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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Ready for Traffic This Year

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 7

The State Cabinet decided to throw aside the original scheme of a private syndicate to organise an exhibition in conjunction with the official opening…

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£2000 for Roads Council Forced to Move Loan to Assist Unemployed

The Independent · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 1

Aid. A. H. Windeyer asked at the conclusion of the discussion concerning the borrowing for money for sewerage, at Monday night's meeting of…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 45

The inquest has concluded in respect of a motor accident nine miles from Gundagai three weeks ago, when Thee Quick, of Junee, was killed. Mr…

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Motors Home-made Radiator Muff

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 28

In England and on the Continent practically every car during the severe winter is equipped with a radiator muff, which can be manipulated so that…

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A Railway Dismissal. Railway Commissioners' Methods Criticised

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 2

A voluminous file dealing with the dsimissal by the Railway Commissioners of a former traffic manager (Mr. C. J. Goode) was tabled in the…

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Motor Notes Sidelights on the Headlamps

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 4

If the headlights burn brightly when the engine is speeding up and dim when the revolutions fall to idling speed it is clear that for one…

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Border Motor Traders' Licenses

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 1

Mr. J. R. Donovan, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Local Government the following question in the Legislative Assembly last week:—…

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Strange Railway Accident Engine Falls Over a Bridge. Child and Train Crew Killed. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 3

A shunting engine was caught by an outgoing goods train near a bridge at Essen, and thrown over the railings. It dropped on a child playing…

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The Lost Sheep Did They Die in the Hills? What Aeroplane Searchers Saw

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 4

That most if not all the flock of 4800 merino sleep which disappeared from the hills at the head of the King river at…

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Motoring Notes

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 4

When J. B. Dunlop, the Dublin veternary surgeon, made the first pneumatic tyre, in 1888, for his son's bicycle, he little realised the…

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Road-rail Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 33

The latest thing in railway vehicles is a coach that can run either on rails or on roads. The "Ro-Railer," "built at Huddersfield, was recently tested…

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'Plane Damaged Accident at Aerodrome

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

A Wapiti aeroplane, belonging to the Defence Department, was considerably damaged after landing at the Deniliquin aerodrome on Wednesday…

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Opening of Harbor Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 10

It has been suggested that the King should open the harbor bridge by wireless in the same way that Marchese Marconi recently turned on the lights…

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Train Robbery £7,900 Recovered. Two Men Arrested

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 6

By the arrest of two men the detectives believe that they will clear up the mystery surrounding the disappearance of £10,000 in notes from a…

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Corowa Cycle Club Victorian Junior Road Race

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 1

The promoters of the Victorian Junior Road Race for boys under the age of 16 years have notified the secretary of the Wangaratta Cycle Club…

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Meet Mr. Chas. Hardy, Junr., Exponent of the State's Troubles, To-Night (Friday), at the Literary Institute. Collision on Bridge Van Driver Critically Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 1

A serious motor accident which occurred on Hampden bridge, Wagga, on Tuesday, resulted in Sydney Cooper, dairy employee…

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Motors Carey a Spake Parts Box

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 28

The car owner who wishes to have his vehicle always in good touring trim has always been advised to carry. this or that spare in the car and the…

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Alleged Negligence by Motor Driver

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 4

As the result of a collision between two motorcars, Albert Llewellyn Corry, farmer, of Thurgoona, was the complainant against Roy Vernon Brain,…

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Border Motor Traffic

The Independent · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 1

Replying to Mr. Donovan, M.L.A. in the Legislative Assembly, recently, the Minister for Local. Government said that he had informed the…

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For the Motor Man Risk of Warped Wheels

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 3

Each front and rear wheel should revolve truly on its axis. The best method of testing this is to jack up each wheel and turn it, when, if it…

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