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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 55

Motors Smooth "Clutching" Pays

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 28

Have you ever watched the springs of cars near an intersection when a line of vehicles has piled up and their drivers are waiting with feet on…

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The Victorian Set on Motors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 10

IT is to be hoped that the wise men of Victoria who have been responsible for the strangulation of the Border motor trade have been…

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Two Motorists Receive Burns When Benzine Explodes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 9

R. Spray and J. Green, of Griffith, were badly burned on the hands and face by an explosion of benzine. They were motoring to Sydney, and pulled…

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Recent Motor Accident

The Independent · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 4
Also in The Corowa Free Press

In connection with the recent motor accident near Wagga, in which Mr. R. J. Barrett, shire clerk of Berrigan Shire, his young son, and Alfred…

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Mathoura News Quick Railway Transit. Mathoura

The Independent · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 3

A quick transit of stock by the Victorian Railways is highly commended by some Mathoura buyers, who purchased at a sale at Kilmore…

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Hand-signals for Motorists

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 1

Slips [?] hands signalling by motorist and no signalling at all--has become so noticeable recently that the Royal Automobile Club of…

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Motor Notes International Motor Race Big Australian Contest Suggested Perth to Sydney via Adelaide and Darwin

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 4

Judging by the world-wide interest that the proposed motor car race across Africa from Algiers to Johannesburg (9139 miles)aroused and the…

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Truck Damages Road

The Independent · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

Deniliquin is not the in district in which heavy road transports cause damage to road formations after rain Writing of the Koondrook Karang…

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Widening Road Conargo Shire's Representations

The Independent · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 3

The need for widening Finley road neat Mrs. Windeyer's proparty, "Kyatite." North' Deniliqin, was stressed by Cr. R…

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District Road Matters the Corowa-rand Link Action by Corowa Necessary

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 3

For some time past the matter of a proposed Developmental road running in a north and south direction, to connect Rand and Carowa. has…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. U.s.a. Farmers Are Carminded

The Independent · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 1

Sixty per cent of farmers in America run one or more cars per family. Yet only 12 per cent. of the population have running water in…

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Railway Workshops Close by Voluntary Action

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

A mass meeting of 650 employees of the railway workshops, at Cardiff, decided to cease work at noon, for the remainder of the day in order to…

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Interesting Motor Traffic Case

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

A motor traffic case was heard at Narandera, which will interest all car and truck drivers. It is becoming a general practice to drive along the best…

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Attendants Foe Live- Stock. Railway Concessions

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 1

Some time ago representations were made to the Commissioner for Railways by several Pastures Protection Boards and the R.S.P.C.A…

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Letter Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 21

Time flies, they say, and here is a way of making it go even faster—in fact, by this method you can turn a week into a year! You do it by…

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Petrol Train Burnt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 19

The Griffith-Leeton petrol locomotive caught fire while the driver (Burke) was filling the petrol-tank. Flames quickly enveloped the entire train and…

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Train on Fire

The Independent · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

The motor train which runs between Narrandera and Griffith was burned to the undercarriage on the night of January 22, when the vehicle…

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Luck of the Road Short Story

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 37

MR. PERCY BINKS sat staring at the unlit gas-fire. The room was cold, but Mrs. Binks did not hold with too many fires…

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Salvaging Ellsworth's Aeroplane Party Leaves Wyatt Earp Bay of Whales, Jan. 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 37

A party of four, under the leadership of Mr. Lymburner, left with a tractor and a supply of petrol to recover Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth's 'plane, Polar Star,…

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