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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

1,361 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 69

Tram Driver’s Dread Feared Traffic—Took Life Had Been a Mental Patient Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 1

A tram driver employed by the Tramways Board. Francis Arthur Barker, 44, a returned soldier, dreaded city traffic, according to his wife, who…

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Diesel Motor Trains Tender Let for Engines More Speed Is Aim Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 1

The delivery of the first two engines of the fast Diesel motor trains for use on country branch lines will probably be made by the contractors…

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Railways Improvements Money to be Made Available Commissioner’s Announcement Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 1

The Commissioner for Hallways (Hr. Hartigan) to-night said the Government had made available £800,000 for expenditure, on railway…

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Cyclist Seriously Hurt Struck by Motor Lorry Police Investigating Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 3

Ernest Snell, 24, of Ingleburn, was seriously injured at Campbelltown tonight. According to the story related to the police, Snell was riding his…

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Items of News Aerodrome for Albury Suggested

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 2

The suggestion that Albury should furnish itself with an aerodrome through the avenue of unemployment relief moneys, was made by the…

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Campaign of Tree Planting Improving Appearance of Roads Main Roads Board to Help

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 3

The Department of Main Roads has taken a further important step towards the appearance of roads in the State, by embarking on a…

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Taxi “War” Ending Standard Rates Likely Road Chief Intervenes SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

The end of the taxi cab fate “war” is in sight, as a result of an announcement by the Commissioner for Road Transport…

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Motor Traffic Growing in Middle East

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 5

The automobile is ousting the camel on the routes to Mecca and other age-old desert tracts, and the growth of motor traffic in the…

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Break of Railway Gauge

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 3

Wagga "Daily Advertiser" states: "The importance of solving the problem of the break in the railway gauge cannot be overstated…

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N.E. TRANSPORT Operators Seek Licences Railway Opposition MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

Applications for licences to transport general merchandise between Melbourne and north-eastern centres were heard before the…

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Trespassers on Railways One Had Two Broken Legs Men Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 3

John Harris, 10, William Leo Russell, 16, Norris Nicholls, 18, and George Watson 64, when charged at the Albury Court of Petty Sessions…

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Motorist Injured When Car Somersaults

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 2

Mr. Bertie Lodd, 54 of West street, North Sydney, suffered two fractured ribs when his car overturned a short distance north from Holbrook…

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Railwaymen’s Wages Little Chance of Full Restoration Judge’s Comments Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 2

During the hearing of the protracted railway case to-day. Judge Drake Brockman said it would be wrong if by giving railway men more liberal…

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Waterloo Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 32

Critics who held that nine years was a long time in which to determine whether Waterloo bridge (London) should be reconstructed or…

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Cattle Crossing Bridge

The Independent · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 2

Though it may not be generally known it is a fact that when cattle are to be crossed over the river bridge on the main road, the drover…

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Heard But Could Not See the Aeroplane Tumbarumba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 20

Dear Uncle,—I was very pleased to see my last letter in print. We have a little lamb, and I should like you to please give it a name. It has rained…

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Special Train for the Show

The Independent · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 6

For the convenience of exhibitors of live stock, etc., and visitors to the Deniliquin Show on Wednesday next, a special train has been chartered by…

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Aeroplane Disaster Dr. Van Der Leeuw Killed Body Found in African Jungle Capetown

The Independent · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 6

The body of Dr. J. J. Van Der Lecuw, who was killed when his Machine crashed while flying from East Rhodesia to Tanganyika, was found…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Traffic Offences

The Independent · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 1

The criminal statistics for England and Wales recently published show that 45 per cent of all convictions were for traffic offences—thus…

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Motor Energy Analyser

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 38

Motorists, and particularly operators of truck and car fleets, will be interested in a new device that has recently been imported from America…

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