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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,275 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 64

Motor Van and Sulky Collide Latter Overturned Mrs Ben Day Injured

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

Mrs. Ben. Day, of Mondongo, sustained a cut to the back of her head and laceration of a leg in a collision between Owanyilla Bacon…

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Motoring Notes Curing the Rattle

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

After prolonged use, many closed cars develop a series of rattles which are often difficult to locate and cure; a large proportion of these noises…

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Trams Permitted to Cross Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

The State Cabinet to-day decided to permit trams to cross the Harbor bridge by utilising the train tracks. The controversial question of whether…

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32 More Applications S.A. Railway Commissioners Included Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

Thirty-two additional applications have been filed in the Arbitration Court by employers asking for a reduction of 10 per cent, in the wages…

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Motor Speed Racing Captain Malcolm Campbell Speed of 240 Miles an Hour Daytona Beach

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

Captain Malcolm Campbell to-day attained an unofficial speed of approximately 340 miles an hour in a practice run. Although he exceeded the…

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Trams and Car Collide Man Crushed to Death Another Inured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 2

Thomas Scott, aged 35 years, fruiterer, of Hawthorn road, Caulfield, met with a shocking death to-day when the car in which he was travelling was…

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N.S.W. RAILWAYS £6,500,000 Deficit Estimated Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

It is estimated that a deficit of more than £6,500,000 will be shown on the working of the New South Wales railways for the financial year, if the…

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MR. C. J. Goode Dismissed From Railway See Vice Result of Departmental Inquiry Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

A sensation was caused in railway and political circles to-day when the Railway Commissioners dismissed from the service Mr. C…

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Mining on a Road

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

The news that people in Victoria were digging up roads for the purpose of gold mining has raised the question whether in this State a…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge Reported Huge Loss to Builders

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

Referring to reports in the British technical press that Dorman, Long, and Co. Ltd. have lost a sum of £1, 000,000 in the construction of the…

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Road Accidents Startling British Figures London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

The Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Mr. Clynes), in a written answer to a queston in the House of Commons, said that road accidents have…

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Train Wrecking Another Attempt Made at Blackheath BALCKHELATH

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

A fish-plate was discovered on the railway line yesterday, not far from the spot where an attempt was made to detail the Mudgee mail train last…

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Train Wrecking Another Attempt Made at Blackheath Blackheath

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

A fish plate was discovered on the railway line to-day not far from the spot where an attempt was made to derail the Mudgee mail train last…

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Railway Employees' Picnic to Be Held at Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

The annual meeting of the No. 4 District South Railway Employees was held at the Railway Institute on Sunday evening last, when there was…

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Motoring Notes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Few motorists, apart from competition driven' give much attention to the gaps of the sparking plugs in their engines, yet it is a matter of…

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Railway Institute

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have prepared plane for the proposed ex tensions to Ibo local Railway Institute building. It is expected that…

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Mr. G. J. Goode Dismissed From Railway Service Result of Departmental Inquiry

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

A sensation was caused in railway and political circles on Wednesday when the Railway Commissioners dismissed from the service…

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Super-robot at Railway Stations

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

The British public has taken the slot machine to its heart! No less than 20 per cent, of the millions of tickets issued on the London…

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Train Services

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 4

No definite intimation has yet been received at the Wegga railway station as to when the daily passenger train services will be restored on the…

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Train and Motor Two in Hospital

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 10

As a result of a collision between a goods train and a motor car, at a level crossing on the Tumbarumba line, Mr. A. Elliott, of Tywong, and…

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