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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Pretty Trip Moss Vale to. Port. Kembla Railway Only Five Miles Further to Sydney That Way

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

Leaving the car behind this time, we took a pretty trip by train, and would recommend friends in this district to try it…

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Police Court To-day Railway Trespass

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

A stranger who had been found trespassing on the railway was dealt with. About a Water Bottle…

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Motor Vehicles Registrations Increase Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

Figures issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) show that at the end of December there were 212,137 motor vehicles…

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Roads

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Cr. W. K. Day urged at to-day's Council meeting that some consideration should be given to better roads. The gravel put on many of…

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Reorganisation Railway Service

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

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

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New Tram Cars

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

The Commissioner for Tramways (Mr. S. Maddocks) announced on Wednesday night that the tender of the Clyde Egineering Co. Ltd., for the…

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Friendly Societies and Railway Play Draw

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

The Friendly Societies and the Railway met in the Gripu Cup Competition on Sunday last on the Brewery wicket. The game resulted in a…

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Railway Excursion

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

The Railway Department made no extra provision for excursionists on Tuesday, and in consequence, some first-class travellers had to ride…

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Motor Ships Delayed Arrival at Darwin Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

After being 10 days overdue the motor ship Maroubra arrived to-day. The captain explained that the delay was due to rain and haze and cross…

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Mitchell Shire Monthly Council Meeting Review of Year's Work 1933 Roads Programme

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 3

The Mitchell Shire Council held the first monthly meeting of the year yesterday. The president (Councillor F. Cox) presided…

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Motor Cycle Crashes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

Joe Murray, an employee at Wokolena Station, was coming in to Wagga friend's motor cycle. About 6½ miles last night, riding on the back of a…

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Developing the North Railway From Bourke New Company Registered Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

A further step in the proposal by a Sydney syndicate to construct a new railway from Bourke (N.S.W.) to Birdum (N.A.) and so establish a…

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A Step on the Road to Recovery

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 4

For the first six months of the current financial year the Commonwealth revenue, which amounted to £36,024,600, shows a surplus of £3,208,000 over…

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Shire Councillors "Slated" Koorawatha Woman's Sarcasm Closing of Old Bridge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 3

A letter was read at the Burrangong Shire Council meeting this week from Nurse Freston, of Koorawatha, objecting to the closing of the…

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Mishap to Racehorses Duchie and Nut Cup Taken Off Train at Junee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 2

Two well known Victorian race-horses were being taken from Melbourne to Sydney last night, and an inspection at Junee revealed that one…

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Motor Cycle Accident Youth Dies in Hospital Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 3

Alfred M'Pherson, aged 18 years, who was admitted to the South Sydney Hospital last night in a critical condition, suffering from head…

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Serious Accident at Junee Railway Official Badly Burnt

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 2

An extraordinary accident happened at Marrina Tuesday evening, as a result of which one of the railway officials is now in hospital in a…

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Mud Roads

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 2

Owing to the “mud roads” adjacent to it, Coolamon, for two years past has been a by-word amongst travellers. At the council meeting on…

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Stock Train Concession

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Ross, M.L.A., recently made representations to the Minister for Transport (Colonel Bruxner), on behalf of a number of farmers and…

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To Griffith To-night Leeton Swimmers Travelling by Special Train

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 6

Leeton's swimmers and supporters will journey to Griffith to-night by special train, leaving Narandera at 5.22 p m. and Leeton 6 p.m. and…

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