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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 55

Proposed New Bridge at Jerilderie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 45

A proposal has boon made to creet abridge across the Billaboug Crock, about three miles west of Jerilderic, to serve the north-western portion of…

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To Prevent Road Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

A sensible suggestion was recently made in one of the English, motor Journals which had for its purpose prevention of road accidents which occur…

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Rand-corowa Developmental Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 38

Four residents of the Band district, Messrs. Willis, Ryan, M'Kenzie and Curran, appeared before the council to ask support of the route of the…

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Road Transport Position of Riverina Hauliers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 29

Some misunderstanding has arisen as to the interpretation of the decision of the Victorian Transport Board to cancel the licences of a number of…

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£10,000 to Repair Hume Weir Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 38

In his report the engineer (Mr. W. A. Welsh) stated that he had inspected the Hume Weir road from the old Sydney road junction to Bethanga…

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Bullet Enters Train. Narrow Escape of the Guard. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

While a train was travelling two miles from Galong, near Harden, a bullet broke two windows and embedded itself in the woodwork of the…

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Children on Bicycles Need for Instruction on Road Rules

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

In Melbourne, a campaign has been started to reduce the danger to traffic caused by children on scooters. In Corowa. at the present time,…

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Road Hauliers Say They Are Losing Money Victorian Transport Policy Delay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

Repeated decisions by the Victorian Ministry in deferring an announcement of its transport policy has resulted in much inconvenience and…

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Shocking Aeroplane Tragedy Pilot and Four Passengers Killed Crash in Forest on Flight From Young Search Party Struggles Through Forest

The Independent · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. The pilot and four passengers were killed when a Gannet highwinged monoplane, which left Young for Sydney at 6.30 o'clock last night, burst into frames and crashed in heavily wooded…

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Waiting on Ministry Road Hauliers Say They Are Losing Money. Transport Policy Delay

The Independent · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

Repeated decisions by the [?] rian Ministry in deferring an [?][?]nouncement of its transport policy has resulted in much inconvenience and…

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Motors Transmission and Chassis Lubricants

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

The qualities and purpose of engine oils and the need for using the approved grade of lubricant in the engine have often been emphasised…

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Railway Worker Killed

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

Unaware of the approach of an electric train, and failing to hear the customary tolling of a warning bell for employees when a train is…

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Man Fatally Injured by Tram

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 15

Allan P. M'Innes, 38, of Glebe, was fatally injured when struck by a tram in George-street, Sydney. The man, it is stated, was standing on the…

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British Railways Big Increase in Passengers

The Independent · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1
Also in The Pastoral Times

In the first nine months of 1935 there were 938,397,787 passenger journeys on British railways, according to statistics issued by the Ministry of…

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Motor Cycles. Distributors Required

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

Distributing agents are being appointed for the famous "Levis" motor-cycle in each of the main country centres of New South Wales to…

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Motor Accident. Two Henty Residents Involved

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 5

A motor car accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon last near Yackandandah (Vic), in which two well- known residents of Henty, Messrs. F…

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Save on the Petrol Bill Motoring Made Cheap by Efficient Use of Fuel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

Motoring can be cheap--why throw half the petrol that is put into your tank. A careful driver can often get over thirty miles to the…

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Welfare Farm Escapees Take Railway Tricycle

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last five boys from the Riverina Welfare Farm at, Yanco escaped, and later in the evening took a railway tricycle from near a…

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Motorists' Escape Car Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

Three residents of Deniliquin were concerned in a motor smash early on Monday, all escaping with slight injuries. The car was wrecked…

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