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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

893 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 45

Railway Excursions All Over the State

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4

The Secretary for Railways sends a remember regarding the many opportunities for travel at excursion fares in connection with the summer…

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Restricting Air Services ? Will Railways Use Planes?

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 1

Long ago it was predicted in the P[?]toral Times” that the restriction of air services would follow road transport strangulation, in order to boost the…

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Truck Strikes Culvert Vehicle Damaged Second Time While Standing on Road

The Independent · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 4

While he was returning to Hay on Deniliquin road on Saturday night in Mr. Samuel Milliken's new Bedford truck. Mr. R. S. Porter struck a…

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Guard Badly Hurt in Rail Smash Train Parts Near Scene of Fatal Plane Crash

The Independent · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 1

Guard A. Ferrario, of Junee, was seriously Injured when he was thrown about the van of a train which became parted near Frampton, between…

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Country Woollen Mills Difficulty of Railway Freights Albury and Orange

The Independent · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Stevens), replying in the Legislative Assembly to questions by Mr. Tinking and Mr. Mair, regarding the proposed…

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Motoring New & Notes From the N.r.m.a. Headache for Police

The Independent · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 2

During the New York World's Fair in 1939 it is expected that on a given point on a single day there will converge 35,000 cars, and thousands of…

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Fearful Train Disaster At Castlecary, Scotland. 35 KILLED; 100 Injured. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 3

Thirty-five persons were killed and 100 were injured when the Edinburgh—Glasgow express, travelling in a blizzard, crashed into the rear of a…

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Car and Cycle Collide on Echuca Road Young Mann Injured Has Miraculous Escape From Death

The Independent · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 1

An accident which fortunately did not have fetal results, occurred on Echuca road about, 3 1/2 miles from Deniliquin on Sunday night at 10…

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Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Silent Horns

The Independent · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 3

A no-hooting in the daytime experiment has been Carried out in Cape Town. It la stated on the whole to have been successful. Jaywalkers…

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A Grazier Killed. In Motor Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 3

Leo Watson (67), a well known glazier of Goulburn, Cooma and Bookham was killed to-day when his car overturned near West Wyalong. Four…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Collision with Car

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 1

When the motor cycle he was riding collided head-on with a motor car on the Mathoura road on Sunday night. Fred Perrin…

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Holiday Train Tour

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 5

An outline of the [?]nerary in neetion with the Holiday Train appears in the report of the Council [?]ing in this issue. The train will…

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Scots Train Wreck Aviator's View of Scene London, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 13

Latest figures show that besides the 35 killed, 33 people were severely hurt and 57 slightly injured in tho Edinburgh-Glasgow express crash at Castle…

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Plane Competition with Railways New Problem Faces State

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 27

The suggestion that the State Government should take steps to restrict the competition of aeroplanes with railways was amide by Mr. Henry (C.P.)…

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Motors Safety Must Come

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 26

Whether we like it or not individually, the campaign for greater road safety and the minimising of the tragic toll of fatal transport accidents must…

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Stringent Penalities for Reckless Driving Motor Traffic Bill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 44

A definite speed limit of 30 miles per hour in built-up areas was inserted in the Motor Traffic Amendment Bill in the Legislative. Assembly. This…

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35 Killed in Railway Crash Scottish Express Telescoped Rescue Work in Raging Blizzard London, December 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 11

In the worst railway disaster in Britain for many years 35 people were killed and more than 40 were injured. Travelling at 60 miles an hour through…

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Motor Speed Limits. Bill Before Parliament. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 1

A definite speed limit of thirty miles an hour in built-up areas was inserted in the Motor Traffic Amendment Bill in the Legislative Assembly last…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 3

Two sons of Mr H Wild, of Tataila were admitted to Echuca hospital as the result of an accident which occured some distance out of Moama on…

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Motorist Fined Debarred From Licence for Two Years

The Independent · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 1

Arising out of a collision between two cars on Brobenab road, a charge of dangerous driving was preferred against William Henry Toner, at…

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