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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 97

Congestion on Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 5

Much controversy has been raised concerning stock travelling between Albury and Wodonga. The illustration shows cattle being driven across Union Bridge after Wodonga market on Wednesday. A motor lorry loaded with firewood and a car are trying to pass…

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Road Worker Dies From Bullet Wound Casino

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 8

A 50-year-old road worker, Albert Knight, was discovered in his tent to-day with a bullet wound in his [?] Nearby was a rifle. The…

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Elderly Woman Injured Tram Moved as She Entered AWARDED £1100 Damages Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 5

A verdict of £1100 was awarded Mrs Elizabeth Paine aged 75 of Stanmore by a jury in the Supreme Court today. She proceeded against the…

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Two More Rail Deaths Third in 24 HOURS Total Now Six for Year Railway Union Concerned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 5

Two men were killed by trains in the suburbs this morning, making the third such death within 24 hours. Clarence Aubrey Willard, 22, ice…

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Three Weeks Late Train to Alice Springs Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

A message from [?] Springs states that the train from the south, which is held up by [?] damage to the line, is not expected for a…

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Moama to Booligal. State Highway. Important Road Development

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

The Main Roads Board, in pursuance of its scheme of roadway development has decided to improve the standard of the road from Moama…

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Culcairn Shire Council Grant for Roads of Access Henty Works Tenders Accepted

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council held on Monday last intimation was received from the Local Government Department that the council's application for a grant of £3,000 for their "Roads of Access" programme had been granted. As the programme…

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State Highway Moama-Deniliquin Hay Road- New Classification From July 1

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

After years of agitation and years of rebuffs to district councils, the Main Roads Department has announced this week that the Moama-Deniliquin-Hay road is to be declared a State Highway. THE Department’s letter issued to the…

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New by Cable Japanese Check Three Mile Bridge Blown Up Across Yellow River Shanghai, February 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 14

Attempting to check the Japanese advance the Chinese blew tip the three-mile long "bridge on the Peiping-Hankow railway across the Yellow…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Fettler's Fearful Death Struck by Train. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Struck by a train while walking along the railway line, near Newtown railway station, last night, Charles Smithson (41), a fettler employed on…

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Motorist's Efficiency Need for Progressive Tests

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 13

Shepparton (Vic.) East Irregators' League waited on the Railway Commissioners regarding the dangerous state of High-street crossing, near…

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Organised for War Railways and Troops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 38

Detailed plans and timetables for the concentration of troops at any of several places that are considered to be likely objects of attack by an…

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Railway Fatalities

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

Two men were killed by trains in Sydney suburbs on Wednesday morning, making the third such death within 24 hours…

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Cricket Celebrations Match in Sydney M'cabe's Tram Wins

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 35

After an extension of time for play bad been agreed upon, M'Cabe's team won the 150th Anniversary Celebrations match on the Sydney Cricket…

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21 Lost in Torrent Railway Camp Swept Away

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 10

Twenty men and a woman lost their lives when a railway construction camp, near Wairoa (N.Z.), on the east coast of the North Island, was over…

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Rand Railway League Proposed Line to Oaklands Line

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

Following a deputation of members of the Rand Railway League to the Victorian Railways Home time ago. Mr. F. A. Falkiner, hon. secretary of…

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Three People Killed Shocking Motor Accident Several Others Hurt Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

Three were killed and several injured in motor accidents to-night. When a car travelling from Gosford to Woy Woy skidded on gravel and…

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Child Kidnapped First in Australia Taken From Motor Car £300 Ransom Demanded Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

In a typical American gangster manner a three-year-old boy was kidnapped from his father’s car today and is now held for £300…

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Land for Albury Aerodrome Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 8

An area of land sought by the Albury council for resumption for the purpose of a public aerodrome is vested in the council as…

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Nyah Bridge Murray River to Be Spanned

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

It must be a source of gratification to the residents of Nyah, on the Victorian side of the Murray River, and moreso those who reside on the…

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