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Railways, roads & transport, 1939

1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 41 of 81

Flying Minister Travels by Train Again Only Third Time in Five Years Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 6

Because of unfavourable weather reports, the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. J. V. Fairbairn) decided to-day to cancel his plans to fly to Canberra…

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N.S.W. Has Deficit of Nearly £3 Million £53 Million in Loan Money Wanted a Likely Cut of £13 Million Help Given to N.S.W. £1,100,000 To Finance Railway Deficit CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 1

Loan requirements involving approximately £53,000,000 were placed before the Loan Council to-day by the Commonwealth and States to finance works schemes and other commitments for 1939-40 This sum includes £ 3,000,000 for the stabilisation of the wheat…

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Rail-Road Crossing Duties of Motorists

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

Railway crossings on main roads form one of the major hazards to the safety of traffic. During the last four years the total number…

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A Paper Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

A road does not appear to be a very complicated construction, but modern methods of road making are really quite complex, and make…

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Aeroplane Crash At 400 Miles Per Hour Pilot's Unsuccessful Parachute Jump London, June 20

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

A single-seater Hurricane fighting plane crashed in a thunderstorm at Ditchling, Sussex. It hit the ground at the rate of 400 miles per hour and…

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Coursing on the Road to Gundagai with Albury Dog-owners and Trainers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 7

A party of Albury dog enthusiasts paid a visit last Saturday night to the place made famous in song and verse [?] the habitat of the dog which…

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Short Films of Interest Shown to Albury Motorists

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

An interesting programme of talking films was shown to an appreciative audience of motorists and others in the Plaza Theatre last evening…

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Aerodrome for Dubbo

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 3

Dubbo Council has approved the purchase of 231 acres of land on the edge of the municipality for the construction of an aerodrome capable of…

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Rail Road Crossings Duties of MOTORISTS(Issued by N.S.W. Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

Railway crossings on main roads form one of the major hazards, to the safety of traffic During the last four years, the total number of accidents at…

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Aeroplane Crash King's Jockey Killed LONDON--June 22

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 5

The missing piano in which the King's jockey, Crouch, with the pilot and wireless operator, were travelling, was found incinerated on Durham…

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Headlight Glare Dangers on the Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 3

One reason why the night highway and rural road fatality rate is six times higher than the daylight rate is headlight glare…

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Making Children Road-minded

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 5

In an address on Wednesday night to the Footscray Tree Planters Association Mrs. Herbert Brookesides cribed the method adopted in London…

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Stopped a Train. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

While a train was travelling at a high speed, at Williamston, yesterday, the driver saw a man approaching the tracks. He jammed on the…

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King’s Jockey Dead Aeroplane Found Burnt Other Occupants Die, Too London, June 21

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

The aeroplane which left London yesterday with James Crouch, the King’s jockey, and a pilot and wireless operator aboard, and later was…

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Railroad Crossings Duties of Motorists Many Deaths in N.S.W. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 4

Railway crossings on main roads form one of the major hazards to the safety of traffic. During the last four years the total number of…

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Cycle Road Race J. Marshall Wins 10 Mile Event

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

Two front markers had-the finish of the 10-miles cycle race to themselves on Wednesday, and in a great contest over the last few furlongs, J. Marshall’s…

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Strategic N.s.w. Road 800 Miles Long More Than Half Complete

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 3

The N.S.W. Department of Main Roads has constructed more than half of the great highway through inland New South Wales from Tocumwal. on…

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Culcairn Shire Council Objections to Closing a Road President Reports on Visit to Sydney

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 9

A matter causing considerable debate at the meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council on Monday was an application by C. W. Pech to close a road traversing portion of his property. A petition asked that the road be opened to traffic. Councillors decided that the road…

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How a Motorcar Is Made

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

Attention is directed to an advertisement in this issue, in which Messrs. R. W. E. Fraser & Sons Pty. Ltd., of Corowa (in conjunction with General Motors Holden Pty. Ltd.),…

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Railway Officers Will Ask for Better Conditions in November Award Will Then Expire Dinner at Albury Yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 5

Mr. R. Winzer, State president of the N.S.W. Railway Officers’ Association, foreshadowed a request for Improved conditions when the…

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