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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

906 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 46

Two Men Killed in Road Smashes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 2

Two men were killed in road accidents in Sydney last night. They were: Albert Leonard Porter, aged of Narrabeen and Patrick…

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Albury Boy Is Road Safety Minded Wins Poster Award in Stale-wide Quest

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 5

Recently a Junior Road Safety Council was formed at the Albury Public School, to bring before its children the necessity for road…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 4

Injured in a fall from his motor cycle about five miles from Kiama on Saturday night. Ronald Raugh aged 21. of Port kembla, died in…

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Motor Road Transport in England

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 6

That the four big main line Railway Companies of Great Britain appreciate that present-day industry and modern living require…

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Some Roads Cannot Be Used WANGARATTA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 1

Continuous rains in the hills have kept the Ovens river round about the 17ft. mark for some days…

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Train Clears Baby Picking Flowers LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 8

As the Taunton-Barnstaple train was rounding a bend while passing through fields in Somerset, the fireman saw a baby between the rails,…

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£35 Million to be Spent on NSW Railways SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 2

NSW railway post-war reconstruction programme provides for an expenditure of about 1.35 million. This was revealed in the Arbitration Court proceedings today…

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Use of Syphon Bridge Possible Stock Route

The Independent · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 6

A plan was outlined by the stock inspector (Mr. E. S. Rogers) to the Deniliquin P.P. Board to divert stock from Finley road over the…

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Responsibility for Railway Gates and Bridges—trucking Yards

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 6

The President of the Shires’ Association (Mr T. G. Carter) has drawn attention to the attitude of the railways in respect of traffic bridges and…

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Death on the Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 3

There is every reason why the Government, and in particular those sections of the community concerned with motoring, should…

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Bold Road Policy Needed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

When will Deniliquin Council take upon upon itself the responsibility of putting its roads in order Seventy-seven years of local government find our roads in…

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Motor Traffic Gives Place to Boats on Wodonga Place

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

This is Wodonga Place, one of the main roads into Albury, as it appeared yesterday. Flood water first reached this point, by the entrance to Noreuil Park, on Wednesday morning, and by yesterday had become so wide and deep that all traffic was diverted—leaving the coast…

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Seven Killed in Bus and Train Collision London

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 1

Seven persons were killed and 27 were injured when a train and a bus collided at a level crossing between Kirriemuir and Forfar last night…

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Motor Cyclist Killed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 2

Keith Wallace, aged 26, of Melbourne road, Newport, was killed shortly after six o’clock tonight when the motor cycle he was riding…

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Railway Department Needs 1000 More Men Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 10

The Railways Department needs 1000 more employes to enable abolition of overtime and to provide relief while employes have their…

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Two Brothers Killed Motor Cycle Hits Car MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

Phillip Butler, aged 50, and his brother, Michael, aged 48, dairymen, Waverley road, Oakleigh, were killed instantly about 6.40 last night…

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Suggests Inquiry Into Tram Finance SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

Investigation of Sydney tramway finances was suggested lay the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Treatt) tonight. This was the only way to…

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Railway Standardisation Talks Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 2

The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) announced today that he would meet representatives of the Victorian, New South Wales…

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Neglect of Moonee Swamp Road Deputation Urges Action

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 1

A deputation from the country interviewed the Municipal Council last night and emphasised the need for putting the long-neglected Moonee Swamp road in order, and demanded that Council should take action about it…

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Railway Trucks Action to Stop "Cornering"

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 4

The Railway Department has taken drastic action to stop the "cornering" of railway trucks by some dealers in livestock…

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