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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

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Wounded Youth Crawls Three Miles to Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

A message from Kempsey relates a story concerning a wounded youth who crawled three/miles through bush country…

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Hay Bronzewing Cycle Club Decides to Hold a Road Race

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

A meeting of the above club was held iu the Paragon Cafe, on Wednesday night, and there was a very good attendance. Mr. J. Denton was voted…

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Run Down by a Train. Man Killed at Dulwich Hill. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

Daniel Hallahan (40), was struck by a train while crossing the line at Dulwich Hill, this morning and fatally injured. He left home only a few…

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Railway Fettler Killed Sydney

The Independent · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

John Callaghan, 55, a fettler, was working on the railway line near Mac[?]naldtown this morning, when he was run down by a train and killed…

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Railway Robberies Local Man Arrested Four Charges of Steal

The Independent · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

For months now petty pilfer[?] been going on at Deniliquin station, particularly over the ends after the arrival of a good…

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The Loan Council THE N.S.W. Default Mr. Lang Makes Another Application. Three Million Loan for Railway. Melbourne, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, stated, last night, that a writ would be issued to-day against New South Wales, seeking to enforce the…

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Railway Deficits. Loan Council Summonses a Conference. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

The Loan Council to-day dealt with railway deficits and decided to summon a conference of railway officials of all stages to inquire into the…

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Victorian Railways Rail Concessions for Sydney Bridge Opening

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

The Sydney Harbour Bridge will be formally opened on March 19, and an[?]pating that large numbers of…

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Harbour Bridge the Official Souvenir Country Interests Featured

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

The Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Sou[?] abd Programme, just issued by the Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney, is a book of 184 pages of…

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Why Do Roads Ripple? Results of Experiments

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 2

One of the, bugbears of the road, engineer is that roads have a tendency to fall into ripples or corrugations. It is quite a common experience with…

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The Harbour Bridge. To Be Handed to Transport Board. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 3

The State Cabinet to-day decided to Introduce a Bill handing over the Harbour Bridge and all assets connected with it, to the control of the…

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Motor Accident Car Started While in Gear

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 1

Mr. Tom Kennedy a Corowa resident, was the victim of a painful accident yesterday afternoon. While he was loaning over the…

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Motoring Notes. Dangerous Joke

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. has invited the attention of the police to complaints that parcels, carefully wrapped to give the impression that they are…

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The State Lottery the 35th Drawn. a Third Bridge Lottery. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

The 35th State Lottery was drawn to-day. The first prize, 69,368, is shared by Mrs. A. Littlewood, of Sunshine, ViC, and W. H. Thiele, of…

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Railway Robberies Local Man Before Court Committed for Trial

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

As a sequel to numerous robberies from the goods sheds at Deniliquin Railway Station in recent months, Clarence Rupert Jinks (26), a…

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Railway Robbery Goods Truck-ransackei Tobacco Worth £45 Stolen

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

Another robbery of goods consigue to to Deniliquin storekeepers by the railways was perpetrated on Friday last On this occasion, however, the robber…

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Improved Pulling White Flash Motor Spirit

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

In order that you may get every single degree of horse power that your modern motor was built to develop, treat it to a modern fuel. It…

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Tobacco Stolen Theft From Railway Truck

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

Tobacco valued at nearly £70 was stolen from a railway truck m transit from Melbourne to Deniliquin last week-end…

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Motor Drivers Fined Lights Out

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

Yesterday at the Police Court, before Mr. Sheridan, P. M, William Joseph Hetherington was charged with driving a motor lorry without headlights…

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Bridge Party

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 3

In connection with the Popular Girl Competition in aid of the Balanald District Hospital a bridge party will be held in the Masopie Hall, Balranald,…

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