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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Railway Washaways in Northern Riverina Temora-wyalong Line Partly Submerged Storms in Various Localities

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

Further heavy thunderstorms occurred on Friday in Northern Riverina According to advice received by the Railway Department, traffic…

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Essential Knowledge for Motorists

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

The duties of car-owning to-day are indeed heavy and as motor traffic increases the responsibility cast upon owners and drivers will become…

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Motoring Notes a Hom[?] "Cho[?]" Box

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

[?] and [?] picnic [?] with cutlery and co[?] are [?] enough for the h[?] maker who follows…

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Light Curtains for Motoring Bathers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

Often it is very convenient to be able to change into bathing costume in the car instead of walking a considerable distance to a…

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Beckom Bridge

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

This bridge of ours is of vital importance, and we might say that for almost a week now it was the only means for most residents on…

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Gundagai Road Collision

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

It is reported that the persons injured in the head-on collision between two cars on the Gundasai road, four and a half miles from Junee, near the…

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Fined £5 for Theft on Train

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

A fine of £5, in default 10 days, was imposed on Patrick Meaney, 60, when he pleaded guilty at the Goulburn police court on Monday to a charge of…

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Railway Excursions to and From Sydney

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

Following closely upon the very extensive series of excursions which served all parts of the State during December, the Department of…

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Motor Trade N.Z. Britain's Best Customer LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4
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New Zealand last year became the biggest overseas purchaser of British motor cars. Board of Trade returns issued reveal that the Dominion…

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Motor Accident Junee Residents In Hospital in Serious Condition JUNEE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

ON Tuesday night, at 7.45 o'clock, as Mr. Allah Beveridge was proceeding to his home at "Dollar Vale," his car came into collision with…

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More Railway Coaches Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Owing to the record number of 16,000,000 passengers carried on the New South Wales railways last year, and the anticipated increase on this…

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Serious Motor Accident at Junee Well-Known Residents in the Junee Hospital

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

On Tuesday at Junee, at 7.45 o'clock, as Mr. Allan Beveridge was proceeding to his home at "Dollar Vale," his car came into…

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New Express Train Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

The Victorian Railway Department is constructing a complete air conditioned express train for the Melbourne Albury run. The train will cost…

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Our Bumpy Roads (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

Sir,—A few days ago I was reading a very interesting article in an English paper where a Professor (Doctor), was giving a lecture to…

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Fined £5 Theft on Train

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

A fine of £5, in default 10 days' gaol, was imposed on Patrick Meaney, 60. when he pleaded guilty at the Goulburn Police Court to a…

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Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

Francis J. Mathers was fined 5/- in addition to 8/- court coats, in default 48 hours, on a charge of falling to return his expired number plato…

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Motor Notes "Hit-run Drivers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

The number of accidents in which drivers of motor vehicles have allegedly driven off after being involved in a road accident is, states the…

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Attendants for Live Stock Railway Concession Extended

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 7

Some time ago representations were made to the Commissioner for Railways by several Pastures Protection Boards and the R.8.P.C.A. for a variation of…

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Railway Smash Three Carriages Derailed Collision With Runaway Trucks Two Dead; 27 Injured London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

Further details are now available concerning the serious railway accident involving the loss of two lives which occurred early…

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