Albury and Railways Motors Cheaper?

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

The Aibury Municipal Council negatived a resolution giving 10 per cent. preference to railways as against road transport…

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Four Men Arrested Residence v on Albury Road Broken Into

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

Four men were arrested on Wednesday by Constables Ramus and Justice, of Wagga, within 10 miles of Holbrooke, in connection…

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Serious Railway Accident on the Western Line. Driver and Fireman Killed. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Two engines and the brake van of an excursion train from Mount Victoria, to Sydney, left the line near Warrimoo, last night. The leading…

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Cheap Railway Excursiong

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

For the convenience and pleasure, of all who were unable to take advantage of the cheap excursion trains arranged by the Hallway Department…

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Motor Notes. Care of Grease Gun

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

If you expert a grease gun to be a stand by when needed then be careful how you trent it-- more grease guns have been ruined through carelessness…

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