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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 66

Sequel to Woman’s Death a Motorist Fined Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 6

For having failed to stop and give assistance and his name and address, Herbert Ernest Fromhold, of Anderson’s Creek road, Doncaster, whose car…

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Wirlinga Motor Racing; Children’s Competition

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 4

The committee of the Riverina Sporting Car Club has received gratifying entries both from car drivers and motor cycle riders, and Albury will…

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Road Accidents Again Serious (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 3

At midnight on Tuesday the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. had been advised of 37 deaths m road accidents during May. More than three-fourths…

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Full Restoration Of Train Services Desired

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 2

Support for the request by Deniliquin Council that the Victorian Railways should restore at the earliest possible moment the train services…

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Railway Revenue £3,480 in May

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 2

Revenue of Deniliquin railway station for May totalled £3,480, which was a decrease of £1,052 compared with May, 1939, when the revenue…

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Motorists Fined

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 1

It would be a strange occurrence if a session of Deniliquin Police Court passed without some motorist being fined for neglect in regard to the…

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Albury Road Safety Council

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 7

The Albury branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. has been very active in the endeavor to secure safer conditions of driving for motorists and…

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Obstruction Allegedly Left on Road

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 7

Arising out of an accident to a youthful cyclist named Frank Bell, of Tallangatta, on the night of May 5, Henry Parker Bickerton was charged…

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Call to Motorists. Voluntary Petrol Conservation Plan Australia-wide Campaign

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 1

As a direct result of the present conffict in which the Empire is engaged, a clarion call has gone forth for the marshilling of the whole of the…

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Tram Concessions for Soldiers in Uniform Melbourne. Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 1

The Minister for the Army (Mr. Street) announced to-day that the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board was granting a…

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93 m.p.h. Along Busy Street Motorist’s “Utter Disregard” For Safety. MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 1

Staled by the police to have driven motor car along High street, Northcote. at a speed approaching 90 m.p.h., Raymond Nixon, sales manager, of…

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Children and Road Traffic

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 2

Realising that children are probably the most constant observers of traffic laws in the State. the Albury branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W…

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Items of News Collapsed on the Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 2

While crossing the Murray on Friday night, the driver and passenger of a Victorian car noticed what appeared to be a bundle of clothing on the bridge…

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To Make Munitions N.S.W. Railwaymen Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 2

A large number of the existing [?] railway workshops would be [?] to make war equipment a[?] an early date, said the Minister for…

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Road Championships to Lapse

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 4

It is reported that although the Victorian Amateur Cycling Union will carry out its remaining 1940 road racing fixtures, it had decided not to…

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Victorian Train Departure Albury Is Affected Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners announced to-day that earlier departure times will operate on certain country lines, when services are restored to normal…

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Four Children Hurt in Road Accident Bathurst

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

As the result of a collision between a motor car and a motor lorry in dense log on the rr.ain western road near Bathurst this morning, four…

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Tramway Employes Assist Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 6

Since July 1. 1300 employes of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board have contributed £8500 to war savings certificates…

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Sequel to Accident Visiting Motorist Fined

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 1

Whether the defendant before the court or his companion was actually the driver of a motor truck seen by Constable Downie…

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Steam Train for Wagga Races

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 7

Albury and district owners and trainers will be pleased to hear that a steam train will replace the usual rail motor to Wagga on Monday next for…

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