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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

2,845 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 143

Fatal Aeroplane Crash Police Interview Occupants of Machine Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 4

Pilot-Officer Robert Sommerville, and Leading Aircraftsman L. Millgate of the which crashed and decapitated a fanner at Windsor…

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Motor Combine Big Merger Reported New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

The "World" states that an announcement will shortly be made of the formation of a huge investment company specialising in automotive…

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Seeing a Motor Car Built

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

A unique opportunity of seeing a modern motor car built "from the ground up" will be given anyone who visits the Service Motor Co's garage…

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For the Hospital Swimming Carnival a Great Success Motor Boats Provide Thrills

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 6

The swimming carnival, organised in aid of the Wagga District Hospital, which was held on the river at the rear of the Church of England on Saturday,…

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The Water Position And Supplies From the Railway. Not Yet Arranged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

The water committee of the Town Council has been meeting nightly in its efforts to do the best for the people during the…

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Record Aeroplane Engine Run

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 3
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The monthly bulletin for December, issued by Queensland and, Northern Territory Aerial Services, Ltd., reports what probably constitutes a…

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Narrow Escape Fall Between Train and Platform Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

Isaac Newton, aged 70 years, fell between a train and the platform at the Allowah railway station this morning. He would surely have been run…

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Motor Firms Duped Suspected Man Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

A man who is alleged to have passed valueless cheques for several thousands of pounds was arrested in Elizabeth street, city, to-day. He is…

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Motors and Income Tax

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 2

It is considered that a clause in the Income Tax Management Act now in operation, which allows the commissioner of Taxation to fix a just…

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Train Disaster Narrowly Averted on Liverpool Line Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

At a late hour last night the guard of the train bound from Sydney to Liverpool felt a violent bumping, and the train was brought to a standstill…

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Foreign Labor Ousting Australians on Road Work Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 1

At a meeting of the Erskinewille Municipal Council last night one alderman declared that he knew of a case where as Italian had been brought all…

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Building a Motor Car Willys Overland Operations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 1

Mr. E. E. Nordgren, service expert from Willys Overland Factory at Toledo, U.S.A., is visiting Wagga. Service Motors. Fitzmanurice street,…

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Motor Smash Fatal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 3

Frederick Hourigan, who met with a serious injury in a motor lorry smash at Alexandria last night, died in hospital this morning…

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Motors and Motorists Motoring Notes Motor Cycling a Boy's Essay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 8

The following, by John Arthur Hoban, Marist Brothers' College, Bendigo, was the winning essay in the "British Trader" competition, the…

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The Forgetful Motorist

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 8

The N.H.M.A. man who enthusiastically rush to motorists in need of roadside assistance have a legitimate grouch against the numerous…

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Rail Versus Motor

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 8

The inevitability of the growth of road transport and of the supercession of the railways for certain classes of traffic, which has been stressed by the…

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Transferred Passes Railway Employees Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day, William James Ross, aged 20 years, laborer; Harold William Napier, aged 33 years, mechanic; Robert Cummings,…

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Record Aeroplane Engine Run

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 11

The monthly bulletin for December, issued by Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, Ltd., reports what probably…

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Hillston—Carrathool Road

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 11

Referring to the recant visit of an official of the Main Roads Board, who made an inspection of the work on read No. 51, Carrathool…

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