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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

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Motor Vehicles. Catering for Car Owners. Smith, Simpson's Enlarged Garage

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 1

In few towns in New South Wales are motor car owners so well catered, for as in Hay, and in none we know of is the accommodation superior…

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Henty Railway Timetable

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 5

Albury Mail.—For Albury, 10.43 a.m. daily. For Sydney, 5.12 p.m. daily. Melbourne Express.—For Albury,…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes War and the Motorist

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 8

That the war will ultimately affect the Australian motorist cannot begainsaid, but from exhaustive enquiries made in official circles, I can assure…

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Railway Picnic at Wagga on

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 4

The annual picnic of employes in the traffic, permanent way and locomotive departments of the southern district of the N.S.W. railways will be…

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Replacing Railways Stock and Equipment £990,000 Expenditure This Year Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 7

In addition to the replacement of equipment at Newport power house, and extension of automatic electric signalling On the Melbourne-Geelong…

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Twenty Killed in Japanese Train Disaster Tokio, October 13

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 1

A two-car train plunged 30 feet into a stream on the island of Hondo. Twenty were killed and 120 injured…

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Man Believed Struck by Car Motorist Perhaps Unaware of Fatality Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 10

Marks on the roadway where Francis H. Barry, aged 22, of Murrumbeena road, Murrumbeena, was found fatally injured last night, have…

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Black-out Train Crash Express Involved in Accident Several Lives Lost London, October 13

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 1

In the midst of the black-out, which increased the confusion, the second division of the Scots express collided with the first half, standing at the…

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Albury Aerodrome Needs Attention

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 4

Albury's £ 19,000 aerodrome at present is anything but a "bed of roses" for pilots who would seek to land planes on it. A big percentage of the…

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French Aeroplane Output London, October 16

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

According, to an Agency report from Paris, the French Air Ministry says that when France completed her wartime mobilisation of aviation…

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Cycling Road Races

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 2

Ted Markey put up his best performance of the season by winning, last Sunday, the twice in succession cup, by inches from Ralph Anderson,…

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Two Women Die in Road Accidents Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 5

Two women were fatally injured in road accidents to-day and two men were critically hurt. When a car containing three persons crashed into a…

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A Code for Cyclists (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

Pedal cyclists have started to pile up accidents again this year. The statistics since June show that the increase in accidents for which the cyclists…

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Motor Cyclist Dies Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

The death occurred in hospital today of James Campbell aged 23 of Mia who was injured yesterday on the Heathcote-Bendigo road when…

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Sick Pay for Victorian Railwayman Discussed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 4

The question of sick pay for lower paid members of the Victorian Railways was discussed at a meeting of the Wodonga sub-branch of the A.R.U.,…

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speed over Unguarded Railway Crossings

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 4

Motorists in Albury and district centres particularly those on branches of the main southern line are not all aware of a speed limit that has been…

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Lavington Motorist in Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 4

Thomas Cameron Osborne aged 38 of Lavington appeared before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of having driven a car while…

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Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

Returning from the funeral of Mr. William Carnell, at Moarna, a car driven by Mr. F. Bourke was extensively damaged and Mr. W.H. Oakes, who…

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N.s.w. Railways Commissioner’s Annual Report

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

A copy of the annual report of the N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) which was presented to Parliament recently has been…

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Circus Train Comes to Town

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 2

Rather an unusual train, which has taken Wirths circus on a tour of the State, will arrive at Albury at 505 a.m. to-day, completing the tour as far as…

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