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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

1,361 stories in Murray's papers · page 51 of 69

On Bullock Wagon Duke Opens Show Great Day at Cootamundra (From Our Special Representative on the Royal Train) COOTAMUNDRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 6

It was a typically Australian welcome which the Duke of Gloucester received at Cootamundra to-day. The Royal visitor…

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Howlong Road Impassable

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 5

Cr. .T. Pierce Smith, Howtong, telephoned last evening that floods had washed away a culvert near the eight-mile peg on the Howlong…

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Missing Aeroplane No Trace Found Scrap Timber is False Glue MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 1

The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Tasmanian plane, Miss Hobart, with 10 passengers and two pilots aboard, still…

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Tramways Strike Effect on Railways Figures Passengers Increase Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 2

Mainly due to the tramways strike, railway figures for the week ended October 21 showed ah increase of 36,185 passengers. In all 90,953…

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Woman Struck by Train Is Killed Instantly Coroner’s Finding Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 2

An open finding was recorded by the City Coroner (Mr. D. Grant) this morning, when ho found that Charlotte Clark, 07, of Bosiato street, had…

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Motor Taxation Proposed Payments to Councils Minister's Reply

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 3

Writing to the general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Cambridge), the Minister for Transport (Colonel…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 3

A fatal motor accident occurred on Wednesday evening of last week, as a result of which Mr. Edward Anlezark, a well-known resident of…

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Blind Man Killed Struck fey Tram Two Women Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 1

When two blind people—a man and woman—were being helped across the road by a woman in Glenferric road, Kooyong…

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Skull Fractured Motorist Critically Hurt Struck by Cart Shaft Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 5

A man named H. Jones was critically injured to-day in a collision between a motor car, which he was driving, and a butcher’s cart. The…

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Treasure Under Waterloo Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 32

Somewhere deep in the mud below Waterloo Bridge, England, now being demolished, lies the loot of a ship sunk during the Danish raid on…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 4

An attempt to wreck a Sydney bound train was made between Moss Vale and Preston on Sunday night last, two sleepers having been placed…

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Making Train-running Fool-proof

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 33

Extensive efforts are being made by Britain’s four great railways to find methods of train control which will make collisions impossible. Recently…

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Motoring News and Motes From the N.r.m.a. Country Road Work

The Independent · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 1

Four culverts are under construction on the main road between Yass and Canberra, according to advice received by the N.R.M.A, and…

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The Royal Train Last Word in Comfort

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 2

Great interest was manifested locally on Monday afternoon to see the train which conveyed the Duke of Gloucester to Wagga, on his…

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Three Drowned in Flood Cas Swept From Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 9

Two men and a boy were drowned at Newstead (Vic.) when the car in which they were riding was swept from a bridge by flood waters. Another man…

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Torrential Rains Over State Cause Widespread Damage Canberra's Telephone and Train Services Affected. Duke's Train May Be Isolated

The Independent · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. Torrential rains have fallen over many parts of the State. At Orange the stormwater canal overflowed…

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Bridge Will Be Built After 60 Years of Discussion

The Independent · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 2

The question of erecting a bridge across the Murrumbidgee River between Wagga and Narrandera, where there is a stretch of 60 miles…

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Camel Train From Alice Springs Year to Come to Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 30

With 11 grown camels and a baby one, Mr. B. Russell, who is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. Travers and two aborigines, arrived in…

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Dispute Over Road Mayor and Ald. Edwards Again Clash. Warm Debate in Council Chamber

The Independent · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 3

Another heated argument ensued between the Mayor (Ald. E. T. Matthews) and Ald. R. J. Edwards at Monday night's meeting over the…

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Trams Run Again in Melbourne What Strikers Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 35

After four days of idleness trams resumed normal operations in Melbourne on Saturday morning as a result of the agreement made between…

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