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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

682 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 35

Motors Pressure for Puncture Patches

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 28

A well applied self-adhesive puncture patch can be quite as secure as a vulcanised repair, provided the anoterist hug known how to apply, it so that it…

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More Cheap Railway Trips

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

Further evidence of the Railway Commissioners' desire to provide cheap excursion travel at seasons of the year most convenient to country people, is…

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The Elimination of Motor Transport. The Latest Proposal. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

The Transport Co-ordination Board proposes to take early steps to eliminate motor competition with the railways in the carriage of goods beyond…

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New South Wales, Railways Minister Interferes with Railway Commissioners. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

The application by the Railway Commissioners for a writ of prohibition to restrain Justice Piddington from adjudicating in the matter…

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Daring Train Robbery Sleeping Car Forcibly Entered. Passengers Robbed of Valuables. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

When the Temora mail was slowing down, at Ingleburn, about 4 o'clock this morning, two men boarded the train and forced an entrance with a…

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Won't Be Meld Railway Excursion Picnic Committee Will Organise Next Year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald., E. T. Matthews) presided at a meeting held, at the Council Chambers last night to further discuss the proposed railway excursion…

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Docked Motor Gars. Warning to Owners

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 3

Force of circumstances having necessitated many owners to keep their motor cars in their sheds, a certain amount of attention is…

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Thieves on Temora Mail Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

When the Temora mail train was slowing down at Ingleburn about 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning two men boarded the train, and forced an…

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War on Road Transit Victoria's Investigations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 45

Extraordinary efforts are being made by the Victorian Railway Department to combat road competition, particularly in the transport of wool from…

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Girl Killed by Train Severed Leg Found Five Miles Away

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 5

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday a ganger found a girl, with her right leg severed, unconscious on the railway line between South Yarra and…

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Victims of Motor Accidents Truck Out of Control

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

In leaping front a motor truck and trailer, which got out of control when descending a steep hill on the Melbourne-Ballarat road four miles…

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Railway Picnic in Albury Sports on Showground

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 14

Special trains from Junee and Corowa, connecting with branches, worn filled to the maximum on Monday when the No. 5 Railway District South…

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Goods Traffic Wiping Out Motor Competition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 26

The Transport Co-ordination Board proposes to take early steps to eliminate motor competition with railway in the carriage of goods beyond a, 20…

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Motors Familiarity Should Not Breed Contempt for Petrol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 28

An act of bravado which was once perpetrated by an amiable lunatic who was alleged to be a same citizen, was to throw a lighted match into a small…

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Cheap Railway Trips

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 1

Further evidence of the Railway Commissioners' desire to provide cheap excursion travel at seasons of the year most convenient to country…

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Victorian Railways Cheap Rail Fares for Melbourne Cup Meeting

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 1

The Railways Department has finalised arrangements for the issue of exceptionally cheap return tickets to Melbourne in connection with the…

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Anglican Bishops. Protest Against Bridge Opening in Holy Week. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 3

Twenty Anglican archbishops ana bishops sent a letter to Mr. Lang, protesting against the official opening of the Harbour Bridge during holy week,…

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Train Tragedy in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 15

A shocking accident occurred at Traralgon (Vic.) at 4 o'clock one morning. A 25 ton railway truck, which was being shunted over a level…

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Motors Plat Batteries and Coil Ignition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 28

Which one of us motorists has not [?] some time or other experienced the joy (!) of being stranded with, a flat battery which not only refuses to work…

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Queensland's Plunge Railways Capital to Be Reduced by £28,000,000

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 45

The Queensland Cabinet has decided to reduce the capitalisation of the railways by £28,000,000. In making the announcement the Premier (Mr. Moore)…

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