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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

893 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 45

The Main Roads

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

AT the last meeting of the Hay Municipal Council, Alderman Gibson, in discussing the question of the roads on the Hay Irrigation Area…

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Collision on Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

A collision occurred on a bridge over a dry creek on the Wodonga-Rutherglen road, about ten miles from Wodonga, on Wednesday night…

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Aeroplane Disaster in Scotland. Four Men Incinerated. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

Au aeroplane, which was chartered by "The Daily Express" for the survey of internal air routes throughout Britain, was discovered by a…

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Bad Section of Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

We have been asked to draw the Municipal Council’s attention to the section of the Hay road just beyond King’s at North Deniliquin This piece of road…

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Coreen Shire Council Monthly Meeting Loan for Bridge Works Proposed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

The monthly meeting of councillors of the Coreen Shire was held yesterday morning at the Council Chambers, where there were present…

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Grim Fight in Mid-air. Aeroplane Pilot and Demented Woman. Latter Jumps Into the Sea. Auckland

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

A grim struggle, 2,000ft. above Cook Strait, between the pilot of an aeroplane and a woman passenger, ended with the woman flinging…

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Back to Wyong Jubilee Week Marking the 50th Anniversary of Railway to Wyong February 14 to 20, 1937

The Independent · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 1

All former residents of Wyong and [?]gger[?] Lakes district, all friends of residents and all people who would like to see this delectable area under…

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Game's Motor Van Destroyed by Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

A motor van, the property of Messrs. Game Bros., of Hay, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday morning on the road close to…

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Rome Underground. New Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 4

After long years of discussions and ten years of study, Rome is to have an underground railway system. Plans for this were approved…

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"Wagga Roads" Near Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

During the week the Wagga "Advertiser" published the following.--"Wagga is recognised throughout the Commonwealth as a progressive…

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Road Near Hospital Sought for Vegetable Garden Objections Raised

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 1

At the Show Society Council meeting on Tuesday, a letter was read from the secretary of the Corowa Hospital Board of…

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Electricity for Mulwala Report of Shire Engineer Brown's Bridge Work Commenced

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 1

At last Monday's meeting of the Coreen Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. G. E. Minns), reporting on the proposed Mulwala electricity scheme…

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Country Railway Lines Graziers Seek a Connected System

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 33

At a meeting of the Coonamble branch of the Graziers' Association a resolution was unanimously carried that the expenditure of large sums of…

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Motoring Offences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 33

Edward Terence Phibbs, of Albury, charged with driving an unregistered motor lorry on January 11, was fined £3 and ordered to pay £1/13/6 motor…

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Motors Transmission Oils

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 28

There was a time in the dim days of motoring when garages stocked one line of transmission oil only, which served all and every type of gear box…

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768,634 Motor Registrations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 12

Mr. J. S. Strong, Australian representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London, said that statistics supplied to him…

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Famous Motor Cyclist Visits Deniliquin and Mathoura

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Leonard, Onoto, the famous motor cycle star is no mere speed track demon—nothing so commonplace as that for Leonard—he specialises in…

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Stop, Look, and Listen! News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Motor Horns Must Purr

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

Motor horns must in future conform to an official standard in Buenos Aires. This standard is said to be of a "soft purring sound." Any…

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The New All-metal Bedford Motor Bus

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

Designed specifically to-meet Australian requirements, the new Bedford 26 passenger motor-bus developed by General Motors Holden's Ltd., has…

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Ten Persons Injured When Trams Collide Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

When a tram pulled up behind a repair trolley. In Parramatta road, near the University, to-day, the following train crushed into it…

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