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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 97

Motor Factory Allegedly Entered Two Men for Trial Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 6

Charged with breaking an entering the premises of Preston Motors, Franklin street. Melbourne, on October 19, 1937 and with having stolen…

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Youth, Aged 19, Sentenced to Death Two Others Freed Alleged Shooting of Railway Official Accident Defence Put Forward Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

The trial of the youths, Thomas Dixon Gibson, 19; Kemmell Joseph Colman, 18. and William Robert Date, 17, who were charged with…

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Road Safety

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Neale, Commissioner for Road Transport, answering comments that changes of policy should be made so that motor travelling may…

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Air Terminal £50,000 Work at Kingsford Smith Aerodrome

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 19

Erection of a terminal building at the Kingsford Smith Aerodrome, Mascot, to function as a central point for the regulation of…

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Correspondence Safer Roads (To the Editor.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

SIR,—Night travelling on our ways would be much safer if the present culverts and guide posts were made much wider; say, 40 feet…

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Man Crossing Bridge Killed by Motor Car Leg Completely Severed Accident at GUNDAGAl

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

When a ear skidded on the Prince Alfred bridge a! Gundagai early yesterday morning. Foger Frederick Stone, aged 24 years, of Marrickville, was…

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Car Skidding Tests Danger of Wet Roads

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 6

As the result of some 20,000 skidding tests conducted at the Ohio State University (U.S.A.), some important findings have been revealed…

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New Overland Road Service Canberra--albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

At the Anslie Hotel, Canborra on Thursday, a public function including a dinner, was held to inaugurate an important new passenger service…

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Road Fatalities. Minister's Quarterly Report. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

Figures issued to-night by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) reveal big increases in road fatalities since the introduction of the speed…

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Albury Council Better Lighting Asked For on Coursing Ground Road

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

Present at Wednesday’s meeting of Albury Municipal Council were: Alds. Waugh (Mayor), Stanton, Bunton, Logan, Hake, Robertson, Oldfield,…

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Toll of the Road Many People Killed Figures for Last Quarter SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

Figures issued by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) to-night reveal a big increase In road fatalities since the introduction of the speed…

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N.s.w. Railway Excursions for Autumn School Vacation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 16

The Secretary for Railways advises that the "Anywhere to Anywhere" series of excursions, which has been in operation since before Christmas, has…

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Wages Cut for American Railwaymen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 14

The American Association oil Railways has announced a, reduction in wages of 15 per cent, us from July 1. The estimated saving from this…

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Motor Racing in Ireland Irish Grand Prix

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

The Irish Grand Prix, one of the first motor races this year to be run under the new international formula, governing the design of competing cars, was…

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Pests on Railway Land

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

The Bangalow branch of the Primary Producers' Union has complained to the Tweed-Lismore Pastures Protection Board that land owned by the Railway…

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Motor Vessel Aground. Off Queensland Coast. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

While on her maiden voyage from Canada to Australia the motor vessel Port St. John, grounded on a reef off Port Eliot Island, about forty…

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Negligent Motorist. Ballarat Clergyman Fined. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

Asked why he had not stopped and rendered assistance after a motor accident, the Rev. Charles Anderson, Anglican Minister of Ballarat, said…

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Railway Excursions for Autumn School Vacation "Anywhere to Anywhere" Series Extended

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

The Secretary for Railways advises that the "Anywhere to Anywhere" series of excursions, which has been in operation since before Christmas…

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Border Interference. to Motor Traffic Relief Sought by Mr. Nock Canberra

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 5

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. H. K. Nock, C.P. member for [?], urged a [?] of the Federal Ald Roads Agreement to…

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Damages to Cars Claim Follows Motor Crash Tested in Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 6

Deciding who was responsible for a motor accident at the. comer of Sydney and Huon streets, Wodonga, on December 10 last, in a case…

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