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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Batlow Swimming Carnival Special Train Brings 300 VISITORS 141 Nominations; Total Takings, £85

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 7

The Batlow Swimming Club's annual carnival was held last Sunday in ideal weather. A special train ran from Cootamundra, leaving at 7 o'clock. It…

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Duke of Windsor Shaken in a Motor Collision VIENNA

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

The Duke of Windsor's car collided with another on an icy road between Enzesfeld Castle and Vienna to-day. Although slightly shaken, the Duke…

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Boy Left to Die Knocked Down by Motorist MEXBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

Terribly injured when he was struck by a motor car or truck as he rode his bicycle alone Prince's Highway at Mount Morlac, near Geelong…

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Tram Strikes Lorry Man Flung on to Overhead Wire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

A man whose name is believed to be Walter Armitstead, aged 5O years, and his mate, Fred Chapman, had a narrow escape on the high platform of…

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Boy Left to Die Knocked Down by Motorist Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 6

Terribly injured when he was struck by a motor car or truck as he rode his bicycle along Prince's Highway at Mount Moriac, near Geelong, a boy…

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Railway Workers Variations in Pay Granted

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 6

Signal gangers in the railways are to receive increased pay. Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman granted the increase in the, Commonwealth Arbitration…

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Father Charged After Motor Accident

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 4

A motor driven by Terence Thomas Dunn, an employee of the Burrowa Municipal Council, struck the iron railway fence at…

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Euroly Bridge Road Hope Not Abandoned

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 4

The Shire President (Cr. F. C. Mounford) has not yet abandoned all hope of some day being able to make a decently trafficable…

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Country Roads Improvement Is Government Goal No Motor Tax Reduction Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

"The policy of the Government is to improve the country roads and this aim would be seriously affected by any reduction in revenue and would…

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Reckless Road Hogs "Should Be Shot"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

DURING a discussion on road maintenance problems at the Council meeting on Tuesday night, Cr. Struck said that the…

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Leeton-yanco Road "Worn Out Already"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 2

THE Yanco to Leeton road, just finished by the Main Roads Board is worn out already—destroyed because there are no side…

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Road Construction and Maintenance Shire Engineer's Report

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

IN a report on road construction and maintenance, to the Shire Council on Tuesday night, Mr. M. Hogan (engineer) pointed out most of the roads in this Shire are clay roads with a light grade formation which, in many cases, are now almost worn out…

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The Brobenah Road Under Water (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

Sir,—No doubt many readers of your journal, during the last few months, have put their eye over the words "Brobenah Road," either as…

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Empty Electric Train Carriages Leave Rails Traffic Hold-Up SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

When portion of an empty electric train left the rails between Campsic and Canterbury this morning. one carriage broke completely in two, and…

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Duke of Windsor in Motor Car Collision Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

The Duke of Windsor's car collided with another on the icy road between Enzesfeld Castle and Vienna to-day. Although shaken,…

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All Steel Train the Sydney Express

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 11

With the best features of modern overseas trains, built and designed by Victorians, air conditioned and semi streamlined, a new £180,000 all steel…

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Road Transport "Taken by the Ear"

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 13

Claiming that the Victorian Country Party had been taken by the ear by the Railway Commissioners and had not fulfilled its promised with…

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Farmers' Neck Broken Lav on Road All Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 13

Alfred B. Schultz, aged 54 years, a farmer, of Henty, was found dead with his neck broken, beneath an upturned sulky, on the Yerong…

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Dr. Tillyard's Death Widow to Protest About State of Road

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 11

Mrs. Tillyard, widow of Dr. R. J. Tillyard, who died from injuries received in a motor accident near Goulburn, intends to protest against the…

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Electric Train Derailed Carriage Breaks in Two Accident Near Campsie Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

When portion of an empty electric train left the rails between Campsie and Canterbury this morning, One carriage broke completely in two and…

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