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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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£3,000,000 in Service Australian Motorists will Spend it. Fully Trained Mechanics

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4

In Australia this year fees paid by car owners for service and repairs will approximate £3,000,000. This figure is arrived at by placing…

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Border Railways Line from Deniliquin to Darlington Point Will it Supersede the Argoon Line?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

The result of the interview between the Victorian Minister for Works (Mr. Groves) and a deputation from the Denilquin district which…

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New Aeroplane for Gold Fields

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6

Advice has been received in Melbourne concerning the flight and safe arrival of the Junkers all metal monoplane, which left Point Cook for…

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Metal for Roads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 4

At its last meeting the Wagga Municipal Council had under consideration the relative merits of Wagga and Culcairn quarry metal for road…

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Railway Matters

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 4

The Southern area Railway Commissioner, Mr. J. Reid, will be prepared to meet deputations or individuals who desire to interview him…

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Motoring Notes to Whom the Credit?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6

Edison invented the kinetoscope, and Louis Lumiere the cinematograph, and experts still wranger over which of these inventions was the more…

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Mail Train Cancelled Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

The North Coast railway, north of Taree, is still blocked by flood waters and landslides, and the North Coast mail train, which was to have left…

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Accident on Junee Road Man Seriously Injured Motor Car Bursts Into Flames

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Edward Bull, or Broadway, Junee, had a remarkable escape from death when his motor car overturned and burst into flames on the…

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Train Wreckers Effort Fails at Coonabarabran Binnaway

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

The second of two efforts at train-wrecking near Coonabarabran railway yards failed last night. It was apparently intended to derail an up-bound…

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In Snow Bound Train Plight of British Passengers Succor Arranged by Embassy London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

In view of the helplessness of the local authorities, the British Embassy is arranging succor for British passengers who have been snowed up for…

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Motor Cycle Crashes Accident at Motordrome Two Spectators Killed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

Two spectators were killed and the rider was injured when a motor cycle left the track and leaped into the crowd at the motordrome last night…

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Accident on Junee Rd. Man Seriously Injured Motor Car Bursts Into Flames WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

Mr. Arthur Edward Bull, of Broadway, Junee, had a remarkable escape from death when his motor car overturned and burst into flames on…

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Pumping Warren's Well To-Day "Not Fit for Human Consumption" Railway Water for Drinking

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

"The better the day, the better the deed!" Yesterday the council's men installed. Ald. Brady's loaned pump at the Warren's Sub. well, and…

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Dobbins' Revenge Bolting Horse Charges a Motor Car

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

Running along the level road, near Tumblong bridge, about 9 o'clock yesterday, Mr. J. Heinrich, of Gundagai, driving a new Chrysler car,…

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Aeroplane Crashes Pilot and Passenger Killed Poor Visibility Blamed Machine Smashed to Pieces Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

A Moth aeroplane, which left Goulburn for Sydney at 9 o'clock this morning, crashed at Marulan, find was smashed to pieces…

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Dangerous Driving Racing on Albury Road Bus Drivers' Fined

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 3

Two Wagga bus drivers, Leo Lees, in the employ of Messrs. Brock and Holloway, and Aubrey Shadforth, employed by Messrs. W. Fearne and Son,…

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Attempted Assassination President of Mexico Train Dynamited Demonstration Against Execution VANCOUVER

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 5
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A message from Mexico states that the President, Senor Emilio Gil, escaped death in an attempt on his life when a train in which he was…

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Waters Subsiding Incalculable Damage Many Motorists Marooned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

Summarised, the position is that the flood waters at most centres are receding fast, and all immediate danger appears to be past…

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Railway Traffic Partially Restored Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

The Railway Department has received word from the north coast that traffic has been partially restored, and a train conveying passengers will…

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