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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 97

A Hint to Motorists

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

Motorists' troubles are numerous and varied. There are times when his hair turns grey through some internal obstinacy of his auto, but when…

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Railways Officials at Beech- Worth

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Railways (Mr. H. W. Clapp), with his fellow, commissioners, engineers and staff, visited Beechworth on…

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Three Youths in Court Murder latent Alleged Shooting of Railway Officer Maitland

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6

At the police court to-day there youths. Thomas Dixon Gibson, 18. laborer, William Robert, Date, 17, laborer, and Kernel Joseph Coleman…

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Items of News Heavy Traffic at Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6

Between 1000 and 1700 tons of superphosphate and general goods were handled at the Albury railway station yesterday. A special train to Junee at…

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Man Killed by Train Wollongong

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 9

John Crohper, of Turrawanna, was knocked Known by a light engine and van at [?] railway station this morning and killed. He was crossing…

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Removing Road Materials Council to Be Notified

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 3

The Wakool Shire Council, in the advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue, wish to draw the draw the attention of landowners allowing contractors to…

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Railway Employers’ Last Tribute to Mate West Maitland

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 6

As a last tributs is their workmats, hundreds of railway employes attended the funeral this afternoon of dCyril Clive Matter, night officer at…

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Motorist Killed Instantly Oak Containing Six Hits Culvert Rainbow

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 8

Believed to have had his vision obscured by the setting sun, William Edward Found, 25, of Meringur, was killed instantly when his car, which…

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Woman Said She Was Sick of Life Believed to Have Taken Poisor Dies on Railway Platform Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Believed to have taken poison. Iris Campbell, or Driscoll, aged 34, or North Rock, near Parramatta, died on the assembly platform at the…

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National Bridge Need for Repairs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 1

The need for immediate repairs to the, decking of the bridge over the Edward River at Deniliquin was again referred to when the…

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The Mobile Educational Train. Begins Operations at Hav

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

The mobile train of the technical branch of the New South Wales Education Department arrived at Hay yesterday, and the official…

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Week-end Gaol for Offending Motorists Suggested Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Semple) said today that he was considering amending the law to provide for motorists convicted of negligent…

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Former Footballer’s Leg Broken Albury Court Proceedings Wodonga Railway Employe Charged Sequel to a Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

The sequel to a collision between a motor car and a cyclist in October last was heard at Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, when…

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Paralysis Victim Dies on Board Aeroplane Gunnedah

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 4

While being rushed to Newcastle for respirator treatment yesterday, Richard George Ashdown, 16, an infantile paralysis victim, died aboard the plane…

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Road Accidents Take Toll 40,532 in Four Years and Still Mounting Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

Demonstrating that the road safety campaign had been ineffectual, figures issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale) to-day showed…

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Railway Employe Fined on Car Driving Charge Case in Albury Court Cyclist Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

When the case was resumed in Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday in which George Sydney Wade, 36, Victorian railways employe,…

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Early Morning Accident Tramway (Employe Dies Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 8

John Newton, 55, tramway employe, of Napier street. South. Melbourne, was working with a horse and dray in High street. Westgarth at 2 a.m. to-day when…

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Railwaymen Receive Mr. Heffron in Cordial Manner Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

Mr. R. J. Heffron, leader of the Industrial section of the Labor Party, received a cordial welcome from Eveleigh workshop employes to-day, and a…

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Two Boys Killed in Falls From Trams Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 8

Another boy was killed while “scaling” on the trams in the Waterloo district to-night. Following a similar fatality last night. Francis…

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1500 Come by Train

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 3

It is estimated that approximately 1500 persons, the majority of whom were children, travelled to Albury for the functions yesterday in the special…

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