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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 81

Cannot Drive a Car for 10 Years Severe Penalties for Motorists Moree

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 5

At the police court to-day, Tom Cross was fined £50 for driving a car in a manner dangerous to the public. He was also disqualified for 10 years…

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Road Tenders

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 5

The Lockhart Shire Council calls tenders, returnable on 27th May, for construction work on Trunk Road 57. Scout Week…

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Corowa-albury Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

An inspector of the N.R.M.A. who recently motored from Albury to Corowa reports that the Murray Valley Highway on the Victorian side of…

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Road Race Junior Championship Test

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

The town test of the Malvern Star junior championship (5 miles) was held on Wednesday afternoon under the auspices of the Deniliquin Cycle…

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Road Safety Accidents at Corners (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 3

“A most Unsatisfactory feature of the statistics;-compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure of…

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Road Safety Remove the Cause of Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 4

The number of accidents attributable to carelessness and inattention during the 12 months ended 30th June, 1938 was 1819, in which 115 persons…

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Gruelling Motor Cycle Test Non-stop Hill Climbs: Speed Tests

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

A most interesting test was recently conducted by the A.C.U., in England. They invited the B.S.A. Company to select two B.S.A. motor cycles,…

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Albury Man Dies in Corryong Hospital After Motor Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

Arthur Kidd, aged 20, of Macaulay st., Albury, died in Corryong hospital late on Wednesday night from injuries sustained when a car in which…

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Hints for Motor Car Drivers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 3

If you drink, don't drive-if-you drive, don't drink. Drive carefully to -arrive alive Children should be seen—not hurt…

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Attempted Burglary at Jerildire Railway Office

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

The. office at Jerilderie railway station was broken into on Sunday night but the attempt was fruitless nothing being stolen…

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Road Safety

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 6

(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales The number of accidents attributable to carelessness and inattention…

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Two Die in Level Crossing Smash Another Badly Hurt Train Hits Motor Truck Cessnock

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 3

Matthew Thompson, aged 17, of Abermain, was killed instantly; Cyril McLawrenee, aged 26, of Abermain, died later in hospital; and James…

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Sale of Privileges for Albury Motor Races

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 6

The sale of privileges yesterday for the car racing to be held here next month resulted as follows: Booth, £25, Mr. J. Bowes (Mangoplah); frankfurts,…

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Toll of the Road Three More Dead Two Men and a Woman Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 3

Fatal injuries were sustained by Sydney Johnson, aged 23, of Rosalind St., Richmond, a motor-cyclist, to-day, when his machine was involved in a…

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Regulation Strike May Disorganise Railway Services Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 6

A further section of the railway employes entered the traffic dispute today when the shunters at Broadmeadow decided to take part in a "work…

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Motor Cyclist Dead Gosford

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 3

Charles English, aged 20, of West Maitland, who received a fractured skull on Friday, when his motor cycle skidded and overturned, died to-day…

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Motorist for Trial Charge of Manslaughter Burnie

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 6

When on April 29 a motor car tore through a fence and rolled 400 feet down a cliff on the Queenstown Gormanstown road, Ian Ronald…

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[?]Orses Killed by Train

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 3

[?] E. Harrison, of Berrigan, suffered, [?] loss when three of his draught [?] were killed by a tram at Lenis[?] It appears that four of them were…

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15-Mile Road Race

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 1

The following are the nominations for the Deniliquin Cycle Club’s 15 miles road race on Wednesday (to-morrow) afternoon. starting from Carpenter’s…

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Rail Losses Unfair Road Competition Blamed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 4

The chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners (Mr. H. W. Clapp) considers that subsidised and unfair road competition is largely responsible…

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