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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

893 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 45

Railway Improvement

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 5

Recently the members of the Executive of the Country Press Association of N.S.W. atending a meeting in Sydney were entertained at luncheon at…

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Riverina Transport Appeal. Railways—a Necessary Evil

The Independent · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 3

Old and well destat[?]shed carriers were being put off the road increasing unemployment, said a letter from the Riverina Transport Pty. Ltd.,…

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Motor Cars Mastering Man!

The Independent · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 3

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

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Late Train

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 1

The train from Melbourne yesterday arrived about an hour late. A passenger stated the train…

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Motor Car Crash. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

Keith Ivan Shaw (19) and Maitland Geo. Morrison (23) were killed and another youth seriously injured when their motor car crashed through a…

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A Motor on the Path. a Lachlan Street Incident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

The usual calm of Lachlan Street was disturbed yesterday afternoon when shortly after 5 o'clock a crash, followed by another crash, and then…

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Motor Registrations

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

At the end-of July, 1337, there were 288, 059 motor vehicles registered in New South Wales compared with 265,987 in July, 1936 representing an…

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By Aeroplane

The Independent · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 3

Leaving Sydney in a plane piloted by Mr. O. B. Leahy, pastoralist and stock breeder, commenced a 2000-miles…

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[?] Car Owner [?] practice for Crank- [?] change in Passenger [?] Motor Cars

The Independent · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 3

[?] and duration of cold [?] number of engine starts [?] and the amount of [?] govern the rapidity…

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Unregistered Motor Vehicle Court Imposes Fine Mathoura. To-day

The Independent · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 3

Before Messrs. W. J. Dyer and J. M. Innes, J's.P., at the Mathoura Court yesterday, R. A. Fitzpatrick was fined 20/ with 8/ costs for…

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Train Struck on Crossing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

When a motor car struck the Beech worth train on the Roy Street cross Ing at Wangaratta. Mrs. Jones wife of Mr. C. lanes of Cheshunt.was…

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Motor Park £27,000 in Cars

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 44

The motor car and truck non-competitive exhibits are a source of great attraction at the Albury Show. Nearly every person who attends the show sees…

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Motors Simple Super-charging

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 28

Supercharging is, of course, a method of feeding the mixture to the cylinders under a positive pressure, instead of by means of only the suction…

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Ice Runs Motor

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

In this country dry ice is used to keep ice-cream and other comestibles at a constant temperature. In India it is used by the air services to cool…

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Man Dead on Railway Line

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 47

William Jahne, 19 years, of Wodonga, was found dead on the railway line between Wodonga and Barnawartha at 12.35 p.m. on Monday…

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Killed by Motor Lorry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 32

Mr. Sydney Oxley, 50 years, a member of a well-known Hay district family, was killed in Lachlan-street, Hay, when he was run over by a…

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Railways Institute Eisteddfod Next December Syllabus Now Ready

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 3

Word has been received from the Secretary for Railways that the syllabus for the 13th Annual Eistoddfod is now available. This is one of…

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Apprentices Wanted in Victorian Railways

The Independent · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 3

In to-day's adverting columns, the Victorian Railways Commissioners invite applications from youths to fill vacancies for 152 apprentices to the…

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[?] by Motorists

The Independent · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 3

[?] A directs the attention [?] the recent amend[?] regulation affect[?] be given by…

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