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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Notes off on Deniliquin And District 1866 — 71 Years Ago — 1877 September 1866. the Railway

The Independent · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 3

The movement for connecting Deniliquin with the Victorian railway has advanced since our last publication another step. Dr.Lane, moving on…

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Australian Motor Bodies Science and Engineering Now Applied

The Independent · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 2

"It can truthfully be said that the Australian motor body manufacturing industry is ahead of many internationally recognised manufacturing…

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Mails Travel Free on Roads

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Replying to a complaint by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bailey) that the Commonwealth was attempting to avold payment of registration fees…

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Road Accidents Week-end Toll

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 33

When a grasshopper flew in the face of A. J. Wyett, while he was driving round a bend from Peat's Ferry, the car got on to loose gravel, swung…

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The Car Road Tragedy. The Victims Identified. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 1

The body of the woman found shot in a motor car at Somerville has been identified as Norma Blyth (20), of West Footscray. The man was…

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Motor Transport to Rescue of Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Because of the sudden illness of the engine driver, the ordinary train from Beechworth on Wednesday morning could not be despatched…

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Lockhart Shire Council New Main Road Terms for Water Supply Approved and Adopted

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council was held on Monday. Present: Councillors J. J. Nolan (president), J. Gooden, A. Finlayson, A. L…

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In Car on Country Road Thwarted Courtship Thought to Have Led to Death Pact

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Both shot through the head with a 22 rifle, the bodies of a young couple were found, on Tuesday morning, in a sedan car parked beside he…

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New Railway Carriages 50 All-steel Type Ordered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 11

The Railways Department has let a contract for the construction of 50 all-steel railway carriage bodies and underframes to the Clyde Engineering…

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Motors Banner Highways of the Future

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 28

Motor transport has come to stay in every civilised country of this world and more and more is it penetrating into the, far-flung undeveloped tracts…

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Motorist Fined

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 7

Archibald James Duncan M'Queen, of Wilson-street, Albury, was charged with (1) driving a motor, car negligently in Smollett-street; (2) driving…

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Wagga News Railway Clerk Arrested

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

Kenneth William Swan, aged 32 years, railway clerk, of Wagga, was arrested on Monday on charges of having embezzled £8, the property of the…

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Million Miles of Motoring

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 1

An indication of the enormous mile are travelled by motorists during the Easter holiday season is given in the March report of the N.R.M.A. touring…

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Notes on Deniliquin and District 1866 — 71 Years Ago — 1877 the Railways (Continued)

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

Like most other projects, the cost of constructing the forty-five miles from Echuca, is variously estimated, but taking one of the latest plans…

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On Show Tomorrow At The Deniliquin Motor Co the New Ford V-8 for 1937 New Body Types: New Operating Economy

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

Ford Motor Company, which pioneered, in an economically-priced car, such advantages at V-8 engine, all-steel body, safety glass all round, centre-poise riding comfort, and other notable features, has now introduced into Australia two entirely new body types—the…

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Accidents in Sydney Boy Dies From Injuries Two Tram-car Collisions Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

A tram and a lorry met head-on with great force near William street, City, this morning. Both vehicles were badly damaged. The…

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Aeroplane Antics

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 2

Corowa was "attacked" from the air by a R.A.F. plane piloted by Pilot Officer R. Cohen, of Laverton, yesterday. The machine performed a series…

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Trunk Road 60

The Independent · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 2

The Echuca-Moama road is at present badly corrugated for sereval miles, in addition to numerous deep pol-holes on the formation…

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Toll of the Road. Week-End Fatalities

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 2

Four persons—a woman, two men, and a youth—were killed in road accidents in Melbourne at the week end. Two of them were among a party…

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For the Motor Man the Misfiring Engine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 3

Ten years ago expert knowledge of the causes of misfiring was part of the equipment of every motorist worthy of the name. To-day,…

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