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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 97

ALBURY & DISTRICT Proclamation of Main Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 9

Considerable satisfaction is ex-pressed with the announcement of the Minister of Transport (Mr. Bruxner) that a new main road may be…

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Car Overturns Two Injured on Narandera Road

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

A car in which Mr. and Mrs. W. James, of Sydney, were travelling to Leeton, left the road and turned over on Tuesday night on the…

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America's War Victims, 360,263 Road Victims, 729,010 in One Year!

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 26

A FRIEND of mine, who makes a hobby of compiling statistics, was chatting to me the other day. We had been discussing a terrible fire at…

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Toll of Road Grows Steadily Four Killed in Streets. Two Women, Man, and Child. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6

Two women, a boy and a man were killed in street accidents to-day, a motor lorry being involved in each of them…

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Rapsey’s Road to Be Opened at End of Present Lease Decision of Minister of Lands Certain Conditions to Be Fulfilled

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 2

Mr. Lind, Victorian Minister for Lands, yesterday decided that Rapsey’s road at Banegilla, which has proved a troublesome problem for Wodonga…

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Motor Notes Hints to Amateurs. Muffler at Fault

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

A car recently suffered trouble which from the symptoms appeared to be in the timing. The engine would idle and run perfectly up to 15 miles per…

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Police and Doctor’s Evidence Conflict Motorist Discharged by Court. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 8

After hearing conflicting evidence by Sergeant Cook and Constable Simpson for the prosecution, and Dr. J. R. Black, for the defence, in a…

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Girll Impaled on Handle of Motor Car Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6

June Knight, 12, of Croydon, suffered severe pain to-day when impaled on the handle of a motor car. which knocked her down while on her way…

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Used a Motor Lorry Two Youths Sentenced

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 1

SENTENCES of one month’s hard labor were imposed on Raymond Sutton (18) and Henry Joseph Regan (18) by Mr. A. B. Collins, P.M., in…

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Mail Service for Wagga Road Residents

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 6

Residents along Wagga Road have been informed by Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., that the mail service they are to receive will be commenced shortly…

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Baby Killed in Level Crossing Smash Truck Struck by Train. Mother Injured. Bendigo, Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 2

Alan [?] aged seven months, of Derby, was killed, and his mother and brother were injured this evening when a motor truck…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 2

Whilst travelling to Banranald from Wentworth on Sunday lost, Mr. Ainsworth Harrison, dentist, met with a car accident about 13 miles from…

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Motorists Beware! Must Not Fall Asleep. When Driving a Car. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 1

The magistrate (Mr. Arnold) at Paddington Police Court to-day, ruled in effect that a motorist who had fallen asleep at the wheel of his car was…

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Chinese Bomb Train Hankow, March 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 3

In an effort to interfere with the Japanese thrust in the direction of Hsuchow, Chinese aeroplanes successfully bombed Japanese troop…

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Was Wrecker Responsible for Smash Six Killed N.Z. Train Disaster Carriages Ripped Open Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 5

The alarming theory that the derailment of a crowded excursion train near Wanganni early yesterday morning was the work of a…

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Three Albury Residents and Melbourne Visitor Killed Worst Road Accident in District for Years Car and Transport Bus Collide Husband and Wife Are Victims Smash on Rutherglen Road Early Saturday Evening

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 4

The worst road accident in the history of the Albury district, which resulted in the deaths of three Albury residents and a woman visitor from Melbourne, occurred the Rutherglen road, 20 miles from Albury, on…

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Special “Fat Lamb Train” Suggested

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

The administrative assistant of the Road Transport Board (Mr. M. S. Wilson) at an inquiry into border transport problems at Wagga yesterday told…

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New Zealand’s Black Week-End 15 Lives Lost Train Disaster; Toll of Road Girl’s Terrible Death Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1

New Zealand’s tragic week-end, which commenced with the wreck of an excursion train, when six persons were killed, was…

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N.Z. Train Wreck. Six Lives Lost. WELLINGTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

A train wreck, in which the engine and four coaches were derailed, near Wanganui on Saturday, resulted in the loss of six lives. Twelve other…

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Road Collision. Four Killed; Nine Injured. ALBURY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

Four lives were lost and nine persons were injured—four seriously— when the Swan Hill-Albury service bus and a touring car collided on the…

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