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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

1,361 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 69

Cornalla Road Ratepayers Meet Council Adequate Waterways Required to Prevent Flooding

The Independent · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 3

Requesting that the road between Tuppal Creek and Cornalla be attended to before the wet seasonsets in, a petition signed by several…

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Jack Hulbert In “The Ghost Train”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 1

The British Secret Service story, “The Ghost Train,” with Jack [?] and Cicely Courtneidge — Hugh Wakefield and Gordon Harker in “The Man They…

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The Ghost Train Jack Hulbert Aboard Town Hall—wednesday

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

British Secret Service work—with all its thrilling situations—is the foundation of England's latest railroad production. "The Ghost Train,"…

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Street Accidents 783 Persons Killed in a Year. Train Victims Total 176

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

Figures compiled by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee) show that 783 persons were killed and 14,105 injured in public…

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Multifarious Duties Railway Guard in North Australia

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

In the Darwin Arbitration Court, before Judge Drake-Brockman, Leonard Scott, guard, gave evidence in the claim of the railway workers…

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Railway Revenue Figures for May. Show Decrease of £1648

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

The monthly statement [?] by the stationmaster at Deniliquin (Mr. T. Buckley) show that revenue for May showed a decrease of £1648…

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Sunday Lamb Train. to Start on [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 4

On Tuesday last [?] of the Narrandera Municipal Council, the P.P. Board, stock and studion agents, and the F. and S. [?]…

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Water for Stock. on Finley Road Reserve

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1934 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board, Mr R. H. Greggery. directed attention to the need for providing water…

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Big Motor Display at Jerilderie on 16th JULY

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 3

Probably the largest display of motor vehicles that has ever toured the country districts will be in Jerilderie on Monday, 16th July…

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Stock Travelling by Motor Trucks Permits Must Be Obtained

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 3

At the last meeting of the directors of the Jerilderie Pastures Protection Board a report was received that a landowner had been…

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Racehorse Electrocuted on Public Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 2

In an unsatisfactory and Incomplete statement regarding the leakage of electric current at Parkdale on Friday last, which caused the death of…

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For the Motor Man Tool Kits and Their Weaknesses

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 3

There are spanners and spannors and one pair of pliers differs greatly from another. too often alas the novice is attracted rather by the…

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N.s.w. Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 2

Figures Issued by the New South Wales Railway Department reveal that the railway finances have improved by £ 2,239,612 in the last two…

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Railway Revenue Considerably Reduced for April May Shows Increase

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 June 1934 · page 1

The rail revenue for the Balranald railway station for the month of April showed a decrease in revenue compared with the corresponding period…

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Motoring Increasing Automobile Production

The Independent · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 4

A big increase in the world's production of automobiles is shown by figures prepared by the Hague statistical office of the International Tin…

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Stock Travelling by Motor Trucks Permits Must be Obtained

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 2

At the last meeting of the directors of the Jerilderie Pastures Protection Board a report was received that a landowner had been questioned by the…

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Road Administration

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

ONE aspect of the financial statement of the Waradgery Shire Council, appearing in another column, which will strike many readers, is the…

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Crippled Motorist Sued

The Independent · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

A defendant sat in a wheeled chair in the District Court (Sydney) before Judge Curlewis. He was Henry Ithel Morgan, of Cobbitee-road…

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Railways Finances Improve Cockatoo Dockyards Paying

The Independent · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 3

The [?] of the N.S.W. Railways this year show [?] improvement as compared with recent years. It is expected that the The Cockatoo Dockyards (N.S.W.) are now paying. When they were under Government control the Government was losing £60,000 or £70,000 a…

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Motor Notes a New Rolls-royce Model

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

The Rolls-Royce Car Company of America, a subsidiary company of Rolls ! Royce of England, has entered the ; American de luxe car field with a new…

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