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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 97

Up by Air, Back by Road—story of a Plane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

This Royal Victorian Aero Club Tiger Moth plane made a forced landing at Beechworth, due to engine failure, while taking part in army manoeuvres. When landing it struck a rut and crashed through a tin fence…

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Verdict of Accidental Death Cyclist Killed on Rutherglen Road No Light and on Wrong Side

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned yesterday by the Coroner (Mr. J. P. Leahy) at the inquest into the death of Richard William Eldridge, 46,…

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Items of News Did not Return Motor Car Licence

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

Claude Sawyer, of Albury, was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, at Albury Police Court by the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. D. F. Parker) yesterday for…

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Victim of Tragic Road Accident Buried

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 4

Pall-bearers and coffin-bearers at the funeral of Mr. Noel Francis Weatherby, of Albury, who was killed in a car accident last Saturday evening, entering the Albury cemetery on Monday afternoon. The…

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Making Roads Conducive to Fast Speeds Boardings Condemned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 4

Addressing the engineers’ conference to-day the Main Roads Commissioner (Mr. H. H. Newell) condemned indiscriminate roadside advertising. He said…

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Injured Man’s Pluck Aid for Motor Cyclist Story at Inquest Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 1

When the [?] District Coroner (Mr. R. Williams) to-day inquired into the death of Edward John Welch, [?] station hand, who was…

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Rights of Passengers Boarding Trams Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 5

Dismissing an appeal by the Commissioner for Transport against a £100 verdict awarded in favor of Elizabeth Palne, of Enmore, who was…

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Motor Collision. Two Trucks Meet Head On

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 1

A motor smash occurred on the Cobram road, [?] on Thursday evening last, when two trucks [?] head on. One [?]…

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Accident on Howlong Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

About 5.30 p.m. yesterday, when about two miles on the Albury side of Howlong, a rear tyre of a motor car driven by Mr. Melbourne Mott, of the…

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State Works. Big Programme. Water, Roads, and Electricity

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner, said last week that the works and development programme now in progress…

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ANOTHER N.Z. Train Smash Fireman Killed Christchurch

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 8

Alfred Bailey, 34, married, was killed when a mixed train crashed headon Into a special goods (rain near Aylesbury on the West Coast line…

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Motoring Accidents Men Hurled From Motor Truck

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 3

A motoring accident occurred on the Oaklands Road on Monday morning last, as a result of which two men are at present patients in…

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De Luxe Travel for N.s.w. Railway Passengers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 1

Here is the answer, in part, of Mr. Harligan, N.S.W. rail chief, to Mr. Harold Clapp’s “Spirit of Progress.” Flush panclling in a light color, with heavy contrasting lines, dark green upholstering on the seats,…

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Motor Accident Conargo Road Collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

A motor accident, fortunately not attended by any serious consequences, occurred on the Deniliquin road, near Conargo, on Tuesday (states the…

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Oysters Help to Build Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 10

Spanning San Francisco Bay is a 7½ mile highway bridge, the longest of its kind in the world. It is built of concrete made from oyster shells…

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Bridge for Maude. Action by Council. Light Structure to be Provided

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, a letter was received from the Minister of Works in response to the Council's…

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New Zealand Train Wreck Six Lose Lives Suspicion of Foul Play

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 11

Suspicions are held that a train wreck, in, which six lives were lost on Saturday near Wanganui, was deliberately caused…

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Shocking Road Accident Four Dead Nine Injured Car and Bus Collide Tragedy Leaves Children Without Parents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 11

When the large Murray Valley service "bus and a touring car collided on the Murray Valley Highway at Brown's Plains, nine miles from…

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Motor Traffic Act. a Local Summons

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Cessions on Tuesday, before the P.M., Harry Byers was charged with driving a motor vehicle in Lachlan Street in…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Admitted to Hospital

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

When his motor cycle and sidecar skidded in sand and collided with a bridge 13 miles from Deniliquin on the the Rangemore road this morning,…

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