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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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1935-36 Road Toll High Federal Figures Announced

The Independent · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 3

There were 1350 people killed and 22,131 injured in 47,386 traffic accidents throughout Australia in 1935-36…

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Railway News Progress of Railway Plans for Bulk-handling of Wheat

The Independent · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 3

Although the scheme for bulk-handling of wheat, for which the work of installing the elevators is being carried out by the Grain Elevators Board…

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Road Transport

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 2

No subject is of such importance to the country people at the present time as that of Road Transport. As everyone knows, through a place of…

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Cycling Last Saturday's Road Race Alleged Interference by Police

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 4

The Corowa Border Cycling Club held a road race over 38 miles on Saturday, 31st July. Brown, 3 minutes was first; A Sutton, 4 minutes…

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Road Safety, New Regulations

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 3

A number of new regulations recommended by the Road Safety Conference, were gazetted on Friday, and will come into operation…

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Wheat Despatched. From Southern Railway District

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 3

During the week ended July 24, 4433 bags of wheat were received through railway gates in the southern railway district, making the…

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Motor Cyclists Column .... News and Notes For Riders. Deniliquin Club

The Independent · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 2

It is anticipated that Deniliquin Motor Cycle Club will be a strong body this season. About a dozen new machines have entered the district…

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Aerodrome for Tumut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 47

Tumut Shive Council discussed the Government's offer to provide £3000 at a low interest for 40 years to purchase a site of 200 acres for an…

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Train Strikes Motor Lorry Truck in Flames

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 4

A goods train travelling between Cootamundra and Tomora and a motor lorry collided at the Springvale level crossing on Tuesday evening. The…

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Walbundrie Beat Wagga Road WALBUNDRIE, 21 goals 32 bebinds Wagga Road, 8 goals 8 behinds

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 38

With five regular players absent, Wagga Road were no match for Walbundrie. Scores at the end of first quarter were Walbundrie 5.11, Wagga…

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NEW £670,000 Bridge Over Thames London, July 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 14

A tender of £670,000, for the erection of the now Waterloo bridges, over the Thames, has been accepted by the London County Council. The bridge…

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Travelling Stock. Moving Along Roads and Routes Letter From P.P. Boards' Council of Advice

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 4

Some weeks ago the Narandera P.P. Board made inquiries from the Council of Advice to Pastures Protection Boards with reference to the…

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North-east Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 37

A correspondent has requested us to publish the years in which the Springhurst-Rutherglen and Wodonga-Shelley railway lines were opened…

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742,866 Motor Vehicles in Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 29

During the financial year 1935-36, the number of motor vehicles in Australia increased by about 55,000, and at the end of the year the total…

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Toll of the Motor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 30

Figures record that in the United States 38,000 were killed and 400,000 permanently disabled in 1936, an increase over 1935 of 1500…

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Motors Emergency Fuels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 28

It is a significant fact that many countries, notably Germany, which are not endowed with oil wells are paying more and more attention to the…

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Shoes Taken From Woman's Feet Robbery in Tram

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 12

A theft which, the police say, is one of the most extraordinary in their experience, was committed in a city tram on Saturday night. A thief…

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Culcairn Railway Refreshment Room

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Commissioner for Railways, dated July 28, 1937.--"Following my…

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Youths Injured Thrown From Motor Cycle

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 1

WHEN their motor cycle skidded on loose gravel and crashed into a culvert on the Mathoura, road about 7 miles from Deniliquin, on…

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Wool Deliveries 1810 Bales to Railways

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 1

Shearing is now m full swing in Deniliquin district, and the deliveries of wool to the Deniliquin railway station have increased considerably this week…

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