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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

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Precautions Against Adulterated Motor Spirit

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 15

A very serious view of the question of petrol adulteration is taken by the Shell Company, and Mr. N. H. Smith, manager of the Victorian branch of the…

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Railway Picnic at Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 7

The annual railway employees' picnic was held in the Municipal Park on Mondays under ideal conditions. The weather was delightful and the…

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Registration of Motor Lorry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 8

The P.M., Mr. Swiney, gave his reserved decision in the case in which O. Gilpin Ltd. was proceeded against for having permitted a motor lorry to…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

The Independent · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 5

Commissioners of the Victorian Railways will be visiting Deniliquin and intervening stations on May 5 next, and the acting station master advises…

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Railway Commissioners to Visit Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 2

[?]ers will visit Deniliquin on the 5th May The Victorian Railways Commission The Commissioners will arrive at Den-iliquin at 8.40.a.m. and will receive…

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Curtailed Train Service Action at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1

Owing to complaints, especially from stock agents, concerning the recent reduction of train service on the Springhurst, Wahgunyah…

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Corowa Cycle Club Another Road Race

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 3

On Saturday next the above club will hold another road race, the route being from Corowa to Mr. W. Conroy's property the other side…

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The State Railways. Huge Deficite Expected. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 3

Mr. Cleary, Chief Railway Commissioner, told a deputation at Mudgee that although over £2,000,000 had been saved in the railways, he…

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Fearful Railway Disaster Excursion Train Catches Fire But Driver Keeps on his Way. CAIRO

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

Forty-one people were killed and 47 injured in the worst disaster known on the Egyptian railways. An express excursion train, crowded with…

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Serious Train Robbery £10,000 Taken Prom Mailbag. on the Canberra Express Train. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

When the express train, which left Sydney last night, for Canberra, reached its destination this morning, it was found that a mail bag…

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Motors Must Motoring Costs Come Down?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 28

The question of the costs of running an ordinary "family" car is one of vital importance not only to the individual concerned but to the…

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Motoring Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 35

On Friday night last, Theodore H. Quick, aged 25 years, employed by the Shell Oil Co. at Junee, was driving a motor to Queanbeyan, where his wife…

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The Pace of a Motor Charge of Alleged Dangerous Driving

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, before the P.M., James Gee was charged on summons, with driving a motor cycle, in Lachlan Street…

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For the Motor Man Many Petrol Gauges Are Erratic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

At a recent aircraft enquiry it was stated by one expert that pilots were reluctant to depend upon the petrol gauges of their planes and…

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Motorists' Amazing Escape Stopped on Brink of Precipice, 200 Feet Deep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 5

Messrs. H. Stephens, S. Stephens, E. Grant, W. Conley, L. Wanle[?] and F. Wicks had an amazing escape when their car…

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Egyptian Railway Disaster Cairo

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

Forty-one were killed and 41 injured in the worst disaster in the history of the Egyptian railways. An express excursion train, which was crowded…

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Fatal Motor Accident Man Killed at Myrtleford

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

On Monday evening at 7.30 Mr. John F. O'Shea, of Myrtleford, was driving a motor truck towards Myrtleford on the Bright-Myrtleford road…

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Aeroplane Accidents. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

A canoe carrying Austin Burt (15) of Brighton-le-Sands, and two others, capsized in Botany Bay, on Sunday. The lads attempted to swim to the…

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Aeroplane Missing in Nairobi. Capetown

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

A report from Nairobi states that an aeroplane piloted by Lieut. Vines, and carrying a pasenger, is missing near the desolate northern frontier of…

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Telegrams. Bullet, Fired at Train. Mr. Bavin on Board Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

Bullet fired from some-firearm struck the train in which the leader, of the Nationalist Party, Mr. Bavin was travelling from Bowral to…

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