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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

862 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 44

Motor-cyclist Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 11

Injuries which, caused almost instantaneous death were received by Stanley Stewart Neil, of Footscray, when a motor-cycle on which he was…

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Graziers Support Railway Transport

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 39

At a civic reception at Tomora, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, Commissioner for Railways, appealed to grazier for the carriage of their wool on the railways…

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Fatal Collision. Cyclist and Motor Lorry. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 2

Ronald Thomas Anderson (30), was killed instantly when his motor-cycle and a motor lorry collided on the Pacific Highway, near Kangaroo Pt…

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Motor Registration

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 2

Figures furnished by the Commissioner of Road Transport (MR. M. docks) indicate that the motor veh[?] registration still continues on a…

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Talkie News. Motor Boat Thrills and Desert Romance To-mor-row Night Many Attractions Coming

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 1

A "thrill a minute" is no exaggeration in the speed of the water, "Fast Life," that brings motor boat racing to the local screen to-morrow…

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Australian Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 2

IN OPENING the recent conference of transport authorities, in Melbourne the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Perkins) submitted facts and figures with…

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Border Barbarities Victorian Railways Applying Stranglehold Effect on Football Clubs

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 2

Here is a paragraph from Albury “Mail”:— “With the restrictions placed upon taxis and motor buses and the…

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The Old Arumpo Road

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 4

It lies, a ribbon slushed and torn, Across the Settlement; Its wages tracks once deeply worn, Are filled with sediment;…

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Railway Management Deniliquin "Pastoral Times" Draws Comparisons Clapps' Claptrap!

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 2

In the last issue of the "Pastoral Times" Deniliquin, the Editor of which is a fighter for the peoples right and for a reduction in freights and…

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Upholsterer and Motor Trimmer

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 3

Mr. A. S. Anderson, an expert upholsterer advertises in this issue that he is willing to undertake all work of Furniture repairs and Motor…

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Sydney Bridge Losses

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 2

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), in reply to a deportation on Thursday last, stated that the state was lasing at the rate of £230,000 a…

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Fatal Motor Smash. Into Factory Wall. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 2

Mrs. Marion Gribbon Lyons (63), was killed when a motor car crashed into the wall of the Australasian Pickle Factory, at Stanmore. Her…

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Stud Sheep Disappear From Train

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 3

A pen of stud sheep belonging to Mr. Otway Falkiner, met with misfortune on their way to the sheep show in Sydney last week…

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Sheep Lost on Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 30

A pen of stud sheep belonging to Mr. Otway Falkiner, met with misfortune on their way to the sheep show in Sydney. The sheep were put on the…

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Harbor Bridge Losses— £280,000 a Year

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 25

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) stated that the State was losing at the rate of £230,000' a year on the Sydney Harbor Bridge…

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Losing £230,000 Yearly on Harbour Bridge

The Independent · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 3

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[?] Street Road Council Wants Assistance In Maintaining It

The Independent · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 1

The question of keeping Ochertyre, Street, Deniliquin, which has been most generally adopted as the main road to the Wakpol weir,…

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Fell 20Ft. Over Bridge Boy's Lucky Escape at Hume Weir

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 5

Falling 20 feet from a bridge at Hume Reservoir on Tuesday afternoon, William Nash, aged 10 years a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nash of…

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Motor Cycle Regulations New List Issued

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 9

New regulations, gazetted under N.S.W. Motor Traffic Act, have as their objective the lessening of dangers attached to the driving and overloading…

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Racing Motorist May Visit Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 31

Colloctor (N.S.W.) Progress Association has received another letter from the famous racing motorist, Sir Malcolm Campbell, in which he states…

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