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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 55

Motor Vehicles Registration of Licensing of Secondhand Dealers

The Independent · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner)will introduce in the Legislative Assembly shortly a bill designed to afford some measure of protection…

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Motor Accidents Magistrate Warns Drivers Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

At the Traffic Court to-day Mr. Scobie, S.M., said that as a result of the motor car accident position, revealed in statistics just published, a…

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Sixteen Railway Workers Killed in Canada. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

Sixteen Canadian-Pacific railway workers were killed to-day, when the tender of a locomotive was derailed in the night time at Revelstroke,…

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Warning to Motor Drivers Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

At the Traffic Court to-day Mr. Scoble, S.M., said that as a result of the motor car accident position, revealed in statistics just published, a…

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A Road Fatality Garage Proprietor Found Dead Victim of Hit-run Motorist

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

At 7.45 a.m. on Sunday, Mr. Gent, of Shepparton, was motoring along the main road, a mile north of Wahring, when he saw a stationary…

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Bridge and Clubs—Not for "Pearl" Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 23

DEAR POPPY,—Whilst I must concede that some young people who are married these days have a short reign of happiness, perhaps mainly be…

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Road Casualties Exceed War Casualties London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

The House of Commons was startled last night When it was disclosed that road casualties during the reign of late King George had exceeded…

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Road Casualties. a Startling Record. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

The House of Commons was startled to-night when it was disclosed that road casualties during the reign of the late King George V. exceeded…

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Road Accidents Increase in N.s.w. 461 Killed; 6420 Injured

The Independent · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

The number of road accidents in New South Wales last year was 9209, compared with 8134 in 1934—an increase of 13.2 per cent…

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Motor Truck Bursts Into Flames

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 30

Driving a motor truck up Mitchell's Hill, in the Walwa district, Mr. C. Freer, of Walwa, had a most unenvi-able experience when his truck burst…

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Railways Criticised Wangaratta Councillor's Sharp Comment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 16

Wangaratta Shire Council lias repeatedly asked the Railway Department to instal a crossing over the North-Eastern line between the…

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Motors Precision in Overhauls

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 28

It is becoming more and more apparent that to test and adjust a modern car thoroughly, certain rather costly equipment and instruments of…

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Cheaper Fares to Be Tested Will Victorian Railway Business Increase?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 35

Should the patronage given to cheap railway fares in the country districts this month be sufficient to indicate that cheaper travel will regain much…

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Two More Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

THE strangest item that has appeared of late years is the decision of the New South Wales Grovernment to construct two short…

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Reduction Ordered in Railway Fares Cheaper Travel in U.S.A. Washington, February 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 11

The Interstate Commerce Commission, by five votes to four, decided to-day to order all railway companies in the United States to reduce fares by…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Danger in Street Lighting

The Independent · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

"The criticism of overhead street lighting by the deputy-coroner at Queanbeyan brings up the question of the illumination generally of our…

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Albury Railway Traffic[?]

The Independent · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 4

Traffic at the Albury railway yards has greatly increased recently. Large consignments of superphosphate [?] form machinery, and general…

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Something New in Talking Pictures Hear What a Motor Engine Has to Say !

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 4

It Has often been said that "there is nothing new under the sun," but this saying has been belled by a talking motion picture to be shown at the…

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Aeroplane Falls Into-lake Quorum

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

An Italian aeroplane after bombing Quorum fell into Lake Asbangl. The occupants are believed to have been drowned…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Crashed Into Washaway. Mishap on Finley Road

The Independent · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

Getting off the formation when the lights of his motor cycle fused while riding along the Finley road near Mundiwa homeste[?]d on…

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