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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Melbourne-Adelaide Motor Cycle Record Under 16 Hours on the Trip

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

Leaving Melbourne at 4 a.m. on 21st instant, Mr. G. Afl Stapleton, on an Ariel (497 c.c.) with Mr. H. Merritt in the sidecar, arrived in…

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Aeroplane Crashes Passenger Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

An aeroplane crash, involving the death of one well-known resident of Miles, and serious injury to another, occurred at the property of Mr…

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Train Derailments Young Porter's Ordeal Operation Amid Weeckage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

Intense agony must have been suffered by Joseph M'Grarrity, the young porter who was critically injured in the railway accident near Warrimoo…

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Cyclone in Young District Havoc in Orchards Houses Unroofed, Roads Flooded

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

Part of the Young district was struck by a cyclone on Saturday afternoon, which left a trail of wreckage in its wake several miles in extent…

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Car Falls 70 Feet Accident on Indigo Road Driver Unhurt

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

Last week-end a car, driven by Mr. Fenton, of Melbourne, left the roadway, near Indigo Falls, end, after rolling down a steep…

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Week-end Accidents Fatality at Albury Bank Officer Killed Car Overturns on Hume Weir Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 16

Early on Sunday morning a tragic motor accident occurred on the Hume Weir-Albury road, 5½ miles from Albury. The victims were:—Killed…

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Holiday Accidents Two Motor Cycles Collide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 12

Two motor cycles collided on the Point Nepean-road, at Dromana (Vic.), and five minutes afterwards a motor cycle struck another cycle from behind…

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16-Ton Railway Trucks Limitation of Loads for N.s.w

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 14

Consignments loaded in 16-ton trucks in Victoria for transport to New South Wales will be limited to 15 tons 5 cwt. in future. The decision to limit the…

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Motors Changing Oil

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

To begin with there are far too many car owners who regard motor oil as a necessary evil. Lubrication to them is an item of secondary…

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Border Railways Yarrawonga to Oaklands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7
Also in The Corowa Free Press

A deputation from the Oaklands Railway League, to be introduced by Mr. Cleary, M.L.A., will wait upon the Victorian Minister of Railways…

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Railway Derailments Driver and Fireman Killed Porter's Hand Cut Off

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 16

Two serious railway derailments occurred on Monday night on the main western line, one at Blaxland and the other at Warrimoo. At Blaxland one…

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Three Wagga Accidents Car Wrecked by Motor Bus

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 16

A collision occurred between a motor bus and a car at midnight on Saturday near Hampden-bridge over the Murrumbidgee River. The bus was…

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Motor Car Education Ford Method

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

There is no commodity that is so much talked of as the motor car. In the younger generation of to-day, the bent for mechanics is remarkably…

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Corowa and Wahgunyah Railway Users' League

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 3

A meeting was held in the Literary Institute on Wednesday night last. Vice-president Mr. Page was in the…

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Wedding Party in Crash Bride and Bridegroom Escape Injury. Serious Motor Accident Near Wagga

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

A serious motor car accident, in which eleven persons were involved, occurred on Marengo-road during last week-end. Two cars,…

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Drove on Wrong Side Two Motors Collide

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

At the Wodonga Police Court last week, Frederick Walter Emerson was charged with having driven a motor car on the wrong…

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Motor Smash

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

On Friday night, 24th ult., on the Lake Boga road, Mr. Fred Jager, whilst returning to Swan Hill in his ca, along with Mrs. Kinsley and two…

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Visit Of Railway Officials

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

A meeting of agents took place in the P.P. Board room on. Tuesday morning, 28th ult., to discuss stock train arrangements with Mr. W…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

When a Moth aeroplane crashed at Mascot Aerodrome, this morning, George Heatheringham (27), sustained a probable fracture of the skull…

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