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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

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Pooley Bridge Caulfield Anniversary Handicap Holiday Stakes to Princess Othello's Sprint Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

The V.A.T.C. held its January meeting in showery weather to-day. Misty rain began to fall before the first race. The going was heavy, as 90 points had fallen since yesterday…

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Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Trespassing on Railway Premises

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

Allan Keith Sheather charged with the above, pleaded guilty. Fined £1 or two two days. Driving Under the Influence of Liquor…

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Railway Transfers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2
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Mr. T. McCormick, railway shunter, has been transferred from Junee to Enfield; Mr. D. Kennedy, porter, from Junee to Sydney; Mr. W. Boyd…

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Railway Fettler Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

Thrown from his railway tricycle on Saturday on the Humula side of Tarcutta, following the heavy rain on Friday, Henry Hurt, aged 48 years, a…

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Motor Notes the Noisless Hooter

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

A motor “hooter” whose selling point is that is perfectly noislesss sounds like one of the better inventions of “Beachcomber’s” Dr…

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Motor Horn Nuisance Restrictions Contemplated

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

Consideration may shortly be given to the [?] it restricting the use of motor horns, although the [?] position of a “[?]odd [?]” to…

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Railway Fettler Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Thrown from his railway tricycle on Saturday on the Humula side of Tarcutta following the heavy rain on Friday, Henry Hurst, aged 48 years, a…

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Items of News Amended Motor Traffic Act

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Amendments to the Motor Traffic Act came into effect recently and its regulations are now rigid and operate most severely against offenders. In…

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Railway Explosion News of Devastating Effect Leaks Out London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

The "News-Chronicle" correspondent at Marseilles says that an informant who arrived from Madrid revealed that there were 153 arrests directly…

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Car and Cart Collide Man Admitted to Hospital Motorists Narrowly Escape

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

George Campton of Fivebough, suffered abrasions to the head and shock when the cart that he was driving on Saturday…

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Cart and Motor Collide Near Leeton Leeton

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

George Campton, of Fivebough suffered abrasions to the head and shock when his cart collided with a motor car on the Narandera road, and he was…

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Railway Train Missing Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

The Sydney-Murwillumbah passenger train, which left Casino at 3.5 yesterday afternoon, and should have reached The Risk, 14 miles from the…

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"The Safest Car on the Road"

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. Bob Barr, local dealer in Dodge, cars, says that Dodge is the safest car on the road. He continued that Dodge have long been known the…

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Attempt to Rob Train Adelaide Express Incident Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the main van on the express between Tailem Bend and Serviceton. A hole several inches in diameter…

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New Railway Rolling Stock Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 6

Orders for steel and equipment for the new railway rolling stock have been placed in the United States and Germany, as well as in Australia…

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Wheat Despatched From Southern Railway District Week Ended January 15

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

During the week ended last Saturday 23,984 bags of wheat and 12,978 in bulk were received through the railway gates in the southern railway…

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Found Dead the Missing Greyhound, Penny-farthing Claim Against Railway Department

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

Fettlers on Friday night found the racing dog, Penny-Farthing, dead at the side of the railway track, on the Young side of Prunevale. The dog,…

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Value of Aeroplane Service

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

The value of the aeroplane service to Narandera and residents of this district was again exemplified on Saturday last. Mr. Robt. J…

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Maintenance of Roads New System Proposed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

Cr. H. L. Tooth moved at the Council meeting on Tuesday night, that a new system of maintaining gravel roads be carried out in the…

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