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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

1,361 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 69

Fatal Road Smash

The Independent · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 2

Peggy Rich, 30, of Bairnsdale and Stephen Clinton, 63, school teacher, of Bairnsdale, two of those injured in the accident to a motor van on the…

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Water for Stock On Finley Road Reserve

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 4

AT the Pastures Protection Board meeting yesterday, Mr. R. H. Greggery directed attention to the need for providing water for stock on the…

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Room for 100 Aeroplanes Centenary Air Race to Start From Hatfield Aerodrome. Machines Will Be Flagged Off at Half Minute Intervals. London

The Independent · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

Though no official announcement has been made it has virtually been decided that the Centenary air race should be started solely from the…

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For the Motor Man Hints That Will Help Him When in Trouble Easily Made Socket Wrenches

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 4

Sections of seaminess steel tubing cut from the fram of a discarded Licycle, can be made into strong, serviceable socket wrenches, which will…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 6

When a motor cycle they were riding ran into a cutting, near Walbundrie. Reglnald Dybil, 21, of Albury, received lacerations, wounds to the…

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Motors Damaged Collision Opposite Post Office

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

AT 9 o’clock yesterday morning when a motor car was turning from the kerbside near the post office, a loaded transport travelling…

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Water on Finley Road

The Independent · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 4

After a motion had been moved by Mr. R. H. Greggery and seconded by Mr. C. L. Falkner at Thursday's meeting of Deniliquin P.P. Board…

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Extraordinary Accident. Train and Motor Bus Collide. Twenty-two Persons Killed. Madrid

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 2

Twenty-two 'bus passengers were killed and fifteen injured, in an extraordinary accident to-day. A motor bus skidded on a hillside at…

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Request for Road Neighbor Threatens Action

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 1

A PETITION signed by several ratepayers was read at Murray Shire Council meeting last month, requesting that the road between Tuppal Creek…

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Twelve Mile Creek Drainage at Harris Corner Road Formation to Be Raised

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 3

At the Coreen Shire Council meeting yesterday the engineer, Mr. G. E. Minns, submitted a plan and proposal for the alleviation of the trouble…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Stock Crossing Not Favoured

The Independent · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. has been advised by the Graziers' Association of New South Wales that a stock crossing over Parramatta Road, Flemington…

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Margins Restored To 13,000 Railwaymen

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 2

Thirteen thousand railway employees in Victoria now receiving wages up to £250 a year will have their margins restored in full, as a result of a judgment…

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Why Play Bridge ?

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1934 · page 4

In the course of a lively controversy which has been carried on in the columns of the “Weekly Scofman” on the question Why Play…

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Sunday Fat Lamb Train

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 3

Arising out of a conference at Narandera amongst Victorian and New South Wales railway officials and interested stock-owners and…

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Ochertyre Street Road

The Independent · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 2

At the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night the town clerk (Mr. W. R. Tate) stated that he had received an intimation from the Local…

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Jack Hulbert Aboard "The Ghost Train"

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 2

Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge need no introduction to-day. These two most popular stars are aboard. “The Ghost Train,” scheduled to arrives at…

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"The Ghost Train" Due on

The Independent · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 4

Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge need no introduction to-day. These two most popular stars are aboard "The Ghost Train" scheduled…

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Getting Fat Lambs to Market Special Train From Riverina

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 1

A conference was held in Wagga last week between graziers and farmers who grow fat lambs, and Mr. W. Corry, representing the New South…

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Murray Shire Regular Monthly Meeting Mathoura-aratula Road

The Independent · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of Murray Shire Council was held at Mathoura on Monday. There were present: The President (Cr. L. M…

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Is It a Road? Land Opposite Town Hall Council to Investigate

The Independent · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 4

The question has often been asked why the area in Cressy Street on the creek opposite the Town Hall has not been built upon, and the question was…

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