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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 66

Railwayman From Bond Injured at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 4

Arthur Armstrong, aged 46, who fell from a signal at the Albury railway station ,Yesterday, received abrasions and bruises. The Albury ambulance…

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Motor Show Opens. To-morrow At Lyceum Hall. 1940 Models Are Here

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 4

In the new 1940 Ford V-8 range just released, the designers have concentrated much attention towards the betterment of riding qualities…

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Child Accidents on Roads

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 3

Request has been made by several brandies of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see that their…

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Cars Collide on Bonegilla Road

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 6

Two cars, driven by Messrs R. Davis, Gippsland. and J. Moyle, of Tallangatta, were involved in a head-on collision on the Bonegilla road yesterday…

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[?]Ld Woman Fatally Injured in Road Accident Wingham

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 3

Her skull fractured in a collison between a car in which she was a passenger and a heavily laden lorry, Mrs. Hannah Yarnold, aged 80, died in…

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FOOTBALL May Train Coaches in City For Country Clubs MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

Preliminary details of a proposal to establish a class tor training coaches for country football clubs affiliated with the Country League were placed…

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Habits for the Motor Owner Watch the Instruments

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7

One of the best habits the motor owner can form is that of glancing at the instruments frequently during the course of a day's run. The story they…

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Habits for the Motor Owner Watch the Instruments

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 5

One of the best habits the motor owner can form is that of glancing at the instruments frequently during the course of a day's run. The story they…

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Big Military Railways Order London, March [?]

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 10

The Ministry for Supply has pla[?] orders to the value of £10 million locomotives, goods wagons, and p[?] manent way equipment, etc.,…

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Troops and Trouble at Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 6

Although every attention was given to troops on leave who passed through Albury in two special trains yesterday evening, they gave the railway…

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Two Road Casualties

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

There were two victims of the road in the Albury district during the weekend. Mr. M. Ryder, of Newcastle, was struck by a car on the old Sydney…

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New Bridge Over Bowna Creek

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 3

Sir.—In your issue of 9/3/40, I notice is a report of a delegation which waited on Hume Shire Council re a bridge over Bowna Creek, near Table…

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Motorist Killed in Smash with Tram Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 3

Toorak road. South Yarra, was strewn with wreckage when a motor car crashed head-on with a moving tram shortly before midnight. The…

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Two Killed in Adelaide Motor Smash ADELAIDE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 1

When a motor lorry travelling on the main north road towards Adelaide crashed with terrific force into a stationary motor car near Parafield…

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Woman’s Body on Railway Line Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 4

The decapitated body of Mrs. Dulcie Whitton, 22, of Cardiff was found on the railway line near Cardiff yesterday. She was not identified until…

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The New Aerodrome a "B" License Granted

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

At last night's Municipal Council meeting when only a bare quorum was present, a letter was read from the Director-General of Civil…

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Bunnaloo Roads Ratepayers Desire Some Improvement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

Seven ratepayers in Bunnaloo district petitioned the Murray Shire Council yesterday regarding roads in that area…

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Murray Shire Council More Requests For Road Repairs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

Those present at the meeting were the president (Cr. W. Coppinger) and Crs. T. F. White, F. Leetham, J. R. McKindlay, W. G J. Beer and G. T…

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Colligen Creek Bridge Engineer to Inspect with Residents of Area

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

The condition of Colligen Creek bridge and approaches, which were seriously affected by last year’s flood, were the subject of discussion at…

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Week-end Motor Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

There were many motor accidents during the week-end, and five men and a woman were killed in Victoria. When a car ran into a motor truck…

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