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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Death Sentence for Motorist Novosibirsk. August 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 18

A garage manager named Seheltz has been sentenced to death for encouraging reckless and dangerous driving of a motor lorry at a picnic for…

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Motor Traffic Act. Some Summons Cases

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., on Tuesday. Colin C. Greeves was charged with failing to return expired number…

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Corowa and District Railway Needs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

How often has it been pointed out that the railway services affecting Corowa on both side of the river are totally inadequate to meet the…

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Rail Motor Hits Car Accident Near Burrumbuttock

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

Four young men were involved in a level crossing smash between a rail motor and a motor car at Burrum-buttock on Saturday night. Two…

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Rand Wants Link with Victoria Farmers Request Railway Extension to Rennie

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

A request for the construction of a spur line of 28 miles; from the Oaklands border railway at Rennie to Rand, was made to the Minister…

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A Lucky Escape Motor Cyclist Thrown From Machine

The Independent · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

About 6 miles from Denlliquin yesterday morning, Mr. Hing, who was one of a party of motor cyclists visiting Echuca, sustained a bad fall…

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Motor Cycle Club First Official Outing

The Independent · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 3

The first official outing of the Deniliquin Motor Cycle Club was held on Sunday, when eight cyclists visited Echuca and Rochester, and spent an…

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[?] Riverina People Want an Extended Railway Service Oaklands to Rand

The Independent · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 3

Construction of a spur line 28 miles long, from Oaklands border railway to Rand, was requested by a deputation from the Rand Railway…

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High Tension Wires Not to Be Put Near Aerodrome

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

AT last week’s meeting of the Municipal Council the secretary of the Civil Aviation Board, Melbourne wrote acknowledging the receipt of a…

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Road Race S. Raggett’s Narrow Victory

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

LIFTING his bike over the line in a desperate final kick,” S. Raggett defeated C. Watters by the harest of margins in the Deniliquin Cycle Club’s…

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Motor Cars "Mastering Man"

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

Motor cars are mastering man, according to professor Mellisa Culpin, of the London School of Tropical Medicine, in an article in the…

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Motor Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

On Friday evening a sedan car driven by Harry Ross Willmott of Echuca, overturned on the Hay road about about six miles from Deniliquin…

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Police Buy 8 Ford V-8's. to Patrol Roads in Place of Motor Cycles

The Independent · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 3

In the interests of economy and efficiency the Victorian Police Department has decided to use cars instead of motor cycles for road patrol…

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Tocumwal-mathoura Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 37

The Tocumwal-Mathoura road from Tocumwal to the Deniliquin-Moroco road has been declared a developmental road by the Main Roads Board…

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Mixed Partnerships Not Favored by Bridge Expert

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 10

Mr. J. Gordon Allard, an American contract bridge expert and lecturer, and a member of the Culbertson school, who is visiting Sydney, does…

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F. & S. Association Delegates' Report of Conference Road Works Asked for

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Henty branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Tuesday afternoon, the president (Mr. K. R…

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"Motor Spares" Free Offer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 12

Elsewhere in our columns, to-day is an announcement which will be of very real interest to all cyclists, since it tells of a free offer made by Motor…

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Motors Governing Engine Speed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 28

Although most Diesel commercial vehicles and a few petrol-driven, types are supplied with engine governors, the practice in this country is not…

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ALBURY P.P. Board Railway to Saleyards Permits Power to Waive Sought for Boards

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 31

In a circular letter to the Albury Pastures Protection Board on Friday the Department of Agriculture asked for an expression of opinion on…

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Bone Meal Lower Railway Freight Refused

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 9

The Premier and Acting Minister for Transport (Mr. Stevens) has refused the request of the Primary. Producers' Union that bone meal and salt…

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