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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

893 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 45

Railway Commissioners at Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

A suggestion to the Chief Commissioner of Railways (Mr. H. Clapp) during his inspection of Yarrawonga station that Telford Hill should be…

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Motor Cyclist Injury

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Mr. H. Young, employed on the nel works near Finley, was motor cycle along Jerilderie rohe he crashed into the second…

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Famous Motor Cyclist Visits Deniliquin and Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 1

Leonard Onoto the famous motor cycie star, is no mere speedy track demon nothing so commonplace as that for Leonard he specialises in turning…

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The Body on the Bridge!

The Independent · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

For some days the dead body of a for terrier has been suspended on the teams of the National bridge, below the sidewalk. How it got into such…

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Fifth Test Match Cheap Train Fares

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

The Victorian Railways notify greatly reduced fares as an inducement to travel by train to the fifth Test match commencing in Melbourne on February…

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Serious Train Derailment Three Killed; Numbers Injured. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

An express train from York to Lowescott was deraned at Stea[?] and struck a platelayers' nut. Three pra[?]ayers were killed and several…

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Savernake Meeting of Progress Road Association Improvements Sought

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Savernake Progress Association, held in the Savernake Hall, the following officials were appointed:--…

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Meeting of Motor

The Independent · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

All persons interested [?] matton of a MOTOR CYCLING are invited to attend a [?] held at Messrs. Kewish…

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Motor-cycle Club Meeting at Deniliquin on Sunday Next a Worthy Object

The Independent · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

Messrs Kewish and Davis, motorcycle and cycle engineers, of End Street, have convened a meeting for Sunday next at 11 a.m. with a view…

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Killed While Playing with Model Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 33

Eric Arthur Matthews, aged 12 years, of Corunna road, Stanmore, was playing with a model aeroplane on the balcony of his homo when he over…

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Miscellaneous Salt-treated Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 25

Rough roads cause the farming community so much economic loss through waste of time and because of damage and breakages to both conveyances…

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The Storyteller the Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 17

A true adventure story of the Snider armed savages of the New Hebrides. Scenery and location and life of the islanders…

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Aeroplane Missing. In the Mediterranean. ALEXANDRIA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

Since a radio message, "Our oil pressure is failing!" was sent out while flying over the Mediterranean, at 9 a.m., nothing has been heard of…

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Decapitated by Train. Sydney, Friday afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

Arthur Christopher O'Brien (54) was decapitated by an electric train at Newtown this morning. He was sun to fall from the platform in…

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Road Safety Well-informed Public Opinion Vital

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

THE public may go through life in safety and happiness comparatively uninformed on a great variety of subjects, but under modern traffic…

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Live Stock Road Carriage in U.s.[?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

Although: breeders of livestock country are making more and [?] of motor transport for the deli[?] stock to cattleyards markets…

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Snowstorms in Japan. Train Dashes Into Labourers. TOKIO

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

A great snowstorm in the Iwa[?] prefecture resulted in 59 deaths and the collapse of two schools and 20 houses. A train ran into thirty…

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Bank Hold Up at Adelaide. Man Arrested at Murray Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

Covering three of the officials with a heavy revolver, a bandit on Wednesday made off with a bag containing £70 in cash and £80 in cheques…

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The Dunedoo Escapee Captured On Board a Train. GULGONG

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

The man who escaped from the Dunedoo lock-up on Tuesday night after allegedly attacking Sergeant Kemp, and striking him down with a…

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Fatal Bridge Accident Ten Men Crash Through Safety Net To Death. San Francisco

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

Ten men were killed when a scaffolding on which they were standing crashed from the Golden Gate bridge, plunging them into the water 200ft…

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