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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

919 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 46

Motor Cycle Picnic And Sports Sunday Committee Decides On Badge Design

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

Next Sunday the Silver City Motor Cycle Club will hold a combined picnic and sports meeting at a site a few miles from the city near the Mildura…

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New Shock For Motorists; Police Warning

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—People who allowed motorists to drive while under the influence were themselves liable to imprisonment the police traffic…

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Motor Launch Lost In Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 8

Sydney.—A 24ft motor-launch burned out after it caught fire at its moorings at Bayview, on Pittwater…

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Tilt at "Road Safety"

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 11

Canberra.—Road Safety Council propaganda had not prevented one road accident, the City Health Officer (Dr. G. Moore)…

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Road Centre Lines On Dangerous Curves

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 2

Dangerous sections of the city's streets are being painted with yellow lines to prevent traffic swinging wide when taking a curve or…

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£1500 To Man For Road Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 5

Sydney. — Norman George Stokes (23), of Bexley who was injured in a road accident in June, 1946, and was unable to…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Coroner Is Told Of Street Collision

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. C. K. Ward) today concluded the inquest on William John Bertram Clement, who died on February 18 after a collision the previous night between his motor cycle and a car driven by Russell Raymond Beames. Mr. Ward found that Clement…

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Uniform Road Laws

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

Hobart. — The Australian Transport Advisory Council today agreed on some uniform traffic laws…

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Car Driver Not to Blame Road Fatality

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

At an inquest in the Coroner's Court yesterday, the Coroner (Mr. C. K. Ward) found thot no blame could be attached to the car driver regarding the road accident which resulted in the death of William John Bertrom Clement on February 18…

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News From Menindee Railwayman Injured In Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

News has been received that Mr. A. Cruish[?] resident engineer at Parkes for the N.S.G.R., was [?]ured recently in a street accident in Sydney. Mr. [?] was in charge of the railway gangs which repaired…

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Firemen Save 12 Motor Cars

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

Sydney. — Fifteen firemen ran through blazing paint to save 12 cars. The uniforms of some of the firemen were scorched…

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Road Toll Talks

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 4

Hobart — Two thouand three hundred Australians were likely to die on Australian roads this…

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To Make Road a Garden

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 5

London, One of London's busiest main roads will become a colorful "garden" during the Festival of…

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Motor Cycle Sports, Picnic Outing

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 6

The public is invited to a sports and picnic outing to be conducted by the Silver City Motor Cycle Club at a site along the Mildura Road [?] and a half…

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Train Passed Over Here

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 1

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Dogs Teach How to Cross Road

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 7

London, A black mongrel dog called Nigger is star performer in a Wandsworth Council show designed…

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Silverton Road Plan

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 3

The District Engineer (Mr. A. R. C. Grant) said today that arrangements were still in hand for bitumenising of the Silverton…

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Fatal Fall From Train

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 6

Sydney.—Leonard Maurice Harrison, 36, married, of Walter Street Waverley, was killed when he fell out of a train near Cowan and was…

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Surfacing of Tibooburra Road

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 3

The Tibooburra Road is being surfaced from the 2NB transmitter to the city boundary. The work was started last week and will take about three weeks…

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Child Falls From Train

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—A three-years-old boy fell from the Melbourne-Mildura express when it was travelling at 50 mph and escaped with a broken…

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