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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,093 stories in Murray's papers · page 40 of 105

New Cars Fob Railways Sydnrt

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 7

The Railway Department has placed an order for 80 special bogey .cars to permit of faster goods train speeds, The new cars will cost over…

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Faster Train Travel Express From Albury Cuts Off 40 Minutes Experiment a Success Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

The Melbourne express which arrived this morning reduced the running time from Albury by 40 minutes. The train drew in at the Central…

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News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Queer Motoring Sights

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 28

What do you consider the queerest thing you have seen in connection with motoring? asks a writer in a London journal. Quite recently I saw…

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Motors Winter and the Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 28

In this topsy-turvy age winter has seemingly descended upon most parts of our continent, and thinking motorists are considering what they should…

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A Motor Which Runs on Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 26

Liquid air serves as fuel for one of the strangest motors ever built, which now is operating in a Japanese laboratory. Should it fulfil the hopes of…

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Missed From Express. Man Found on Railway Line. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

Missed from the Adelaide express, a few minutes after it left Melbourne, yesterday afternoon, John J. Crocker (54), was found lying beside the track…

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Old Lady Killed. Motor Fatality in Macquarie Street. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

Miss Annie Black, aged 70, was killed instantly, when she was knocked down by a motor car outside the Sydney Hospital, last night. It…

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Parkes Mystery Woman's Body Found in Gateway Police Seek Motorist

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

Puzzling features are associated with the death of Miss Emily Louisa Simpson, aged 45 years, whose body was found inside the gateway of the…

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Tax on Motor Cars Reduction Not Likely Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

Replying to a resolution issued by the recent conference of the Graziers’ Association favoring a reduction in the tax un motor cars the Minister…

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Railwaymen and Politics Issue of Recent Circular Mr, Stevens’ Comments Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 4

The Premier said to-night that there was widespread indignation amongst members of the railway unions because of the invidious…

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Weir Road £700 to be Expended Hume Council Advised

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 5

At yesterday’s meeting of Hume Shire Council the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, N.S.W., advised that the River Murray…

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ROAD v. RAIL Transport in Victoria Government Will Amend Present Act MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 1

An assurance that the present government would introduce a bill to amend the Transport Art in the coming session was given…

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Woman’s Death by Road An Inquest Opened a Miner’s Evidence Parkes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 7

An inquest into the death, of Emily Louisa Simpson. 45, whose body was Found inside a gateway on the Forbes road on Tuesday, was commenced…

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New Motor Factory £100,000 Outlay; Work for 2000 Site Not Decided Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 5

To relieve the congestion at their Adelaide works, General Motors-Holdens Ltd, have under consideration plans for the establishment of…

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Bethanga Bridge and Broken Legs

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 4

Whilst. H. G. McPhee, of Narrandera, drover in charge of 3000 merino sheep, the property Mr. C. W. Bull, of “Galavair,” Jerilderie, was…

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Railway Insurance Dance

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 6

The Railway Institute committee will hold another social club dance in the Ritz ballroom to-morrow night. These dances, which are held every…

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Fatal Motor Accident at Temora

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 3

When two cars met in a head-on collision on the Cootamundra-Temora road on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. R. Ibister, whose family occupied one…

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Sale or Motor Cycle

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 2

When William J. Hamilton Smith sold his motor cycle on January 18, 1935, he neglected to give written notice to the N.S.W. Commissioner of…

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Widow’s Appeal Fails Her Husband’s Death Claim Against N.S.W. Railways MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 1

The Full Court of the Hight Court to-day unanimously dismissed an appeal by the widow of Roy Carlon Jury, a fettler…

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A Kindly Act Incident in Albury Court Motorist Pays Expenses of Chief Witness Against Him

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 3

At the Albury Court, of Petty Sessions yesterday Lindsay Brestow Whitehead, of Ba[?]wartha was charges with having driven…

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