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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,093 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 105

Primary Producers Use of Motor Trucks MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 4

The abolition of all restrictions or concisions granted to primary producers when using their own motor trucks was suggested to-day at a…

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“Phantom Millions” Recorded Warns Public Tram Driver Acquitted London, January 14

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 6

“The public should know that this story of phantom millions is entirely without basis.” said the Recorder at the Yarmouth Sessions, when…

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New Aeroplane Stunt

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

A stunt devised by a United States aviator, in which a plane flying a puarter of a mile high picks up a man off the ground and hauls him…

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Electric Buses for Sydney. to Replace Trams

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

Anxious to press on with the modernisation of Sydney's transport system, the Commissioner for Tramways and Road Transport (Mr…

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New Aircraft Power. a Reaction Motor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

Imagine a heavier-than-air flying craft, devoid of any visible means of propulsion, which rises from the earth and travels…

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Will Fight for Rights Victorian Motor Users Political Aspect Discussed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 4

At a. meeting attended by all sections of the motor industry in. Melbourne, Mr. C. M. Dycr, acting President of the Commercial…

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Motorists. Again Hit Border Residents Suffer Ban on Commercial Vehicles Victorian Plan May Have Serious Effect

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 4

Jew towns suffer more than Albury from the effects of dashing-interstate laws, and especially at present from the several transport and motor traffic Acts applying in N.S.W. and Victoria. So complicated are these. laws that few people are able lo comprehend them…

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Motor Accidents Human Element Important Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

“It Is most. alarming and discouraging to find that 84 per cent, of the motor accidents involving deaths are attributable to human failure,” said…

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Road Transport and the Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

If the result of the Transport Acts in both States is to finally abolish the road transport services, then we must look for better train services, in…

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Corowa Wahgunyah Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Rutherglen Shire Council, a letter was read from the Municipality of Corowa in Conference to the Corowa-Wahgunyah…

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Run Down by Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

Racing along a tunnel near the Town Hall Station (Sydney) in an attempt to escape being run down by an electric train on Tuesday, Charles Lee…

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Country Roads £200,000 for Development

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

The Minister ,for Labor (Mr Cunningham.) said this. week that the Government had allocated £200,000 for developmental roads in shires throughout…

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Road Fatalities Relief Worker Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 35

One man was killed and three others' were seriously injured, on Saturday afternoon when a loaded motortruck, owned by Thomas Callinan, carrier, of…

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Tight on Train Detective and Rattler Jumper

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 27

A stand-up fight for more than a mile in a swaying brake van as the train sped towards Goulburn occurred between a rattler jumper and Railway…

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Culcairn Shire Council Appointment of New Engineer Additional Grant Eor Walbundrie-brocklesby Road Ryan Road Drainage

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Fifty-three applications were received by the Culcairn Shire Council for the position of Engineer rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. W. Strong. At a special meeting of the Council these were reduced to three, and finally the appointment fell to Mr…

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Woman Run Down by Train Head and Limbs Severed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 27

Flung from its mother's arms by the force of the impact, a baby was thrown clear of a train which knocked down and cut to pieces Mrs. G. Arthur…

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Old-age Pensioner. Robbed on Road. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

Thomas Erwin (70), an old-age pensioner, informed the police that while returning home on a lonely road, at Toongabbie, after drawing…

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New Bridge Favored £99,000 Cost Ho Be Shared Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 9

As a contribution to the city traffic solution, the traffic and public Works committee of the City Council will recommend the construction of a…

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Big Floods Town is Isolated Rail Washaways and Impassable Roads SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

A message received at Sydney this morning states the [?] township of 300 inhabitants is completely isolated by…

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A Snake Story From Hillston Nieces Lake Road, via Hillston

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 20

Dear Uncle,—Santa brought me a school case, a half ribbon, a swimming cap and a big doll. We went to town on Christmas Eve, and at night mother…

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