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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

906 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 46

Carrathool Council's Road Programme Accumulating Road Plant

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

AT its meeting on Wednesday, the Carrathool Shire Council made further progress in the accumulation of plant required for its road works programme by accepting from the Disposals Commission further units offered and inspected by the…

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Five Injured in Train Smash. Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 6

Five men were injured when or engine crashed into a carriage of a workmen’s train yesterday. The accident occurred at Makarewa. The…

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Railway Workers Win £ 12,000

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 5

A number of railway construction workers at Junee won first prize of £12,000 in a Queensland consultation drawn yesterday. The syndicate was…

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2½ Years’ Gaol For Motor Dealer SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 3

A motor car dealer, with many previous convictions, was today sentenced to 2½ years’ gaol for having received a stolen car radio. He was…

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Feared New Railway Would Lose Trade SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 3

It was slated today that the main point on which the conference of Transport Ministers broke down yesterday was on the construction of an…

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Man Killed by Electric Train SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 3

An inmate of the Old Men’s Home [?] Liverpool, William Fraser, was kill[?] by an electric train yesterday while [?] over a level crossing in the…

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Soldier Killed; Truck Off Road MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 1

A soldier was killed and another man severely injured when a utility truck ran off the road, tore out two guide posts, and overturned after…

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Seven Killed in Train Smash London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 3

Seven people were killed and 17 seriously injured when a train carrying refugees from Wurzburg, in the British zone in Germany, collided at…

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British Electric Motor Car Developed London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 2

A prototype of an electric motor car similar to those being designed in Australia and America has been completed by a leading British manufacturer,…

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Believed Large Tobacco Theft From Railway Truck

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2

Tobacco and cigarettes to the reported value of £600 to £700 are believed to have been stolen from a railway truck at Albury at the week-end…

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Railway Men Demand an Inquiry Big Drop in Earnings SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 6

The state Council of the Australian Railways Union today carried a resolution demanding a searching inquiry into the management and conduct of…

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Motor Collision. Rev. Father Hatswell Severely Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2

A most unfortunate car crash occurred on the Jerilderie road, about 6 p.m. on Sunday, which resulted in several persons being injured, the most…

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Stock Trucking. Victorian Railways Criticised

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 4

At the lost meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council, Cr. White referred to the cruel and unsympathetic manner in which the Victorian Railways treated…

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Road Warnings and Precautions

The Independent · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 4

"Every culvert-marker in the Shire should befitted with catseye reflectors," stated Cr A. J. Symons at a meeting of the Windouran Shire…

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9 Children Under 15 Killed on Roads SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 3

In the first quarter of this year there were 405 more traffic accidents than in the first quarter of last year. There was an increase of 25 per cent in the…

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Railways Service

The Independent · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 1

In reply to a request from the Municipal Council for better rail service to Denillquin, the Victor, ian Railways Commissioners…

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Of Changi, Burma Railway and Other Places As Told by P.O.W. for 3 1/2 Years (Continued from last issue)

The Independent · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 6

At the Methodist Men's Brotherhood meeting on Sunday May 19, a large number was addressed by Mr C. Almond, of the staff of the "Independent," who was a P.O.W. In the hands of the Japanese for 31 years. Mr Almond enlisted from Shepparton…

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Serious Motoring Accident Five Injured Admitted to Hospital

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 3

A serious motoring accident occurred on the Jerilderie-Berrigan road a few miles this side of Berrigan on Sunday evening last,…

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Railways Starved for Rolling Stock P P. Board Delegates Told Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 4

No new rolling stock, either for passenger, freight or livestock traffic, will be available to NSW railways this year…

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“Ghost Train” Recalled

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 4

The death of Mr. R. S. Falkiner, director of the famous Boonoke stud (N.S.W.) recalls that he solved a mystery which puzzled readers of this…

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