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Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Motoring Motor Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 6

Mr. Bob Barr, of the Dodge Service Station, Cootamundra, has disposed of the new model Dodges to Mr. Geo. Main, "Retreat"; to "Merribindinyah"…

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Busy Motor Men

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 6

Messrs Hulford Bros. have further extended their garage, which is now 145ft. long by 31 wide, giving, roughly, 4,500 square feet of floor space…

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Tasmanian Motor Tragedy LAUNCESTON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 1

Miss Veronica Carney was killed and Miss Molly Jones injured, when a motor car overturned near Perth last night. Both young women lived…

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Local and General Motor Mishaps

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 7

On Christmas Day Mr. Doug, Hutchinson borrowed Mr. Tom Fisher's Oldsmobile car to take some men to Stockinbingal, and on the return trip,…

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Tasmanian Motor Tragedy. LAUNCESTON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

Miss Veronica Carney was killed and Miss Molly Jones injured when a motor car overturned near Perth last night. Both young women lived in Melbourne…

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Speedway Royal Mishap. Motor Cycles Collide. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

W. A. S. Lamont had a narrow escape at the Speedway Royal last night when he and Jim Datson came into collision in the semi-final of a…

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Motor Collision Car and Cycle Two Persons Injured

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

The treadherous corner at the junction of ,the Urana and Albury Roads, at the Showground corner, was the scene yesterday of a…

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Railway Smash a Russian Disaster London, Jan. 9

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 4

Moscow reports 16 killed and 26 injured in a derailment of the Irkutsk Moscow express at Arsaki…

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Other Smashes Motor Cyclists Collioe Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 1

Another driver, Lamont, had a narrow escape at the Speedway Royal last night, when he and Jim Da[?]son came into collision in the semi-final…

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Dancing in an Aeroplane

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

Dancing the hew smooth Charleston has been accomplished in an air liner at a height of 2000 feet. This is the first time that dancing has…

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Main Roads Board

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

The annual report of the Main Roads Board shows that the total expenditure in the metropolitan area during the first year's operations…

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A Monkey Bridge

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 8

The long prehensile-tailed spider monkeys of Brazil, forming a chain of their bodies, swing from a tree until the last can catch a branch on…

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For Sy[?] Bridge Two Hude[?]

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

A special train travelling on two [?] of [?] [?] to two of the [?]…

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Murray River Bridge. 180,000 Work

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

The Murray Waters Commission has begun the preliminary work in connection wwith the building of a bridge over the River Murray, two…

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Murray River Bridge £180,000 Work

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

The Murray Waters commission has begun the preliminary work in connection with the building of a bridge over the Murray River, two miles…

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Country Railway Lines Concrete Roads Suggested Instead. Junee-gundagai Proposal Suggested As Good for Experiment

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

Mr. Ken. Hoad, M.L.A., writes:—As indicated by the Premier a few days ago, the Government is faced with the fact that to continue the…

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Gundagai-Junee Conerete Road Proposal

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

Buck up Gundagai, Naugns and Junee residents, a chance in a lifetime is at your door. There seems little chance of getting a railway…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge Huge Bearings London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

A special train, travelling on two lines of track, transported from Darlington to Middlesborough Docks two of the biggest bearings known to…

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Murray River Bridge £180,000 Work ALBURY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

THE MURRAY Waters Commission has begun the preliminary work in connection with the building of a bridge over the Murray…

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New Works. Hall on Showground. Beckwith Street Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

It is expected that a considerable reduction in the number of unemployed in Wagga will be brought about as the result of two contracts for building…

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