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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,093 stories in Murray's papers · page 75 of 105

Car Over Bridge Driver’s Amazing Escape Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 2

With a terrific noise which awakened several residents, a motor car, driven by Alexander Lamb. 52, master butcher, of Moonee Ponds,…

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“Bridge, Cocktails, and Golf” Weakness of Girls Secondary Schools Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 2

The secondary school system of education for girls was neither solid or a suitable preparation for the future of girls who would later lead…

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Seymour Rail Smash Operating Porter Suspended Train Crew, Too Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 2

Pending the determination of the special board of inquiry constituted to probe the cause of the rail crash at Seymour on Sunday, the operating…

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Railway Boilermakers Wages to be Reduced New Award Made Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 1

A new Federal award covering boilermakers employed by the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners, which was announced by Judge Drake Brockman…

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One Big Union Aim of Railwaymen Conference Resolutions ORANGE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 1

The conference of the Australian Railways Union carried a resolution to-day favoring the formation of one industrial…

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Land for Motor Firm Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 4

The Fishermen’s Bend Land Bill, the purpose of which is to validate the agreement between the Government and General Motors (Holdens) Ltd…

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Exhaust Fumes Kill Motorist Death on Country Road Temora (N.s.w.), Wed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 5

Arthur Harold Warren, 45, formerly a baker, here, was found dead in a sedan car to-day on the road near Delavan golf links, about one mile from…

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Football Rutherglen Club Players Train Hard For Match Against Border Uni[?]

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 6

Rutherglen players are [?] hard for the vital match ag[?] Border United on Saturday. [?] realise they are faced with a [?]…

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Railway Goods Yards Traffic

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 2

Normal trade conditions again prevail at the Albury railway goods yards. Consignments of potatoes and onions from Victoria are at present…

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Beautifying Railway Station Grounds

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 2

Mr. D. McLeod, stationmaster at Albury, has initiated the work of beautifying the surroundings of the railway station. The plot in front…

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Victorian Railways Year’s Operations Reviewed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 5

In their annual report covering the year ended June 30 last the Railway Commissioners state that owing to the financial situation…

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Train and Car Collide. Motor Driver Killed. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 2

When a coal train collided with a motor lorry, at Clermont level crossing, the vehicle was smashed to pieces, and Harry Norton, the driver…

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Wodonga Shire Meeting of Councillors Money for Roads Allocated

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Wodonga Shirt Council was held on Wednesday and the following were present: Crs. R. Richardson (President) M…

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Items O F News Foot Warmers Flor Train Travellers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 4

At the beginning of next winter interstate travellers will be provided with foot-warmers in the Victorian express trains from Albury. Hitherto…

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Graziers' Association Yarrawonga Bridge Proposal Discussed Request for Traffic Regulation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 5

A meeting of the Corowa district branch of the Graziers' Association of Southern Riverina was held at Corowa Literary Institute on…

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Standard Railway Gauge Port Augusta to Port Pirie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 32

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) stated that the Federal Government intended to proceed with its proposal for the construction of a…

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News and Notes Prom the N.r.m.a. World Motor Car Production

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 28

An increase of over 90 per cent, in the production of motor cars and motor lorries in the past two years is reported by the league of Nations?…

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Motors Gradual Increase in M.p.h

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 28

In attempting to diagnose the causes of unsatisfactory petrol mileage it is a mistake always to act on the assumption that the carburettor is the…

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Motor Accident In Thorne Street Wagga Culcairn Resident Involved

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 4

A head-on collision with two motor cars occurred in Thorne Street, Wagga, early on Thursday morning last week, when Mr…

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Railway Smash Guard Killed at Seymour

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 3

With a shattering roar which made nearby residents start from their crashed into the rear of another…

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