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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

862 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 44

[?]Errigan Council and Main Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 3

The Council has agreed to accept the offer of the Transport Commission to declare the road from Berrigan to Deniliquin main road, and to…

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Motor Traffic Act. Batch of Summons Cases

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 2

In the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M ( Mr. G. J. Johnstone), yesterday ,a number of cases for breaches of the Motor Traffic Act…

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Sheep for Canning Half Rates on the Railways

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 4

A statement issued by the Railway Department last week contains particulars of the conditions under which aged sheep sent from New…

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Tocumwal-Narandera Railway Conversion League Executive Meeting at Jerilderie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 3

There was a representative gathering of members of the Executive of the Tocumwal-Narandera Railway Conversion League at a…

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The Aerodrome at Darwin. Not Sufficient for Air Mail. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 3

The Minister for Defence declares that the aerodrome at Darwin is not large enough, nor is it properly equipped for use by regular oversea…

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Oil-tree Bridge Work Commenced This Week

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 5

No time has been lost in commencing the construction of the six-cell re-inforced concrete outvert at the inlet to the Oiltree…

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Irish Train Wrecked. Twenty Passengers Injured. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 3

A passenger train was derailed and wrecked outside Omagh, Tyronne. Twenty passengers were injured. It is alleged that the points were…

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Trespassed on Railway Property

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

Leslie Reid, 37, and Norman Reid, 24, brothers, pleaded guilty to trespassing on the property of the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners. Each was…

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Wagga News Knocked Down By Motor Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 33

James Steet, aged 19. years, of Narandera-road, Wagga, was knocked down by a motor car on Saturday night when riding a bicycle along the…

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Railway Thrills

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 32

Railwaymen have their share of thrills. Sometimes only a second stands between disaster and preventing an accident. Not long ago on a railway…

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Transport of Stock Further Railway Concession

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 31

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) has extended the arrangements under which cattle and sheep in store condition can be sent by railway…

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Motors Driving Round Corners in Safety

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 28

Numbers of careful drivers when taking a left-hand corner believe that the right method of so doing is to keep the car as far over to the left of…

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£12,000 Damage to Railway Workshops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 11

A disastrous fire occurred at Bathurst when the railway permanent-way workshops and much valuable machinery were destroyed. The workshops…

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Railway Office Raided Turkish Students in Riot. Constantinople. February 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 12

Because the Italian director of a railway company ordered the clerks, to speak French, instead of Turkish, 500 students raided the company's offices…

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Smaller Loss on Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 12

In Sydney this week the Minister of Transport (Mr. Bruxner) said the financial position of the railways during the last six months had shown…

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Robbery at Barnes Railway Safe Blown Open

The Independent · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

During Friday night last thieves broke into Barnes railway station, seven miles from Moama on the Deniliquin line, and removed the…

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Wheat on Yarrawonga Oaklands Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 2

Wheat deliveries to stations on the Yarrawonga-Oaklands line are: -- Oaklands, 200,000 bags: Wangamong, 35,…

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Riverina Railways Desire to Link with Victoria N.s.w. Government to Be Approached

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 3

A meeting of the executive of the Tocumwal-Narandera Railway Conversion League was held at Jerilderie on afternoon last, Cr. M. D…

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Border Railways Tocumwal-narandera Conversion

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 2

A meeting of the executive of the Tocumwal-Narandera Railway Conversion League was held at Jerilderie on Saturday, Councillor M. D. Horgan…

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Barnes Railway Station Safe Blown

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 2

A darling robbery was perpetrated at the Barnes station late on Friday. night or in the early hours of Saturday morning Using a jemmy thieves…

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