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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Cyclist Killed on Yarrawonga Bridge Collied with Motor Tip-dray

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 1

At about 4 0'clock on Sunday, afternoon, while Thomas Little, aged about 43, employed on the weir at Yarrawonga, was riding…

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New Bitumen Road Through Main Streets

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 1

The construction of a new bitumen roadway along the main streets of Deniliquin was discussed at last night’s meeting of the Municipal Council. THE divisional engineer, Main Roads…

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Toll of the Road. Increase in Accidents. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 3

The safety campaign has had little effect on the accident problem and the figures issued to-night by the Department of Road Transport…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 1

When his motor same into collision with a motor truck at the corner of Corio and Nixon street. Shepparton James Powles, 19 motor…

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[?]Sing the Streets Main Roads Board to Be Asked to Carry Out the Work Council's Share of Expenditure £4000

The Independent · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 3

The divisional engineer Main Roads Department, Wagga, wrote to the municipal council asking whether the council was in a position to…

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Albury's Aerodrome Defence Department Not Interested

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

The Acting-Minister for Defence (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) informed the Albury Municipal Council on Wednesday evening that an aerodrome was…

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Stock on Country Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

Complaints are numerous about straying stock on country roads, and as they are a menace to the travelling public, especially at night [?],…

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Toll of the Road. Another Motor Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

Kevin Garnham (19) was killed and his brother, Delton Garnham (22), Kathleen Wills (18) and Dorothy Duleskesen (17) were seriously…

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Longest Bridge in Victoria Opening Ceremony

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 32

The new concrete bridge over the Ovens River, on the Murray Valley highway, between Rutherglen and Yarrawonga, was opened by Mr. Inchbold,…

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Federal Aid to Roads. Increase Announced. CANBERRA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

Introducing the Federal Aid Roads Bill in the House of Representatives Attorney-General Menzies said that the new agreement would increase…

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Escaped Death Twice Man Falls From Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 10

Lying in the path of an oncoming train after another had passed over his foot, Horace Fysh, aged 49 years, storekeeper, of New Farm, (Qld.),…

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Short Story The Bridge Australia's Most Popular Writer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

A shot rang out--echoed and reechoed. Wykeham stood surprised his carriers dismayed. Sullen before, they were now only prevented from…

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Mary Pickford Married Crowds Block Roads Hollywood, June 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 10

Miss Mary Pickford and Mr. Buddy Rogers were married quietly to-day. The marriage took place in the garden it the home of Mr.Louis Lighton, the…

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Run Over by Train Evidence by Twin Brother

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 30

An inquiry into the death of Kenneth Campbell M'Leod, aged 15 years, of Outhwaite-road, West Heidelberg, who was run over by a train near…

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Train Crash in England Four Dead, Twelve Hurt London, June 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 9

With a blinding electric flash and a terrific noise, a train travelling from Ashford (Kent) to London, crashed into a dead-end on a siding at…

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Turf Notes Don't Think Pooley Bridge Has a Soft Snap in Grand National Triumphs of Trainers and Jockeys at Randwick

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

Some Melbourne critics adopt a curious attitude over the recent delinquencies of the Grand National favorite, Pooley Bridge. One paper says…

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Motors Useful Memory Training

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 28

Have you ever looked up a telephone number, had your attention momentarily diverted and then found that you had quite forgotten or were uncertain…

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Motorist Fined

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 9

Thomas M'Laughlin, of Lavington, 42, pleaded guilty to having driven a motor vehicle whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Avoid Motor Car Danger

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 20

THIS period of the world's life might be termed the motoring age, a time when as a means of transport the horse has slowly . given way to the faster…

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Look, [?] and Listen! & Notes From the N.r.m.a. Motor Industry

The Independent · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 1

[?]to develop its motor car [?] creased tariff will be [?] ported cars and the num[?]ed in Japan by foreign…

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