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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 81

Hopelessly Mangled Man Killed by Train Identification Problem; Only bad 3d in Pockets BALLARAT

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 2

Hopelessly Mangled beyond recognition, the remains of a man were discovered near the railway line about 250 yards from Wallace…

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Items of News Lavington Resident Struck by Motor Lorry

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 2

Walter Benzie, aged 57, of Lavington, was struck by a motor lorry on the Lavington road just north of the municipal boundary, about 7 o’clock…

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Box Hill Grammar Boys Return To-day After Week-end Visit Tennis, Football, Debating Social Evening, Motor Tour Varied Programme

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 6

The party of 22 boys from Box H[?] Grs[?]mar School, Melbourne, which vis[?]ed Albury Grammar School for the week-end,…

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Car Crashes Into Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 2

Whilst returning from the football match at Coreen on Saturday evening last, a car driven by Mr. Jones, of Mulwala, and containing a party of…

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Motor Truck Took 3 Days to Traverse 30 Miles Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 2

Carrying supplies of food, a motor truck took three days to traverse [?] miles of the country around the small town of Darnlck, between Ivanhoe…

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World’s Highest Railway. Diesel Locomotive Built for It

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 2

An outstanding achievement of British engineering enterprise is the building of a Diesel locomotive to run on the highest railway line in the world, near…

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No. 1 Salesman For Railways

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 2

Honors for the year’s best example of salesmanship in the Victorian Railways has been awarded to the assistant stationmaster at Moonee Ponds station…

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Man Killed by Motor Car Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 2

Peter Martin, aged 60, was killed instantly when he was struck by a motor car near his home to-night. His skull was fractured…

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Safe Driving at Home (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 3

"I was late for an appointment and I must admit I was stepping on it a bit." This has been the confession of thousands of…

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Yarrawonga Bridge Trafficable

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 5

Rumours were circulated in Corowa yesterday that because of the filling of the Yarrawonga Weir and the flooding of the flats, the Yarrawonga…

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Road Maintenance Costs

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 2

Most people are under the impression that once a road is put down with tar, its upkeep is not great. They will be surprised to learn that, from figures…

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Cycle Road Race C. Devlin and P. Hussey Repeat Triumphs

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 3

Colin Devlin, a, promising young rider, scored his second successive win on Wednesday when he led home the field in the Deniliquin Cycle Club’s…

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976-Mile Week-end Dash 8-H.p. Ford's Classic Performance on Outback Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 4

To prove the eminent suitability of an English Ford 8 h.p. car for travel on outback roads, a 976-mile trip from Sydney to Bourke and back again to…

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Odd Liquid Nu-metal. Reconditions Motors

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 4

All old miner happened to camp one night on a strange ledge or material which attracted his attention, because of its odd reaction to his…

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Motorist Dies From Injuries Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 8

From injuries, received at the corner of Kooyong and Malvern roads last night, when his car crashed into a tram standard, Noel Waters, aged 20,…

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[?]Admental [?]Eights [?]cession Refused [?]y Railways

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 1

[?]that Deniliquin Council. [?]but on the same basis as [?]councils in the freights [?] of road metal, did not…

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Aerodrome Sites

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 4

The Governor-in-Council has authorised the carrying out of work at the landing grounds of five aerodrome sites in the Western Division,…

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Believed Killed by Train Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 9

Pieree Skeen aged 64 single was found dead near Blackheath railway station to-day. It is thought that he was struck by a train for his…

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Man's Body on Road Fell Over Embankment Colac

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 10

Apparently having slipped over an embankment and fallen 12 ft., the body of Alfred Lapthorne aged 75 of Wattle Hill was found on the Ocean…

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World's Highest Railway. Diesel Locomotive Built for It

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 2

An outstanding achievement of British engineering enterprise is tho building of a Diesel locomotive to run on the highest railway line in the…

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