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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Voyages of a Tramp a Nomad of the Sea

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Trams steamers are well termed the nomads of the sea. The British freighter. Riverton, which reached Sydney last week from Shanghai, will have…

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Urge for Travel—Activity at Albury Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

Railway traffic Albury during the holiday season was the best on record, butrivalling that of the peak years of prosperity. For many months during…

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British Motor Cars Increase in Production London, January 7

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

The British Society of Motor Manufactures records a steady increase in production during last year, when 256,866 private cars and 85,366…

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Correspondence Wodonga Footpaths and Roads (To the Editor.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

Sir,—note with pleasure comments the footpaths, of Wodonga. which certainly do improve our growing village. It seems a pity that the post…

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Toll of Road 319 Persons Killed in N.S.W. Last Year SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

Statistics made available to-day show that 319 persons were killed and 5503 injured in 7281 road accidents in N.S.W. during last year, Of the…

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Railway Gauges Federal Cabinet Proposals. for Further Unification

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

The Parliamentary Secretary for Re-employment (Mr Stewart) has submitted proposals to the Federal Cabinet for the unification of…

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Narandera-tocumwal Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

Of interest to those connected with the Tocumwal-Narandera Railway Conversion League will be the inquiries being made by the Federal…

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[?] to Hold Railway’s Celebration

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

Junee railwaymen and citizens are preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the railway depot and locomotive sheds at…

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Railways Unification Money Could be Spent m Other Avenues Views of Sir George Julius Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 1

Sir George Juhus referring to the suggestion of a railway line being constructed from Port Augusta to Sydney and Brisbane via Broken Hill,…

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Some Tram Services May Go Buses to Replace Them an Ambitious Programme Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 1

The replacement or several suburban tram service by electric trolley buses and double-decker Diesel-engined buses is stated to be…

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Largest Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 33

The world's largest bridge, which is to span San Francisco Bay and connect the great cities of San Francisco and Oakland, is beginning to take…

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319 Persons Killed on Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 8

Statistics made available show that 319 persons were killed and 5508 injured in 7281 road accidents in N.S.W. during last year. Of the injured 1981…

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Fatal Train Collision. Moscow

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Sixteen persons were killed and 67 injured when two trains collided, 140 miles south of Leningrade. Both trains were derailed and one caught…

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Completion of Road over [?] Reservoir

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

Judging by present progress it is likely that the roadway over the top of Hume Reservoir will be open to traffic shortly after the end of next…

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Road Vehicles Weight of Loads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 31

Some time ago two ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919, were published in the Gazette. These regulate the weight of vehicles (inclusive…

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Road Repairs Wanted: Petition to Council

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

THE condition of Ochtertyte street from the show grounds to Warbreccan road also the Warbreccan road, has on many…

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Work of Main Roads Board 531 Brides Built Since 1925

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 30

The Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. Newell), addressing members of the N.R.M.A. council, said that since 1925 the Main Roads Department had…

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Champion Pigeon Shot Wounded Strange Mishap on Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 8

Norman Smith, of West Wyalong, but formerly of Temora, who is tho champion pigeon shot of the southern districts, and winner of the recent…

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Railway and Tramway Awards

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. --In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Drake Brockman announced, that he had decided to accede to the request…

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Shire Council Roads a Thesis on Systematic Construction Constructive Criticism of Shire Administration

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Following is the final instalment of the most interesting thesis that was placed before Councillors of the Lockhart Shire Council at its meeting in December by the Engineer, the first instalment of which appeared in out last issue. The thesis embodies a policy in…

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