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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Cheap Train After the Harvest

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, Cootamundra Herald, Adelong and Tumut Express

Realising that many people would have been unable to take advantage of the cheap railway travelling facilities provided during the regular holiday…

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Enjoyable Holiday on South Coast Wagga Party Sees Aeroplane in Surf

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. H. Milne Farrow, school teacher at Burrandana, is having a very enjoyable holiday. Writing from Moruya (South Coast)…

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Border Railways Victorian Gauge Into Riverina Conference to Be Held at Jerilderie

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

The proposal that the Narandera Tocumwal line should be converted to the 5ft. 6in. (Victorian) gauge will be discussed at a conference of all…

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Modern Motor Fuels The Story of Development

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

Until a few years ago, the oil refiner and the designer of internal combustion engines wore the best of friends. The former produced a…

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The Railway Reorganisation Scheme Launched Important Changes SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

THE new railway administration, headed by the Commissioner For Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), with Mr. F. C. Garside as…

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Concession Railway Freight on Agricultural Seeds

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Following upon representations of the Agricultural. Bureau, the Transport Commissioners have reviewed tho question of freight on agricultural…

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Railway News

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Amongst the railway changes ore Mr. W. B. Challen, from 3rd-class G.R.O. to 2nd-class N.O. at Mudgee Mr. Beck, stationmaster at Oaklands…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

While returning homo from Barmedman on Christmas Eve to spend Christmas with his wife and family at Temora, Mr. Rees Thornborgh…

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Motorists' Narrow Escape

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

A motoring party from Wagga had a narrow escape from serious injury when returning home last night. The party comprised Mr. and Mrs. O…

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200 New Tramcars for Use in Sydney Contract Price for Bodies, £211,000 SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

The Commissioner for Tramways (Mr. S. A. Haddocks) anounced that the tender of the Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd. for the construction of 200…

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Motoring Notes Fuel Vapour Locks

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

A fairly uncommon but not extremely rare trouble with the petrol supply system is the formation of vapour locks due to volatilisation of…

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Bridge Tragedy Woman Identified Native of Melbourne Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

The woman who jumped over the Sydney Harbor bridge last night, and whose body was recovered in Lavender Bay this morning, has been…

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Motor Speed Record Sir Malcolm Campbell's Car Shipped to Daytona London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Sir Malcolm Campbell's record breaking car, Bluebird, has been reconstructed and equipped with a Rolls-Royce Schneider Cup Trophy engine,…

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The Railways 2000 RETIREMENTS

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

Within the next few months about 2000 rail employees will be retired or retrenched. The first to go will be 917 of those…

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Border Railways Conference at Jerilder[?]e

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 14

The proposal that the Narandera-tocumwal [?]e should be converted to the 5ft, 6in. (Victorian) gauge will be discussed at a conference of…

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The Railways New Organisation

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 14

The new railway administration has lost no time in that introduction of a reorganisation scheme which involves many important changes in…

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“Bridge Finger”

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

For these you want to [?]ur the Bridge rolls. Split them in halves and. spread each half with thickly whipped cream mixed with chopped…

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