This week in history: April 4, 1924
Rumours circulate about Murray Bridge’s railway sheds, St George’s Day is celebrated, a state election looms and donations are taken for veterans with tuberculosis.
From the archives of the River Murray Advocate, April 4, 1924…
Murray Bridge running sheds
The rumour has been circulated in Murray Bridge that it is the intention of the chief railways commissioner to remove the running sheds to Tailem Bend.
The Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable John Cowan, stated to our representative that no plans had been prepared for such work, and no such proposal had been placed before the ministers by the chief railways commissioner.
St George’s Day
April 24 is St George’s Day, the day which is honoured by English men and women throughout the Empire, but less ostentatiously than other national days, as is the habit of Englishmen.
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