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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 97

Man Dies in Smash Motorist Is Fined Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 8

Ah accident in which a motor-cyclist was fatally injured on January 25, led to John Graham Cameron, 28, motor driver, of Kooyong road, Malvern,…

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Minister’s Short Reply to Magistrates Interpretation of the Law Motorists’ Offences Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 4

Criticism by magistrates of the provision in the law which provides automatic suspension of motorists’ licences upon conviction for certain offences,…

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Tennis Railway V Gerogery

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 8

The following team has been selected to represent Railway in a match against Gerogery at the former’s courts on Sunday. Play will…

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Amateur Cyclists Begin Road Racing Season

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 7

Albury Amateur Cycle Club commenced its road racing season yesterday, when two races were decided. Ono was a boys’ event over four miles…

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Miniature Railways Collision 7 Seriously Injured London, May 21

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 3

Seventeen people were seriously injured and 13 are suffering from shock as the result of a head-on collision between two trains on a miniature…

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An Aeroplane Hat Is the Latest

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 4

A hat for the occasion was worn by Miss Babington Smith when the Royal Aeronautical Society held a garden party and exhibition of flying at Hants (England)…

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Aeroplane Bolts Owner Charged with Assault New York, May 22

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

Captain Ugo d’Annunzio, youngest son of the late Italian poet, has been charged with third degree assault as a result of an accident in which…

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The River Bridge Temporary Repairs Pending Redecking

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

The Main Roads Department has staled that it will effect temporary repairs to the Edward River bridge at Deniliquin, which has been a…

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New Road Grader for Culcairn Shire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

The new road grader recently bought by Culcairn Shire Council. The picture was taken during a demonstration of the grader for councillors…

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Man’s Leg Severed by Train Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

Struck by a train at Lakemba station to-day, Edward Marks, 48, of Bankstowh, had his left leg severed below the Knce. Police stated that…

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Instruction for Railway Men

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

Instruction began yesterday for railway men attached to the Albury yards who are interested in locomotive operation. The lectures are given in a…

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Items of News Injured in Fall at Railway Yards

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

James Hill, of Ran street, Albury, was working on a crane at the Albury railway goods yards yesterday morning, when he fell several feet. The…

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Permits for Motorists N.r.m.a. Attacks System

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

The system requiring a motorist to obtain a visitor’s permit when taking his car to another State was criticised in Sydney by the president of the…

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Struck by Tram

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

Knocked down by a train at the corner of Collins and Spencer streets, Melbourne, on Friday evening, Mr. A. L. Tongs, a well known resident of Finley,…

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Hodgson’s Bridge Petition Received by Council No Action Taken

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 2

A [?] signed by 91 ratepayers, presented to Yavd[?]daniah Shire Council by Cr. J. P. Hayes, read : “We, the undersigned ratepayers, request that…

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Safety, First—railwaymen’s Aim

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 1

Railway employes receiving instruction at Albury, on how to couple a defective engine, preparatory to removing it from a section of the running lines…

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Third Party Motor Risks

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 4

It is the stated intention of the State Government to take action in the very near future to provide that a third-party cover must be taken out…

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Jacob Dallinger’s Farm Now Becomes an Aerodrome Reminiscences by “Minorn”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 5

During the past few years many of Albury’s most familiar pioneer landmarks have passed into history, but hone have left such a trail of pleasing…

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Improved Train Service From Tocumwal to Sydney

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 3

Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Secretary for N.S.W. Railways:— "With reference to your…

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Motor-car Magnate Nuffield in Strange Mix- Up with Three Men London, May 25

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 1

While Lord Nuffield, in accordance with his frequent custom, was working late in his private office at the Cowley works, Oxford, on…

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