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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

543 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 28

Latest Telegrams Cut to Pieces by Train. At Summer Hill. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 3

Last night, Clarice Gronow (16), at Summer Hill, fell beneath a train and was cut to pieces…

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Railway Commissioner Mr. Cleary Relinquishes Office Mr. Goode Given Control

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 3

The New South Wales Railway Commissioner (Mr. Cleary), whose services have been dispensed, with under the Ministry of Transport Act,…

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Ruined Farmers. on Moulamein Railway. State Government Blamed

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the [?] branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association the president (Mr J. A. Lawson), referring to…

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Fatal Motor Collision. On the Penshurst Road. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

George Springfield was killed instantly, last night, when a motor lorry he was driving came into collision with a motor car at Penshurst. The…

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Mother Killed; Daughter Injured. In a Motor Accident. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Mrs. C. O. Howlett was killed and her daughter, Miss Dorothy Howlett, was severely injured, when their sedan car crashed into the rear of a…

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Severe Collision at Wagga Car and Motor Cycle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

Whilst holiday traffic was heavy in the principal business centre on Monday afternoon, a collision occurred between a motor cycle and a…

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Bridge Party

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 1

Masses of Dahlias and Zinnias in many beautiful shades lent a most pleasing atmosphere to the Masonic Mall on Monday, March 21st when a…

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"Reso" Train Tour to the North

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 1

The Railways Commissioners announced last week that a "Reso" tour. sponsored by the Brotherhood of Resonians, will be conducted during the…

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Bridge Payments Cause Shock Toll Officers Puzzled by Electricity

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 1

A mystery that has baffled lending Sydney electrical engineers and Dr. Bradfield, has developed on the Barbor bridge. Morotists and toll keepers…

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Victorian Railways News Bulletin New Level Crossing Warning Signal

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 1

The first of a new type of railway level crossing warning has now been installed by the Railways Department at the Moorabbin-road crossing, near…

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Balranald Railway Mr. Clapp Sympathetic

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 1

A small deputation of the Graziers Association of Southern Riverina comprising Messrs J. P. Hearn, W. B. McCulloch, J. E. Dowling and V. W…

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Bridge “Shocks” Insulated Wire Diverts Mystery Current

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 2

A novel arrangement has been made to prevent toll keepers and car drivers from receiving mysterious electric shocks when corns are tendered at the…

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German Woman Flier Reaches Sydney. Landing Marred by Aeroplane Accident. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 3

Fraulein Elli Beinhorn, the intrepid aviatrix, who flew from Berlin to Australia, shot out of a rift in a rain cloud in her Klemm monoplane, at…

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The Bridge Ribbon Case De Groot Gives Evidence. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 2

The police took strong precautions to prevent a crowd congregating outside the Central Court, to-day, when the De Groot case was resumed. There…

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The Harbour Bridge. Changes Sydney's Methods. New Traffic and Shopping Centres

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 4

The opening of the Harbour Bridge has had a marked effect upon the life of Sydney. The Sydney correspondent of "The Age" conveys his…

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Valedictory Railway Officer Farewelled Mr. W. Reid Transferred to Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 3

Mr. W. Reid, who for nearly 10 years has been in charge of the Wahgunyah railway goods shed, has been transferred to the…

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Train Collision. Melbourne, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

An electric train, crowded with passengers, crashed into the rear of another electric train, standing in a cutting between Balaclava and…

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Tenders for Road Work

The Independent · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 2

Murray Shire Council invites tenders in this issue for two road contracts. The first is for table drain formations on Moama to Moulamein,…

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Captain De Groot Why He Cut Bridge Ribbon

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

On Monday, at the Sydney Central Police. Court, Captain Francis de Groot, the central figure in the ribbon cutting incident at the opening…

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Work on Roads As Set Off Against Amounts Owing for Rates Request to Yarrawonga Shire Council

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 1

Yarrawonga Shire Council has received several applications from ratepayers asking for work on the roads as a set off against…

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