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Railways, roads & transport, 1939

2,045 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 103

Urana Road Gates May Be Closed at Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 3

In a letter to Thursday's Municipal Council meeting, the District Superintendent, Dept. of Railways, Junee advising that it had been observed…

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Woman Manager for New England Motor Company Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 9

Miss Phillis Gurney, assistant secretary of Airlines of Australia Ltd., has been appointed manager of the New England Motor Co., which, with…

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Man Fatally Injured Crushed Between Trams Blood Transfusion Fails Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

Crushed between two trams in George-street last night, William Riechers, aged 71 years, of Tallebung. near Condobolin, was fatally injured…

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Items of News Motor and Farm Mechanics' Classes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

The support accorded the classes held last year in engineering drawing and trade calculations has induced the technical education branch to…

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Motor Vehicles in N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 9

The following figures relating to motor vehicle registrations at the end of 1939 have been prepared by the Motor Traders' Association…

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English Motorists in America

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 9

So successful were the two motor car rallies from London to U.S.A. and Canada in 1936, sponsored by the Junior Car Club (England), that a…

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Motoring Chevrolet for 1939 Gear Control on Steering Column

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 9

The new Chevrolet for 1939 which has just been placed on the Australian market by General Motors-Holden's Ltd., is undoubtedly the best model of…

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Motor Torpedo Boats Delay Perturbs R.A.N SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

Australian naval authorities are perturbed because of the continued delays in the construction In Australia of motor torpedo boats, as this may…

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Bombs in London Leicester Square Railway London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 1

Every London railway station and public service depot is now under strong guard, following bombing outraces at Tettenham Court road and…

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Motor Employees at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

East week-end 64 employees of General Motors Holden Ltd. visited Wagga, when they were the guests of the Wagga Chamber of…

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Fell From Train Newcastle

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 3
Also in Daily Advertiser

Falling from the Moree mail near Kotara station on Saturday, George Selwyn Kirwan, 39, of Coogee, lay uncons[?]lous near the rails for two hours…

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Miniature Victorian Train

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 6

A scale model of the "Spirit of Progress" will be the Victorian Railways contribution to the Australian pavilion at the New York World's Fair…

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Making Yanco Road Safer Speed Limit and Double Road Turned Down Divisional Engineer to Advise Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 4

THE Divisional Engineer of the Department of Transport is shortly to visit Leeton and discuss with the Council plans to…

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Stock Routes When May a Road be Used?

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 6

Questions which sometimes arise over travelling stock were discussed by Mr. S. Ick-Hewins, assistant general secretary of…

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Fire Protection for Yanco Properties on Main Road Included Officers to Inspect Boundaries

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 1

DURING the past eighteen months the Willimbong Shire Council has been making representations to the Board of Fire…

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Police Warning To Motorists & Pedestrians

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 2

The police propose to more rigidly enforce the traffic regulations in Narandera and have asked us to warn both motorists and pedestrians of their intentions…

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Railway Rates Fares and Freights to Go Up on March 1

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 4

Suburban and country railway passenger fares are to be increased by 10 per cent, as from March 1 next Freights on certain classes of goods…

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Motor Manufacture Curtailment in Germany Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 4

Colonel von Schell, Transport Commissioner, announced that 270 of 335 types of motor vehicles manufactured in Germany will go out of production…

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Advertising on Roads Department to Retain Control Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Sevens) stated to-night that the Cabinet had decided not to interfere with the control of outdoor advertising now exercised by…

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