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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 55

Britain's Road Vehicles Yield More Than £31,000,000 in Taxation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 24

The annual report of the Road Fund for the year ended in March last shows that the not receipts from the taxation of road vehicles in Great…

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Exchanging Wool for Motor Parts Australia and Germany

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

Negotiations have taken place between General Motors-Holders Ltd. and a manufacturer in Germany for the exchange of Australian wool for…

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Motors a Home-made "Chop" Box

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

Elegant wicker and fibre picnic cases replete with cutlery and food containers are desirable enough for the holidaymaker who follows well-beaten…

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Hit by Motor Truck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

When walking across Dean-street, Albury, at 12.30 yesterday (Thursday), Mr. C. P. Schneider, an ex-alderman of Albury Municipal Council,…

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Wakool Notes Rough Roads

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

Since the rains the local roads have become laugher than ever. We understand the councillors intend making an inspection later. We will have…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. His Safety Lesson

The Independent · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

A youthful motorist who was involved in an accident with a police car in Chicago was sentenced by the magistrate to compose a 500 word…

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Motor-cyclist Killed

The Independent · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

When a motor-cycle [?]dden by Arthurs A[?]ken Wastey, of Wagg[?], and a motor car driven by Frederick Fury, junior, of Marrar, collided on…

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Motor-cyclist's Legs Broken

The Independent · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

A colllision occurred on the main Northern Highway at Elmore recently between a motor-cycle ridden by Mr. L. White, district representative of…

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Motor Fatality. Two Killed at Launceston. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 2

Christopher Harvey Isles (26), and Edward Charles Griffith (25), were fatally injured and three others were hurt when a motor lorry overturned…

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Proposed Yards at Sloane and Warragoon Sidings Railways Representative to Inspect Next

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

The district secretary of the Southern Riverina Graziers' Association (Mr. H. G. Norton) has received advice that the Victorian Railways…

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Accident Near Rutherglen Motor Cyclist Collides with Car

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

At dusk on Sunday last a collision occurred between a motor cycle and a motor car on the Lake Moodemere road, just opposite Mr. Arthur…

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Motoring Fatality Wagga Resident Killed Was Returning From Wedding

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

When a car which he was driving to Wagga after attending a wedding in Albury on Saturday evening crashed late a tree Mr. Alwyn Jones 27…

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Train and Signal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 21

You can play this exciting game indoors and outdoors. All the players except one form into two lines one behind the other, at one end of the…

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Improved Railway Facilities Proposed Daily Motor Train on Corowa Line. in Addition to Present Three-days-a-week Steam Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

In consequence of the long and presistent agitation for an improved train service on the Corowa-Culcaira line, in which…

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Highly Commended Oura Road, Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 20

Dear Uncle,—It is six months since I last wrote to you, but I haven't forgotten the Page, rand still take a delight in reading it every week. How…

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Struck by Timber Accident at Hay Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Mr Ted Spicer, of the Main Roads Department staff, us now in Hay hospital as the result of a peculiar accident which occurred while he was…

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Petrol Tax Expenditure on Roads Federal Member's Criticism

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. V. C. Thompson, M.P. Federal member for the New England electorate, when visiting Barraba, criticised the Petrol Tax and its potentialities for…

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Train Breaks in Half Accident Near Forbes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

When a heavily laden petrol wagon attached to the Forbes mail train left the line near Forbes, the train broke in half and several carriages were…

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Road Worker Collapses Dies Later in Hospital

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

While engaged on road work near Rutherglen on Tuesday last, Thomas Norman Deas, aged 26, collapsed, and was immediately conveyed to…

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New Road Wanted Stock Inspector’s Report

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

SOME time ago application was made by landholders to the north of Barratta station for a road across the station to shorten the distance to be…

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