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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,275 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 64

Main Roads Control Reply to Councils' Protest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 5

Early last month a circular letter was sent by the Cowra Municipal Council to municipal and shire councils throughout the State stating that under…

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Wheat Position Congestion at Silos Federal Government Blamed Storage in Railway Trucks? Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

Commenting to-day on the serious position of the wheat harvest as a result of the terminal elevators being almost full, the…

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Railway Transfers Public Protest at Harden

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

A largely attended public meeting was held at Harden to protest against the removal of so many railway employees to Cootamundra, Temora,…

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Capture of Ned Kelly. Guard of Train 87 Years of Age

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Jesse Domsett, of Glendure, Bealiba road, Qlenbuntly (Vic.), who celebrated his 87th birthday on Tuesday, was guard of the special…

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Road Accidents Steering Gear Fails Car Over Embankment Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

When the steering gear of a motor car failed at Greenwich last night, the car crashed into a fence and fell over an embankment. Four of the occupants…

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Bridge Over Hawkesbury to Cost £1,250,000 Union's Suggestion to Government Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

As a result of a decision of the Iron workers' Union the Government will be asked to agree to the erection of a bridge over the Hawkesbury River…

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Motor Car Overturns Accident Near Wagga Narandera Resident Severely Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

As the result of an accident which occurred on the Mangoplah road yesterday, 16 miles from Wagga, Mrs. William Morgan, of Narandera, was…

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To Stock Owners and Country Residents. Railway Concessions

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Persons to whom Drovers’ Passed have been issued to enable them to travel by rail in charge of consignments of live stock, who desire [?]…

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Motor Car Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

On Xmas Eve, about 5.15 o'clock a Ford car driven by Mr. Chas W Camphell of [?] Collided with another car driven by Mr. G. J…

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A Fatal Motor Smash

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Wilfred ("Woody") Field. Gundagai's champion boxer and well-known footballer, crowned with the victor's laurel [?] after an inter-town…

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Motoring Notes Back Pressure Saps Engine Efficiency

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

While there are many technical terms with which the amateur motorist need not perplex him mind. the question of back pressure is one that…

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Mishap in Queensland Trains in Collision Mail Crashes Into Fruit Train Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 10

Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning the Townsville Brisbane mail train overtook a heavy fruit train which had left Bowen several hours…

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Car Overturns Three Killed Discovered by Passing Motorist Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

Three young members of well known Melbourne families were killed this evening in a motor accident on the Point Nepean road, near Dromana…

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Railway Changes Protest From Harden

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

Five hundred people attended a meeting in the Harden Mechanics' Institute, on Monday to protest against the proposed abolition of the…

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Motor Accident Car Turns Over Woman Severely Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 10

Following a christmas week practically free from serious accidents. New Year's Day saw a serious motor smash, as a result of which Mrs…

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Turned Down Combaning to Grong Grong Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 11

In its printed report upon its inquiry into the proposed building of a new line of railway through the wheat areas from Combaning to…

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Train Derailed Near Queanbeyan Passengers Uninjured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Two carriages, a brake van and several trucks, comprising a mixed train from Goulburn to Canberra, were derailed at Queanbeyan this morning…

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Capture of Ned Kelly Guard of Train 87 Years of Age

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Mr. Jessee Dowsett, of Glendure, Bealiba Road, Glenhuntly (Vic), who celebrated his 87th birthday on Tuesday last, was guard of the…

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Serious Motor Accident Narandera Residents Severely Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

As the result of an accident which occurred on the Mangoplah road, 16 miles from Wagga, on Thursday last, Mrs. William Morgan, of Narandera…

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