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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 54 of 55

General Motors-holden's New Plant Officially Opened

The Independent · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 3

The big new plant of General Motors-Holden's Ltd., at Fishermen's Bend, Yarra River, Melbourne, was officially opened on November 5, by…

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Country Railway Cruises

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 3

The expressive phrase "railway cruises" has been adopted for special use in association with tourist trains to be put into activity…

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Railways Value to Local Manufacturers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 3

Few people realise the tremendous value of the huge railway purchases to Australian manufacturers. When purchasing materials, the Victorian…

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Aeroplane Crash Melbourne Sportsman Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 35

A two-seater Avro Avian biplane, piloted by Claude Grice, a well-known amateur steeplechase rider, of Melbourne, crashed while making a forced…

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Truck Strikes Culvert Three People Injured Smash on Hay Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 1

Three persons were injured— two seriously.— when a motor truck in which they were driving crashed into a culvert on the…

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German Motorists Are Using Wood Fuel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 30

We often read strange stories of queer happenings and ideas from far off countries. Sometimes we smile and murmur, "I wonder…

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Motors Life of Truck Tyres

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 28

The costly harm of overloading truck tyres is emphasised in an admirable handbook for commercial vehicle users recently issued by one of the…

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Amazing Motor Oil Test! Car Thrashed for 40,205 MILES

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 3

The efficiency to which modern lubricants can attain has just been revealed in the findings in relation to an amazing motor oil test conducted by…

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Alteration in Motor Vehicles

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 3

Motor owners are reminded by the N.R.M.A. that they are required by law to notify the Department of Road Transport whenever any alteration is…

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Japanese Motor Industry

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 3

An endeavor is to be made to build up a wholly Japanese motor industry, and with this object in view legislation has recently been passed by the…

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Better for Motorists

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 3

The new Southern Railway train ferry service between Dover and Dunkerque mill provide additional transport for motor cars between England…

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Motor Notes Rear Engined Cars Advocated

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 3

Sir Malcolm Campbell, addressing a technical society at a meeting in London suggested, that the time is now ripe for a reversion to the rear engine…

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Motors Collide Miss Muriel Wyse Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 1

At Wangaratta on Tuesday evening, Miss Muriel Wyse (who was recently appointed matron of Deniliquin Hospital) was…

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Cause of Motor Accident Car Lights Blamed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 3

A REPORT compiled by Constables Murphy and McRae, after interviews with persons involved concerning the motor accident on the Hay road…

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Completion of Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 2

Work on the first approach bridge, which has been in hand during the past two or three months. is about completed. and we are informed that…

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Hume Shire Council Stock Road Through Table Top to Be Opened Application" for Bridge Grant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 38

Supported by a petition of 68 ratepayers and opposed by one, the proposal to open the unused road through Table Top Estate, commencing…

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Bitumenising Main Roads Divisional Engineer Optimistic

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 38

The matter of decreased main roads grant this year and the proposal to bitumenise main roads were brought under the notice of the Divisional…

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The Trunk Road Murray Council’s Contribution

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 4

AT Murray Shire Council meeting on Tuesday, a letter was read from the town clerk, Moama, applying for assistance towards maintenance on…

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Three Killed at Level Crossing Car and Train Collide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 16

A. man, a woman and a child were killed instantly and two women escaped with minor injuries on Monday when "a motor car in which they were…

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Road Piracy Increasing Is an Organised Gang at Work? Police Indifference

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 5

During the past few months there has sprung up a real menace to road transports on the Victorian roads (even worse than…

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