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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Motoring Notes Safe Condition of Private Cars

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

The R.A.C.A. has. noted with, interest the suggestions made recently that private motor vehicles should be subjected to an annual inspection…

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Motorist Burned to Death Pinned Underneath Car

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

Kenneth Pryor, married, was burned to death on Gunning Gap on Friday afternoon. Pryor, who was employed by the…

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Registration Labels on Motors

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

In some instances uncertainty exists as to the necessity for presenting vehicles at District Motor Registries in connection with the…

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Motoring Notes Copper Tops for Cars

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

It is probable that in the [?] future the tops of closed cars will be covered with thin copper sheeting, thus avoiding the deterioration that…

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Railway Commissioner

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. T. J. Hartigan, the new Chief Commissioner for Railways, has had a good training for the position. He went into the accountancy branch as…

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Cut to Pieces by Train Young Man's Death "Jumped the Rattler" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 1

Sydney Anderson, aged 22 years, was cut to pieces by a train near Hornsby carly this morning. A companion, Alfred Haigh, who was found hidden…

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Three Killed Train Strikes Car Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 1

Three men were killed when a train crashed into a motor car, which was being driven from Werribee to Melbourne, at a level crossing to-day spot which has been the scene of many similar accidents. The country is perfectly flat at the scene of the accident, and an unobstructed view of the…

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Wheat Harvest How Railways Abe Handling Record Crop Day and Night Service

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 3

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., recently wrote to the railway authorities directing attention to what was described as a serious position, due to the…

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Motor Notes

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. has established a District Depot at Tenterfield, which will be appreciated by local members and by others touring to Brisbane…

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Shire Engineer's Report Roads and Sale Yards

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

The following report, which was adopted, was presented by the Shire Engineer at Tuesday's meeting of the Council:—…

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Looked Like Lake to P.M. But Was Only Road in Liquidation Rice Grower Fined

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

At the Leeton Court yesterday before Mr. Parker, P.M., John O'Brien, a rice farmer of Gogoldrie, was prosecuted by Willimbong Shire Council…

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Registration Labels on Windscreens of Motor Vehicles

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3
Also in Cootamundra Herald, Adelong and Tumut Express

In some instances uncertainty exists as to the necessity for presenting vehicles at district motor Registries in connection with the…

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Motor Notes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

In December 777 new members Joined up the N.R.M.A., which provides a further indication of the fact that the motor industry in New South…

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Registration Labels on Wind Screens of Motor Vehicles

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

In some instances uncertainty exists as to the necessity for presenting vehicles at District Motor Registries in connection with the attachment of…

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Railways Permanent Way Department

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

The Railway Commission announced that it had decided to adopt a policy of decentralised control in the permanent way branch of the…

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Transporting The Harvest. Railway Department’s Excellent Work

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., recently wrote to the railway authorities directing attention to what was described as a serious position, due to the…

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Registration Labels on Motor Vehicles

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

In some instances uncertainly exists as to the necessity for presenting vehicles at district motor registries in connection with the…

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Motoring Notes Wiping Down a Wet Car

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

One of the practices which will have a most beneficial effect in prolonging the life and lustre of the bodywork is that of wiping down the…

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