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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Railway Time Table

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 3

We have received a copy of the latest N.S.W. Railway Time-Table and anyone interested may inspect it at the "Recorder" Office…

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Road to Kanangra Walls

The Independent · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 1

With the construction of a road to Kanangra Walls, for which work the Government is making funds available there will be opened up some…

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Main Road to Mudgee

The Independent · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 1

In a report made recently by an officer of the N.R.M.A., concerning the condition of the main road to Mudgee from the mid-Western high…

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Britain's 1936 Road Accidents

The Independent · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 1

In 1936 there were 6,561 people killed in road accidents in Great Britain as compared with 6,502 in 1985. The number of accidents…

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Checking Over Shire Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 2

A special meeting of Coreen Shire councillors was hold on Saturday morning last for the purpose of conferring with Mr. J. J. Baker, the…

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Roads and Stock Routes. The Problem of Fast Moving Traffic arid Slow Travelling Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 4

Many P.P. Boards are now considering now to make stock travelling safe along T.S.R.'s, through which roads pass…

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The Bridge. Australia’s Most Popular Writer

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 4

A true adventure story of the Snider armed savages of the New Hebrides. Scenery and location and life of the…

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Sweating Road Transport Conditions Attacked

The Independent · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 3

"No one can tell what hours the drivers of commercial trucks arc working, but we know that some of them get their clothes off once a…

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Tragedy at Gundagai Motorist Burnt to Death

The Independent · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 3

Joseph Harley, 47, of Coolac, Gungagai, was burnt to death when his car crashed into a fence end burst into flames at Boorowa. It is…

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The Aeroplane Party

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 21

Mr. and Mrs. Mouse had just moved into a new bungalow near the granary. Five little brown mice looked eagerly around their new apartment, carefully…

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Survey Aeroplane Found in Central Australia Supplies Dropped

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

The Air Force Dragon Rapide aeroplane carrying Six Herbert Gepp, director of the North Australia aerial survey, and four others, which was…

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Body Under Bridge Drover's Tragic Discovery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 39

Rolled in portion of a tent fly, the body of a man was found underneath a bridge spanning the Mills Creek, on the Mungindi-Moreo road, about 15…

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Corowa Land Board Channel and Banks on Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 45

The application before the Corowa Lund (Board by Messrs. F. C. Eyers. H. B., T. P. and W. C. Mitchell, and Hume Shire Council for a license for an…

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Motors Lubrication of Transmission

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 28

In these days of very powerful engines it is more than ever necessary that good heed should bo given to the lubrication of the transmission: When…

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Motorist Burned to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 33

Joseph Harpley, aged 47 years, of Coolae, Gundagai, was burned to death when his car crashed into a fence and ignited at Boorowa. It is thought that…

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Minister's Wife and Daughter in Motor Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 8

Mrs. Thorby, wife of the Acting Minister for Defence, and Miss Thorby were injured in a motoring accident at Molong. They were proceeding by…

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Victorian Railways First Air-conditioned Train

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 3

Victoria's first fully air-conditioned train is expected to make its appearance on the Melbourne-Mildura line towards the end of this monch…

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Bridge Overdue Edward River

The Independent · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 2

For some months residents in the vicinity of the National bridge have been disturbel at night by the noise created by traffic owing to the loose…

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Railway Time Table

The Independent · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 2

The excellent railway service now being given on the Deniliquin line is attracting more travellers, and for the benefit of its readers the…

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Bridge Collapses

The Independent · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 3

Blight's bridge, on the main road from Harcourt over Mount Alexander to Sutton Grange (Vic.), collapsed when a heavy load passed over it,…

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