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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Junee Railway Inquest Coroner's Finding Sufficient Protection Lacking

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 4

Following two days of evidence at the Junee Court House into the death of Bernard John Kennedy, railway examiner, who was run over by a…

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Leeton's Busy Railway Statistics for December

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 5

During the month of December, 141 first-class tickets and 710 second-class tickets were sold at the Leeton railway station for a return of £1230…

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Constable Fires at Train-jumper

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 2

Word was sent to the railway authorities at The Rock on Monday night that six young men were riding on a goods train bound for The Rock…

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Constable Fires at Train Jumper

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

Word was sent to the railway authorities at The Rock on Monday night that six young men were riding on a goods train bound for The Rock,…

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The Albury Road in Deplorable Condition Public Meeting Protests Seeks Change of Control

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 2

Voicing its disapproval of the deplorable condition of the Albury road, particularly that section betWeen Mangoplah and Wagga, a…

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Road Fatalities 639 in New South Wales in I936 Heavy Christmas Toll Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

Despite the safety campaign, and other means of reducing road accidents, the death roll has reached such grave proportions that stern action by…

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Motor to Replace Horses Decision of Mitchell Shire Two Men to Be Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 6

After discussing the maintenance system as carried out in the Mitchell Shire, councillors yesterday decided to purchase a motor truck, with tip…

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Road Fatalities

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

Despite the safety campaign, and other means of reducing road accidents, the death roll has reached such grave proportions that stern…

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Main Roads Board Has It Both Ways Jurisdiction on Main Roads

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 5

“When it is the eradiction of noxious weeds or the destruction of rabbits on main roads, the Main Roads Board has nothing to do with it,…

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Cars Collide Tarcutta Road Accident Three Persons Injured

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

Three persons were injured when two cars collided on the Tarcutta road, three miles from Wagga, at about 11 o'clock on Sunday night,…

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Accident on Bongongo-long Road Tree Prevents Disaster

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

Yesterday evening, between six and seven o’clock, Mr. Matt Pigram, of Burra Creek, met with an accident on the Bongongolong-Gundagai…

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Railway Unions Conference Opened To-Day SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

The first conference of Railway Unions was opened in Sydney to-day. Plans for obtaining a 40-hour working week for the railway workers and…

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Motorists and Straying Stock

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

In answer to numerous enquiries, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia advises motorists of the regulations applying to moving and…

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Scientific Evidence Fails in Railway Theft Case Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 7

In support of a case against a young man at the Newtown Court to-day, the detectives called in the aid of science, but the magistrate did not accept the…

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Junee Railway Inquest Coroner’s Finding Sufficient Protection Lacking

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

Following two days of evidence at the Junee Court House into the death of Bernard John Kennedy, railway examiner, who was run over by a…

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Local Residents in Motor Accident Head-On Collision at Mundarlo

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

This morning at about 9.30 a.m. two cars met head-on in collision at one of the many turns in the road at Mundarlo. One car, owned by Mr…

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Road Tolls

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

In New South Wales last year the road fatalities were 539, showing an increase over the previous year, despite the campaign, in which the press and…

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Useful Road Map

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

Through the courtesy of the Editor of "The Open Road," we reprint on page four, a map showing the roads and by-roads…

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Narandera-griffith Road Question of Maintenance State Highway Suggested

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 1

AT the Council meeting on Tuesday night a letter was read from the Main Roads Board stating that as from the…

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Brobenah Road Work Complaints of Men Discussion in Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

AT the Council meeting on Tuesday night Cr. Dooley referred to complaints by men employed on the Brobenah…

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