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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

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Railway Fatality Traffic Inspector Killed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

Edward Lloyd, aged 60 years, a railway traffic inspector, of Croydon, was cut to pieces by a train at Currumbah, near Gosford, this…

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Why Fruit Arrived Late Letter From Railway Commissioners

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

Mr. M. Flannery, .L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Railway Commissioners, dated December 30, 1931:—…

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Wireless Interruption Oh Those Motors!

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

Owners of wireless sets are having a lot of trouble lately with reception —particularly during the news session of an evening, xand on Saturday…

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Motor Vehicles From Other States Must Be Registered If Used Commercially

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

The Commissioner of Road Trans­port announced that in future motor vehicles from other States which were used in New South Wales for…

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Motoring Notes Reducing Accidents to a Minimum

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

Traffic experts and analysts of statistics have long sought to define which are the chief underlying causes of road accidents, and as a…

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Model Aeroplane Competition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

On Wednesday morning there will be a meeting of all boys interested in the model aeroplane building competition, when all conditions, etc., will be…

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Accidental Death Lockhart Road Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

The Coroner (Mr. Hugh Oates) on Thursday conducted an inquest concerning the death of Alfred James Body, of Henty, which occurred at…

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Roped From Moving Train Foolish Prank with Lassoo

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 13

The story of the Boy Scout who lassooed another boy from a fast moving train, and hauled his victim bumping beside the tracks until the…

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Railway Deficit Huge Sum in Six Tears Subject for Premiers' Conference Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

During the last six years the railway deficits for the Commonwealth and State Governments amounted to £42,049,991…

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Speed Motorist Killed Three Crash at Motordrome

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

In a smash between three midlines at the Melbourne motordrome on Saturday night, Jimmy Wassall, 30, of Sandringham, a leading speed…

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Motor Fuel From Maize

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 19

The "Times" Durban correspondent reports that a scheme has been broached for the manufacture of motor fuel and other by products…

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Fall From Train Railway Official Injured BATHURST

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4
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Douglas kervin, relieving night officer, married, with a wife and three children, who lives at Bathurst, is in the Blayney Hospital in a serious…

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Harbor Bridge Completion in Time Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Within the limits of the available money, work on the Harbor bridge, is being rushed, so that weather conditions will not delay the opening…

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Sir Hubert Wilkins Projected Polar Trip New Aeroplane and Submarine Seattle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Sir George Wilkins is here to consult with aeroplane officials and engineers regarding the plans of a new type of aeroplane for [?] in…

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“We’re on the Road, to —” Heading for Bankruptcy

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

We’re on the road to anywhere, and we’re got heart aches and many cares. The financial situation is grave in Australia, and particularly…

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Man's Body on Railway Albury

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

The police were advised on Saturday morning that the body of a young man, aged about 25, was found at Culcairn early in the morning…

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Man's Body on Railway

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

The Albury police were advised on Saturday morning that the body of a young man, aged about 25 years, was found at Culcairn early in the…

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Bush Fires Aid for Cobar 200 New Guards On Way Transport by Motor 'Bus Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Sydney has responded magnificently to the request sent last night from Cobar for assistance in fighting the terrific bush fires which have…

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A Fall — a Rise Figures of Gundagai’s Railway Doings Wool Increases—Wheat Declines

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Our local station master, Mr. G. E. Moore, did not have quite as much work to do last year as in 1930. The tally for the 12 months…

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