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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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THE WHlTTON Rankin's Springs Road. Discussed at Shire Council Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 2

At the meeting of the Carrathool Sure Couch on Monday the President (Cr. Chapman) made a somewhat lengthy report. He said that…

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Man Worth £70,000 Killed in Motor Car Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 37

At the inquest at Katoomba on 9th inst. into the death of Henry Fredrick Holland Coward, 49 years, who was killed when his car ran over an…

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Motors Care of Hydraulic Brakes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 28

The hydraulic braking systems now found on so many cars perhaps require less upkeep than many mechanical types because of their…

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Railway Economies Positions Dispensed with

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

It was stated by a high officer of the Railway Department that the re-organisation scheme which had been introduced by the Commissioner (Mr…

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Motor Cycle Crash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 6

Joe Murray, an employe at Wokolena Station, was coming in to Wagga, [?]riding on the back of a friend's motor cycle. About five and a half miles…

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Car Registrations Suggested Help for Motorists Deputation Waits on Minister

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 9

A deputation from the National Roads and Motorists' Association, Sydney, interviewed the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) on 9th inst…

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Developing the North Railway From Bourke New Company Registered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 9

A further step in the proposal by a Sydney syndicate to construct a now railway from Bourke (N.S.W.) to Birdum. (N.A.) arid so establish a direct…

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Motor Registrations Increase Many New Cars

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 11

Figures issued by the N.S.W. Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) show that at the end of December there were 212,137 motor…

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Railway Economies in N.s.w

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 11

It was stated in Sydney on Friday that the salaries paid to the heads of the civil engineering, locomotive, electrical and traffic branches of the…

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Uniform Railway Gauge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 10

AT the present time the adoption of a uniform railway gauge in Australia should be engaging much more attention than is the case. Every…

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Accident Motorists' Narrow Escape

The Independent · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 6

A motor car, in which were Messrs Porter and Symons of Booroorban, was coming towards Mathoura on Saturday last when the steering gear jambed and…

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Motor Omnibus Act Mail Contract or Summoned

The Independent · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 6

After hearing considerable evidence in a case before Deniliquin Police Court yesterday in which Man Kearney mail contractor, was proceeded against…

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Border Railways. Conference to Be Held

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 3

We notice that a conference is to be held in Jerliderie on January 28 for the purpose of discussing the advisability of extending the Victorian…

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For the Motor Man

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

Shock Absorber is not a "Cure Ail" It is a fallacy to suppose that the shock absorber is a cure for every defect in spring suspension unless it…

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Another Harbour Bridge Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

The, 22nd Harbour Bridge fatality took place on Saturday night, when Horace Royal Lock (35) is said to have jumped from the footway into…

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French Aeroplane. Flies the South Atlantic. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

A three-engined 12-ton French aeroplane, piloted by Captain Meraioz, with a crew of six, left St. Louis, Senegal, for Natal, Brazil, to demonstrate…

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Tuppal Road Landholders Request Proclamation

The Independent · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

At its meeting yesterday afternoon, Conargo Shire Council received deputation comprising Messrs T. Allen and Darcy, on behalf of landholders in the…

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Road Deviation Deputation Interviews Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

Messrs J. Darcy and T. Allen interviewed Conargo Council yesterday with regard to a proposed road deviation north of the Deniliquin…

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Car Runs Off Road. Young Girl Killed. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

Joyce Brazel (12) died from injuries received when a motor car ran off the mountain road near Bulahdelah, and overturned. The car…

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Motor Omnibus Act Mail Contractor's Troub

The Independent · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

Decision was reserved by Mr. [?] stone, P.M., in the Police Court Deniliquin on Thursday when A J. D. Kearney, mail contractor,…

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