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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

682 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 35

Border Railways Pc'r Financial Return Practically No Traffic Position of New South Wales

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 3

Largely owing to drought in the west of New South Wales, the railways laid down in accordance with the Border Railways Agreement between New…

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Through Railway Carriage Hay to Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Donovan, M.L.A., who had been pointing out the inconvenience suffered by the citizens of Hay, travelling through to Sydney, in having…

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Big Engines Did Not Cause Big Railway Deficit Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Cleary) describes as unfounded the claim by the Australian Railways Union that the "American craze" for…

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An Open Letter to Victorian Railways Commissioners

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

Dear Sirs,— Fifty-five years ago— on July 4, 1876, to be exact—the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company…

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Heavy Trucks Damage to Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 3

District shire and muncipal councils have reason to complain recently of the great damage to theirs roads caused by heavy motor trucks during the wet…

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District News Mathoura Items Robbery on Train Mathoura

The Independent · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

On uncovering a railway truck to remove local goods from the train on Monday last, the station master was confronted with a motley mixture of…

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Progress Association Monthly Meeting. Corowa Rand Road Criticised

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Corowa Progress Association was held at the Literary Institute, on Tuesday evening last…

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Veteran Motorist

The Independent · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

A Sydney message states at is believed that Mr. Thomas Snowden, of [?] who, with his wife, recently [?] [?] their diamand wedding, is…

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Shell Motorists' Index Maintenance of Motor Cars

The Independent · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 7

The increasing number of motorists to-day who are finding it necessary to carry out their own engine adjustments and repair work will find much…

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At the Cross Roads

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

According to a story told the other day Mr. W, M. Hughes, M.H.R, was asked :“Should-we repudiate our debt, or otherwise ?” He as credited with the…

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The Hay Train Services

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Donovan, M.L.A., has received the following reply to representations urging that the daily railway services should be renewed:…

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Running Your Car Cheaper a Welcome Reduction. Valuable Hints on Motoring Economy

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 4

The average man to-day does not buy the cheapest watch procurable, because he knows that he would not get satisfaction, and that, in the long…

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Rail Motor Derailed Collision with a Bullock

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 1

When the paymasters employed by the railway construction branch at Yarrawonga in connection with the Yarrawonga-Oaklands line were…

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Railway Freights. Commissioners' Replies to Farmers' Requests

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 3

Replying to resolutions carried at the last conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the Railway Department has explained that…

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Train Services Interrupted

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Washaways on the railway line between Junee and Wagga and between Henty and Culcairn were responsible for the Sydney Melbourne express train…

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Bad Roads Stop Delegate

The Independent · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 5

On account of the heavy roads, Mr J. A. Lawson was unable to attend the conference at Bendigo on Monday as Deniliquin 's representative to…

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Motor Overturns Accident on Glenrowan Road Turns Double Somersault

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 4

When rounding a turn on the hill on the Wangaratta side of Gldnrowan on Monday night, a car containing Mr. W. J. Hanson, a…

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Mudgee Train Robbery Arrested Men in Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

Following their arrest on Tuesday night, as an outcome of the robbery of the Mudgee mail train at Penrit[?] on April 8, 1930, Joseph, Harold…

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L.v.races Tuesday and Wednesday Rains Affect Roads

The Independent · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

Incessant rain on Tuesday caused the Licensed Victuallers' Race Club committee to postpone its race meeting scheduled for…

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Serious Flood Threatened Will 1917 Spectacle Be Repeated? Washaways on Jerilderie & Tocumwal Roads

The Independent · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

The flood situation at Deniliquin has taken a serious turn in the art week. The [?] toward River has been rising since last Friday at the rate of almost 2 feet every 24 hours, so that on Thursday morning the gauge showed 28ft. 9in., with the river still rising,…

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