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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Cycling Saturday's Road Race Springhurst and Return

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon last the Corowa Border Cycle Club conducted a road race to Springhurst and return to Wahgunyah, a distance of 33…

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Expenditure on Shire Roads by Berrigas [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 4

The Shire [?] reported the [?] on roads in [?] the year ended [?]…

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Road Transport Developing Victoria

The Independent · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 2

The development of the back blocks of Victoria could be done more efficiently and cheaply by road transport than by rail, was contended at…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Independent · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 1

Rules and regulations governing the Deliniquin Motor Cycle Club have been adopted, and copies will be available to members during the week on…

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"Slaughter on English Roads" Australian Appalled London, August 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 33

"Appalled by the slaughter on English roads," a Sydney business man, Mr. J. K. Stevenson, who has motored hundreds of miles in England, made…

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Motors Will Service Stations Be Limited?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 28

"We live, for better or worse, in a political era when almost every activity of normal citizen-life is hemmed in by a baffling, army of official regulations…

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£2,500 Profit on Victorian Trams

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 31

After all obligations, including statutory payments of £112,049 had been met, the Victorian Metropolitan Tramways Board would have a surplus of…

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Griffith Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 44

Griffith's new railway station building was officially opened by the Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan, Mr. Hartigan said that…

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Railway Revenue Big Improvement in July

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 1

RAILWAY revenue at Deniliquin increased by £1345 last month com[?]pred with July, 1936. The main increases were in the outward…

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New Aeroplane Engine

The Independent · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 3

From the Air Corps at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, comes the news that the U.S. Army aircraft engine type test approval has been granted…

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Railway News Big Features of Kitchen in All-steel Train's Dining Car

The Independent · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 1

While every modern travelling comfort and convenience is being provided for passengers who will travel in the all-steel train now being…

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Killed by Car Off Road. Jury Gives Mother £75; Father £25

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 2

Claiming £249 damages in the County Court, Melbourne, on Monday, for the benefit of himself and his wife, Bessie Ross, Neils Ross, of…

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Mathoura Football Premiership Echuca East v. Mathoura Special Train From Deniliquin on Saturday Mathoura, Today

The Independent · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 3

So keen are the supporters of Mathoura Football Club to see the final between Mathoura and Echuca East at the oval on Saturday, that a…

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The Beat of the Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 10

ON this old road which outward leads, By many million footprints worn, What ceaseless beat as the traffic…

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Fatal Tall From Train Youth Who Gave Seat to Woman

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 9

An act of courtesy resulted in the death at the Alfred Hospital of Kenneth Bramford, aged 18 years, of Point Nepean and Parkdale,…

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Culcairn Shire Council Appointment of Truck Driver Returned Soldier Gets the Job Road Tenders Accepted

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council thirteen applications were received for the position of Truck Driver, and one of the three returned soldier applicants was appointed on three months trial…

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Motors Overdrive Gears

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 28

A good deal of ink has been spilt lately by oversea experts on the subject of overdrive gears; one school of thought maintains that it is better to…

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News of the World About People Places and EVENTS £5,000,000 Treasure Only Feet Away, But... Given Key to Fortune by Tramp

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 26

ON a sun-drenched Pacific isle, buried beneath only a few feet of sand, five million pounds' worth of treasure lies waiting to be dug up!…

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Motor Truck Destroyed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

When at their home on Saturday night Messrs. Ashley Bros., of Black Dog Creek, near Chiltern (Vic), suddenly heard a loud explosion. Rushing…

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Rand Wants Link with Victoria Farmers Request Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

According to members of a deputation from the Rand Railway League in Riverina to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bussau) in Melbourne on…

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