Country Development Stopped Works in the Country to Close Down. Money Only for City Railways and North Shore Bridge
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 1
The Wagga "Daily Express" states that the Lang Government has turned down all railway construction in the country for two years. It has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fettler Killed Run Down by Train. Nine Children Fatherless
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 8
Last Thursday morning Fred Weatherby (50), a fettler, was run down and killed instantly by the South-West mail train near Yass…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Excursion to Sydney. Train Leaves Leeton on Saturday, February 6
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3
As will be seen in the advertisement the excursion train will leave Leeton at 3.55 p.m. on Saturday, February 6…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Axe. Will It Fall on Fraser and Co.? Lang's" Hint. Separate Boards for Railways and Trams
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 5
A hint that the Government contemplated changing the control of the railways and tramways by replacing the present Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Big Railway Dam
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
Work did not proceed far with the construction, at Cootamundra, of the biggest railway dam in Australia when it was discovered that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursions
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
The Railway Department announces that the first series for the current year of excursions applying to all parts of the State, will be run between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Motor Car
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
Henry Scott was knocked down by a motor car at St. Kilda, Melbourne, last night. His skull, both legs, and his jaw was fractured. He also received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling Harley Davidson Successes
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3
At the Cessnock Speedway last week, Mr. L. B. Melville, riding an 8 h.p. standard stock model Harley Davidson motor cycle, succeeded in winning the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Charged with Manslaughter
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
Horace Woolf, of Adelaide, was charged at the Melbourne City Court to-day with the manslaughter of Henry Fedit, who was knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Explosion Fatal to Motor Cyclist
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
While two brothers were taking petrol from one motor bicycle and pouri[?] it into another at Lithgow on explosion occurred and Leonard Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Voyages From Wagga By Motor Boat Murrumbidgee and Murray
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 6
Constable Mills, fishery inspector, Mr. R. Gorrick, and Mr. C. R. Nagle, solicitor, of Albury, left Wagga, on October 27 1ast on a fisheries patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fruit Arrives Too Late. Transport Committee to Meet Railway Commissioner
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3
Not only dp the Leeton Transport Committee save the growers considerable money in freight charges by bulk consignments, but they are a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boosting Fresh Fruit Trade Railway 'Head' Visiting Leeton To-day
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3
Mr. Brady, manager of the Leeton cannery, stepped into the meeting of the Leeton Fruitgrowers' Association last night, and informed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Area Commissioner Wagga's Railway Needs
The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2
On Thursday. Mr. [?] n. Re[?]d. Southern District Railway Area Commissioner, will stop at Wagga Railway station for half-an-hour on a tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Excursion Train
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2
The Railway Department announces that the first series for the current year of excursions applying to all parts of the State will be run between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Billabong Bridge Broken
The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2
The bridge over the Bullarook Creek near Daily Vale was brokes last week Tragic over it is suspended pending alterations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Hill-Climbing Extraordinary Test
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 3
Advices from England state that the annual award of the Royal Automobile Club for the most meritorious performance or contribution towards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"That Man Choked Him" Dramatic Scene at Morgue Sequel to Motor Fatality Melbourne
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 3
There was a dramatic scene at the Morgue to-day, when the City Corner recorded a verdict of accident death at the inquest on Edward Murphy, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway to Canberra Wagga-Tumut Route Condemned Federal Works Director's Opinion Statement to Alderman Collins
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4
The Commonwealth Director-General of Works, Canberra, Mr. P. T. Owen, recently told the Mayor of Wagga, Alderman E.E. Collins, that the advocey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Railway Staffs
The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2
In the Legislative Assembly yesterday [?] Tally asked the Minister for Railways whether when filling vacancies in country railway centres…
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