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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Live Stock Attendants Railway Concessions Extended

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 6

Some time ago representations were made to the Commissioner for Railways by several Pastures Protection Boards and the R.S.P.O.A for a…

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Motoring Notes What of 1936? Promising Sign

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

"There is no reason why the motoring world should not look forward to the year 1939 with the greatest confidence," states the president of the…

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Junee Motor Accident

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

Latest reports concerning the victims of the motor car accident on the Gundagai road near Junee last Tuesday night are that Mr. J. Treweek,…

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Railway in Darkness (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

Sir,—Being a fairly regular reader of your paper and noticing the pride you take in the civic advancement of your town, it surprised me, when…

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Fruit Vans Collide at Railway Siding

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

AN eight ton louvre van loaded with oranges from Ben Jones and Co., crashed Into a thirty-ton van in the railway siding at…

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Coolamon Railway Station Record Wheat Figures

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

It is a big thing to-day, and of course the statement cannot be proved but we should consider it very unlikely that any railway station in the world…

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Aerodrome at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. G. V. Lawrence, joint managing director of Chaseling Air Services, Pty., Etd., will be in Wagga on Wednesday in connection with the…

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International Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

An international bridge contest between teams representing Australia Britain and the United States will be played simultaneously in…

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Main Roads Board

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

The Main Roads Board's income during its last financial year amounted to £2,745,677, and its expenditure to £3,188,857. In 10 years…

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Kyeamba Shire The Rate Adopted Roads Policy Discussed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 13

The January, meeting of the Kyeamba Shire, Council was held yesterday, the president (Cr. J. O'Brien) presiding. Others present…

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Fierce Fighting on Southern Front Abyssinians Driven Back After Gallant Resistance Road Now Open to Harar and Railway Same

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

A communique from Marshal Badoglio issued here to-day claims that in nearly four days' lighting in, Ganale and Dorya, on the…

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Tram Strikers Motor Car Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

There was a serious tram accident at Haberfield this afternoon. Two men were crushed when a train bore down on a motor car in which they were…

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Railway Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. H. Hainsworth, of the Junee railway ticket office department for some years, has been transferred to Enfield. Mr. L. Penny, of Sydney, will…

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Two Men Injured Car and Motor Cycle Collide Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 6

A motor cyclist, Keith Hamilton, aged 23 years, and a passenger in his sidecar, Robert Hamilton, aged 51 years, both had their left legs broken…

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N.S.W. Railways Record Year

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 14

With a record number of 160,000,000 passengers carried on the railways last year, and with an anticipated increase this year, additions…

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Fast Motor Ship Records on Voyage From London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

The British motorship Wairangi, which reached Sydney, demonstrated its speed in striking fashion during the trip from England. The journey…

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Attendants For Live Stock. Railway Concessions Extended

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 11

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

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At Caulfield Arachne's Record in Tooronga Handicap Pooley Bridge and Phocis Hurdle Dead Heat Cackle Surprises in the Holiday Stakes Bite Again Wins the Rowena Welter Surplus Downs Kanuri In Trial; Second Division Goes To Ismarus MELBOURNE

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 15

Races were held at Caulfield to day. There was a remarkable dead heat in the Hawthorn Hurdle Race, Phocis…

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Local and General Railway Changes at Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 2

Mr. Walter Pass, a Temora guard for seven years, has been transferred to Goulburn. Mr. Reg Andrews, another guard,…

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Motorist Killed Gar Leaves Road Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

A man, believed to be Sydney Benlow, of Prospect (South Australia), received frightful injuries late yesterday afternoon, when a car…

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