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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,093 stories in Murray's papers · page 76 of 105

Court Sits at Bedside Motor Cycle Fatality Recalled Misadventure Finding Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 5

The evidence of a witness was taken from her bedside in ward of the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, this morning, when the City Coroner (Mr…

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Motor Accident Death of Mr. Bliss

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 1

Mr. B. C. Bliss, commercial traveller, died on Tuesday night at the Deniliquin Hospital from injuries received in a motor…

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Two Men Injured Motor Cycle Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 1

ON Wednesday afternoon a motor cycle driven by Mr. J. Hibberd, with Mr. E. R. Wilson in the side-car, got out of control at the turn in the…

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A Bridge Wanted Across the Murray at Nyah

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 1

The following article appeared in n district contemporary concerning the need of a bridge across the river at Nyah to serve the Koraleigh settlers…

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Motor Speed Five Miles a Minute

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 4

The world's greatest motor speed exponent, Sir Malcolm Campbell, has again journeyed from England to America with his famous super-racing…

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Gruelling Road Race

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 6

The increasing popularity of cycling in this country is reflected in the tremendous success of the annual Speedwell road races held last week…

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Struck by Tram Elderly Man Killed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 1

Joseph Hartlett, 61, of Paddington, was knocked down by a tram at Waverley last evening and fatally injured. He received a fractured skull…

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Man Fatally Injured Struck by Motor Car Police Search for Youths SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 1

Detectives are searching for three youths who are said to have decamped from a car after it was responsible for the death of a man in…

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Railway Losses Unhealthy [?] Report Wasilngton, September 6

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 3

General business recovery in the last year has not extended to the railways. according to a report for the first half of [?], which was issued…

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Horseman Killed Thrown on to Road Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 5

Lindsay Gordon, 25, was killed at Longwarry to-day when he was thrown by the racehorse, Boadicean. The tragedy was discovered after the horse…

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D. & M. Railway Opened 60 Years Ago

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 1

On July 4, 1936, it will be 60 years since the official opening of the Deniliquin - Moama railway line…

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Motor Cars on View Finest Yet Staged Here Many Makes Represented

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 September 1935 · page 3

A decade ago one would have . thought that absolute perfection in the designing of motor car engines and bodies had been reached. Then…

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Railway Excursions Early in October

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 3

The fifth State-wide series of excursions during the present year has been arranged by the Department of Railways to coincide with…

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Driver’s Lucky Escape Van Collides With Rail Motor Windscreen Shattered Kilmore

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 1

Patrick Joseph Martin, of Gordon street, Deepdene, had a lucky escape today when the motor van he was driving collided with the…

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Fire at Railway Station London. September 11

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 6

Forty-foot flames through the 100f of Euston station were visible early this morning from the roofs in [?] street. The outbreak occurred in…

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Hume Shire Council Assistance From Ratepayers in Repairing Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 14

Bad roads and the high cost of repairing them often prove a worry to shire councils, but a scheme decided on at a meeting of Hume Shire…

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Cycling Inter-club Road Race to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 6

An excellent field started in the Wangaratta club's 35-miles road race on Saturday last. The day was ideal for racing. Prizes for junior riders…

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Motor Park Bright Attraction; Good Business Reported Blacklock's Display

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 7

Blacklock's exhibit at the show, if possible, surpassed all previous efforts. Looking at the stand from just inside the new memorial gates, the array of…

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Motors Air-cleaners and Maximum Speed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 28

There are still many enthusiasts who are for ever scheming to get a few more miles per hour from their cars. Among the dodges practised by…

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One Big Railway Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 28

The conference of the Australian Railways Union at Orange carried a resolution favoring the formation of one industrial organisation for…

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