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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,028 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 102

Wagga Man Killed Near Adelong Fall From Motor Cycle

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

When on his way to visit his brother at Adelong for Christmas, Mr. Frank Walsh, aged 31 years, of Wagga, fell off his motor cycle and…

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Gangster Crime Constable Shot in Forehead Near Central Railway Station Brush with Gang in Sydney

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Shot in the head by a suspect whom he was chasing In the city early on Wednesday morning, Constable John Terbutt, attached to…

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Train Suicide ADELAIDE

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 1

A few hours before he was due to appear at the police court on a charge of blackmail, Walter Dick, 42, photographer, was killed by train…

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Motor Accident Victims

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 4

Edward Hedditch and Clifford Best, who, with four others, were concerned in a motor car accident on Thursday when returning from a rifle shoot at…

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River Holiday Clerics Motor Boating Gundagai to Swan Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

A month on a river cruise is voted by Revs. L. Peacock and W. T. Dyer as the ideal holiday and a definite break from the routine duties…

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Motor Accident Wagga Men in Hospital

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

Returning from Wangaratta, where they had taken part in a rifle shooting match on New Year's Day, six members of the Wagga Militia were…

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Train Capsizes Percepitated Into Mud Line Washed Away Ivanhoe

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

A train consisting of an engine, a tender, and a brake van, capsized at Conoble, 11 miles from Ivanhoe, last night. It landed clear of the line, three…

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Fatal Collision Motor Cycle Strikes Lorry Man and Child Killed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 1

A man and child were killed, and John Brown, aged 50 years, of Paddingston, was injured this afternoon in a smash at the corner of Anzac Parade…

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Woman Killed Two Persons Injured Ariah Park Residents Motor Car Strikes Tree Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 1

A woman was killed and her husband and sister-in-law were injured when a motor car struck a tree near Creighton Creek bridge, Euroa, on…

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Railway Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

Railway guard G. Bye, a resident of Junee for many years, has been trans-ferred to Taree. Porter E. White, of Junee, has been transferred to Albury…

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Junee M.u.i.o.o.f. Pleasant Evening Held in , Railway Institute Hall

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

After the usual meeting of the Junee branch of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows held in the Masonic Hall last Friday night, a move waS…

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Woman Killed Two Persons Injured Ariah Park Residents Motor Car Strikes Tree

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

A woman was killed and her husband and sister-in-law were injured when a motor car struck a tree near C[?] Creek bridge, Euroa, on…

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Car Crashed Into Tree Stump Motor Accident Near Tarcut[?] Hill

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

Only the presen[?]e of mind of the driver of a car, which left left the road at the foot of the Tarcutta Hill yesterday morning. prevented what…

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Wagga Aerodrome

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

Mr. Eric E. Chaseling, of Chaseling Air Services Pty. Ltd., is arriving in Wagga to-day by 'plane from Melbourne. The purpose of the visit is…

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Bridge at Mundowey

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

A report in the Wagga "Advertiser" announces the receipt of official news that Col. Bruxner has decided that a new bridge will be…

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Motoring Notes New [?] Brake Control

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

O[?] of the [?] manufacturer [?] brakes has introduced in England an improved control which many car [?] who have…

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£400,000 Plant General Motors Show the Way to Returning Prosperity

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

With a record Christmas, and a general improvement in trade convincing the man in the street that the long-awaited prosperity has definitely…

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18 INJURED Trams Collide SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

Eighteen persons were injured in a collision between two trams at Balmain early to-day. The accident occurred at the intersection at Barnes…

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£400,000 Plant Huge Building Programme General Motors Enterprise

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

With a record Christmas and a general improvement in trade convincing the man in the street that the long- awaited prosperity has definitely…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

THE secretary of the Leeton Leeton P. and C. is in receipt of a letter from the Deputy Premier, through Mr…

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