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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Aeroplane Costs Only £195 Placed on English Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 30

The Brawny light aircraft manufactured by the Broughton Blayney Aircraft Company of Hanworth, England, has been put on the English…

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Golden Gate Suspension Bridge Open for Traffic

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 15

The Golden Gate suspension bridge, spanning San Francisco Harbor, has been formally opened for traffic. Two hundred, police patrolled the span to…

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Found in Burma. Parts of Aeroplane. Possibly Kingsford Smith's. Rangoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 1

The wheel, tyre, ana axle of an aeroplane, which may possibly be parts of Kingsford Smith's machine, have been found in the sea near…

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Mr. Dunstan in America Impressed with Roads Control Washington,May 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 11

The Victorian Premier(Mr.Dunstan) conferred yesterday with the Inter-State Commerce Commission and also with Mr. Wallace, Secretary of…

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Collision at Moore Park. Tram and Motor 'Bus. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 3

Bight persons were injured, but none seriously, in a collision between a motor bus and a tram at Anzac Parade end of Flinders Street, Moore…

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Motors Estimating Speed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 28

To judge speed accurately by casual observation is a faculty possessed by very few motorists or pedestrians, and one wonders why so many witnesses of…

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Fatal Motor Accident Young Man Killed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 2

While a motor lorry was travelling near Appin, early this morning, the machine got out of control and it crashed into three trees in…

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Motor Notes Claims for New Engine

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 4

Said to have exceeded 12,000 r.p.m. under test, and to have run for a period equivalent to 80,000 road miles without being decarbonised, a new engine has…

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Tramline Danger

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 4

Tramcars have been superseded by trolly-buses in London and many other parts of England, and the process is going on rapidly. But, complains a…

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[?]Toll of the Road [?] N. Neale, Deputy Commi[?] for Road Transport) [?] South Wale sin 1936, 550 [?] killed in motor vehicle

The Independent · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 3

[?]South Wales in 1936, 550 [?]ere killed in motor vehicle [?] and 6,894 persons were in[?]…

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Regent Theatre "Toll of the Road"

The Independent · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 2

She was born in Alaska, lived for ten years in Hollywood, and was signed for films in Florida after studio scouts saw her picture on the…

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Stop, Look, and Listen! News & Notes From the N.r.m.a. British Roads Deregistered

The Independent · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

According to a statement made by the British Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, during the year ended December 31, 1936…

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Bad Roads (To The Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 3

Sir,--Judging by a recent issue of the "Free Press," even the members of the Progress Association, have observed that some of the roads in the…

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Toll of the Road Accidents Increase

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 2

In New South. Wales in 1936, 550 person were killed in motor vehicle accidents and 6894 were injured . There were 10,625 road accidents reported . These…

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Car and Tram Collide Motorists Escape Death Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 3

When a motor car and a tram collided at Botany early this morning. Frank Underwood, 45, received general lacerations, and Constance…

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Deniliquin Motor Co

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 1

The Deniliquin Motor Co., corner of Napier and George streets, local agents for Ford V-8 cars and trucks, and A.W.A. radio sets has several…

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Motor Show Coming

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 1

Messrs. Burchfield Bros announce that on Tuesday and Wednesday , June 15 and 16 , there will be a Cheyrolet Motor Truck…

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President Discusses Road Aid and Noxious Weeds

The Independent · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 4

In his annual report to the Shires' Association, read at the annual conference this week, the president (Cr. G. H. Bowhay) suggested that the…

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Deniliquin Motor Show on June 15 and 16

The Independent · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 3

Messrs. Burchfield Bros, announce in to-day's "Independent" that on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15 and 16, there will be a Chevrolet Motor…

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Motor Show OF 1937 Chevrolet Trucks

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 3

Organised by Riverina Motor and Engineering Co., a special truck display of all Chevrolet 1937 models will arrive in Jerilderie on Saturday…

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