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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

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Premiers' Conference Roads Agreement Amended Electoral Administration London Representation Objection To Overlapping In Taxation Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 5

The Premiere Conference spent several hours to-day discussing the Federal aid roads agreement, and decided on several amendments…

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Motors and Motorists Motoring Notes Head Lamp Dazzle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 6

None can but agree that night driving, despite the many anti-dazzle headlamp devices on the market is to many motorists not altogether a…

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The End of the Road

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 6

We've come to the end of the road And sometimes the way has been rough; We've shouldered a real heavy load…

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Train Changes the Rock to Boree Creek Service

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 6

Mr. Ball, M.L.A., and Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., recently made representations to the Railway Commissioners, on behalf of the Lockhart Shire…

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Tramway Services Question of Rationing Application to Stand Over Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

On the application of the Transport, Trust, the case affecting the rationing of tramway employees, which, was listed for hearing in the Federal Arbitration…

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Police Injured in Motor Car Collision Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

Four police constables were injured early this morning in a collision between a police car at another car at Brighton. One of the occupants of the…

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Death in Motor Car Did Woman Commit Suicide? Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

Further details concerning the mysterious death of Jean Hazelton at La Perouse last night show that the police found that one end of a piece of…

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Motor Car Overturns Man Killed: Brother Injured Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 2

Two brothers named Flay, well known farmers of the Yank district were returning home late last night when their motor car overturned…

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Chief Cities Electric Railways Grow

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

A recent authoritative publication reports that the present mileage of underground electric rapid transit railways installed and in operation, in 15…

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Car Overturns on Tarcutta Road Young Woman Seriously Hurt Melbourne Residents on Holiday's

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

Disaster befell a party of three young people their ages ranging front about 22 to 26 years, who were motoring along the Tarcutta road on…

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Railwaymen's Wages Discriminatory Restoration SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1
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The Railway Commissioners will repay to a large number of the railway employees the 8 1-3 deduction in wages made on January 5. The Government…

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Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

While coupling carriages on the Albury mail on Wednesday night. Shunter W. Gordon was jammed, and sustained three broken ribs. He was…

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Motor Car Speed New Light Car Record English Driver Succeeds London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

On the Mont[?]hery motor racing track, near Paris, Mr. G. E. T. Eyston, driving an M.G. Midget car, averaged 97.07 miles an hour for five…

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Buses and Trams Unfair Competition Alleged Government Monopoly of Transport Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

A deputation from the Tramway Employees' Union to-day asked the Chief Secretary (Mr. Goaling) to take action to deal with the unfair…

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Preventing Motor Accidents Free Booklet Tells You How

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

The Vacuum Oil Company has just issued an interesting 64-page profusely illustrated booklet called "Modern Motoring," an important section of…

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Derailment Railway LlNE BLOCKED

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

The 2.57 p.m. water train from Gundugai on Saturday last became derailed soon after leaving Coolac, in Huntley's cutting. The water vats…

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Motoring Notes Tyre Wear Warnings

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

Petrol and tyres are the two necessities of motoring which require most of the money spent in keeping the car on the road. Tyres to-day wear…

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Wallacetown Road Closed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 4

An advertisement appears in this issue, waring the public that a section of 62 chains of the road from the Wallacetown embankment towards…

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Ministry for Transport Tramway Unions Favor Bill Motor Bus Competition Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 1

The tramway unions are u[?]ging the Government to proceed the did to set up a Ministry for Transport in order to enable more drastic action to…

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