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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,093 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 105

Run Down by Train Miner Fatally Injured Farkes

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 1

John McCarthy, 63, a miner, was run down by a train near the railway station this morning and was fatally injured. The driver of a slowly…

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Border Motor Traffic. Victoria Restores Concession

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 3

The decision of the Victorian Government to withdraw the concession to allow commercial motor vehicles registered in New South…

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Fell From Tram Elderly Woman’s Death Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 2

I am not satisfied that this woman was afforded an opportunity of securing a place safety in the [?] said the City corner (Mr. D. Gra[?]…

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Road to Racecourse

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 2

In a letter to the Albury Municipal Council last, evening, Mr. B. Peacock, secretary of the Albury Racing Club, acquired If It would be, possible to…

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Petrol Tax Federal Aid Roads Agreement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 4

As the Federal Aid Roads Agreement is due to expire next year, the National Roads and Motorists' Association is co-operating with…

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Restrictions on Motor Traffic

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 2

At last evening’s meeting or tho AIbury Municipal Council, on the motion of Alderman. Daniel, the question of removing the restrictions on the…

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Duck Shooters Killed Motor Car Overturns Three Men Dead Men Dead. Bendigo

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 3

Three men, who were going on a duck shooting expedition, were killed last night, when their motor car overturned on the road between Inglewood…

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Motor Cycle Skids Rider’s Skull Fractured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 5

When the motor cycle lie was riding along Brunswick road, at about 7.30 a.m. to-day. skidded and crashed, Oliver Dolphin. Erval street, Preston,…

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Albury Men Win £12,000 Both Railway Employes Purchase of Lucky Ticket an Intersting Story Syndicate’s Formation Linked With Lost Ring

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 2

First Prize—£12,00—in a Tasmanian consultation was yesterday won by Mr. Herbert Hall manager of the railway…

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Road Transport Railway Problem in 1895

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

IN his efforts to discover the cause of railway deficits and their bearing upon competition from road transport, Mr. H. W. Harrison. secretary of the…

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When the Train Was Late

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 21

"An hour late—a whole hour! What shall we so?" Bess and Nell looked at one another, and glanced around the stuffy…

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Attempt at Derailment. Of Passenger Train. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 2

A deliberate attempt was made last night to derail a passenger train between Hornsby and Normanhurst, by placing a slab of concrete, weighing…

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ALBURY & DISTRICT Holbrook Shire Seeks Road Grant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 9

Mr. A. Mair, M.L.A. for Albury, has been advised by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) that the request of the Holbrook Shire…

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Culcairn Shire Council Gravel Tenders Accepted Henty-walla Road Urban Committee Affairs

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council on Monday, an amount of £150 was voted the Henty Urban Committee for the year 1935. The clerk reported that last year the sum of £210 15/4 had been voted, but the Council had received several amounts of…

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Wool From Albury Transport to Seaboard Use of Rail or Road Need for Speed Stressed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 9

A case which gave an insight into the speed with which it is necessary to transport wool from the sales to the dock for…

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News of the World About People Places and Events The Land Where Everything's Topsy-Turvey! Road Rules That Would Shock Hore-Belisha

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 38

"O FAIR Japan, O rare Japan, Thou land of ancient trees, Where lotus blossoms fringe thy paths…

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Railway Picnic at Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 19

At a meeting of the south-western district picnic committee a letter was received from the Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. T. J. Hartigan)…

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Kitten Under Tram Causes Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 35

After they had rescued a kitten which had run beneath a stationary tram during a storm on Saturday night a man was killed in Pyrmont…

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Victorian Ministers Hurt in Accident Motor Car Strikes Tree

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 32

Skidding on the wet road surface after it had struck another motor car, a Government car carrying the Minister for the Interior (Mr…

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Motors Retreading and Condemned Tyres

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 28

A few days before the Christmas holidays the writer was visited by a disgruntled motorist who complained that a certain firm whom he had…

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