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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 55

Colored Roads

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 1

The dividing of suitably wide roads into traffic lanes by means of painted lines has proved an asset to road safety, but the maintenance of these…

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Road to Be Widened

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 3

The narrow road of access from the Hay-Narandera road to the T.S.K. at the Carrathool bridge, on the north side of the river, known as the…

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New Broadbent Road Map

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 3

The latest addition of the Official Broadbent Map and Guide of Victoria and Riverina (40th year of issue) reveals a high standard of…

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Motoring Notes News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. When Cars Break Down

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 1

It is unusual to see car engines being started by means of the crank handle these days, but during last Month N.R.M.A. patrols were called…

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Road Improvement Cressy and End Streets

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

AT the council meeting last night Ald. Bradford moved. That in view of the fact that the sewerage mains will not be laid in Cressy street (with the…

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Fatal Accidents. Two Persons Killed on Roads. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

When a motor car overturned, near Gegederick, in the Cooma district, Mrs. Angus McColl was fatally injured, and her five months' old son…

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Death on Road. Car Traveller Collapses Near Te Aro

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

A very sudden death took place yesterday, on the Gunbar Road, when Mr. Thomas Keeley, of Molong, Condobolin, a farmer and grazier…

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Mathoura News Railway Improvements

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

A plan to beautiful the surroundings at the Mathoura Railways Station is in hand and a large number of ornamental trees have been planted in the…

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Train Departures

The Independent · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 1

The Railways Commissioners have issued a reminder to people farewelling friends travelling by country trains that the purchase of a…

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Euroa Road Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 12

As the result of a motor accident near Euroa (Vie.) on Friday, when Mrs. O'Neill and her son, Roy Mervyn, of Caulfield, were severely hurt…

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Special Stock Train From Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 5

Messrs. Edward Trenchard & Co. have been advised by the Victorian Railways that it has been decided to run a special stock train every…

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Cycling Healing Junior Road Championship

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Craze, Healing cycle dealer advises that the Healing Junior Road Championship of Victoria, in which Henty is incorporated for the purpose…

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Car Skids on Road Umbango

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 21

Dear Uncle,—It has been raining here a good deal. We went to Wagga one Thursday and our car skid about the road. When we came home it…

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Thirty-mile Road Race at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 15

Sunday's 30-mile road handicap, conducted by the Albury Amateur Cycle Club proved a triumph for the limit riders, as the first four placings…

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Causes of Road Accidents London, Aug 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 14

The Ministry for Transport has issued a report containing an analysis of more than 5300 road accidents which occurred in 1935 and involved…

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A Determined Suicide. Jump in Front of Train. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 3

Bernard Kevin Campbell (40), a labourer, carrying a collie dog in his arms, jumped in front of a passenger train between Adelaide and Bowden…

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Koringal Road Flooding Hume Shire Councillors Reply to Coreen Council's Assertions

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 5

At Friday's meeting of the Hume Shire Council, reference was made by Cr. Jelbart and other councillors to statements made at the last…

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Motorist Loses Arm Ordeal When Car Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 31

Gerald Abbott, commercial traveller, of Dallas Point, Balmain, underwent a "terrible ordeal when a heavy sedan car which he was driving, with…

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Motors Ingenious Anatomical Driving Seat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 28

Car manufacture are devoting more and more attention to driving, comfort and research has shown that when the driver is able to assume an…

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