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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

543 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 28

The Great Harbour Bridge Celebrations Special Railway Arrangements

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

By means of an attractive silhouette of the great Sydney Harbour Bridge, in association with a sketch of one of their modern long-distance…

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Attractive "Reso" Tours Arranged by Railway Department. After Bridge Festivities Week

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

The Railways Department has arranged a series of four tours to the most interesting districts of the State, to take place during the week…

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Sydney in Summer Bridge, Lottery, and Mr. Lang. Politics and Prawns

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 4

Sydney in summer ...The frangipanni is in bloom. The yellow flowers are in all the shop windows, in button-holes, pinned to women's…

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A Japanese Threat Widespread Destruction of Railways. SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

While foreign Ministers are doing there utmost to effect a peaceful solution of the present situation, Japaness military authorities have issued a…

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Railway Finance

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

THE Premiers' Conference decided early this month that the Railway Commissioners of the Commonwealth, should be asked to confer and…

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The Great Harbor Bridge Celebrations. Special Railway Arrangements

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 3

By means of an attractive silhouette of the great Sydney Harbour bridge, in association with a [?] of one of their modern long-distance…

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Freak Bridge Deal Can You Beat [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 4

In Texas they have shot a men for less. But, as it happened [?] Sydney, one of the most [?]…

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Harbour Bridge Celebrations Special Railway Arrangements

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 3

By means of an attractive silhouette of the great Sydney Harbour Bridge, in association with a sketch of one of their modern…

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Bridge Collapses

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

When a motor-truck owned by Messrs. Hill and Co., of Albury, crossed the bridge over Whitehead's Creek, on the Hume Highway, in Seymour, at…

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Country Roads Board Tenders

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

The following tenders have been recommended by councils and authorised by the Country Roads Board for acceptance:--…

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Road Corrugations. Experiments with Oil

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 4

According to the Highways Superintendent of the State of Wyoming (U.S.A.), an asphaltic oil treatment is Wyoming’s cure for a corrugated gravel…

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Waradgery Shire. Two Road Contracts Let

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, Cr. McFarland and the Shire Engineer, Mr. D. C. Pagan, opened tenders for contracts 2 and 3, for 1932, as follows:…

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Latest Telegrams the Harbour Bridge. The Cost of Resumptions. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

It is revealed by Mr. Lawrence Ennis, director of construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, that although the bridge, with resumptions, etc…

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Roads Leading Into Hay. Practical Scheme for Material Improvement. Shire and Municipality Co-operation

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

The road programme adopted by the Municipal Council at its meeting on Monday night, for submission to the Main Roads Board for approval…

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Three Farmers Killed Tragedy Near Benalla Car Leaves Crown of Road and Overturns

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

A motor accident occurred on the Benalla-Winton road on Sunday afternoon, and three well-known Winton farmera, Mr. Matthew Co[?]tollo, 3[?]…

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Industrial Arbitration Bill. Railway Loyalists Penalising Clause Passed. After Scathing Criticism in Upper House. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

In the Legislative Council, last night, during the debate on the Industrial Arbitration Bill, the clause to penalise the railway loyalists was…

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The Railway Investigator. a Second Report

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

Mr. W. B. Rogers, special investigator of railways, in his second report, made serious charges against the administration of the State Railways…

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Motor Notes Romance of a Rim Discarded for 30 YEARS Now World's Standard

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 4

Despite the remarkable mechanical progress made during the last three decades, lending technologists, engineers and inventors of the world have found…

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Train Strikes Truck

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 4

As the Bright-Beechworth train arrived at the crossing at the Londrigan railway station on Thursday morning it struck a motor-truck driven by…

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The Sydney Bridge. 75,000 Visitors Expected. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 2

It is estimated that 75,000 people will visit Sydney for the Harbour Bridge opening ceremonies…

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