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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

906 stories in Murray's papers · page 39 of 46

Road Transport Permits

The Independent · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 4

The Graziers' Association has advised Mr. Neil Macauley. Secretary Southern Riverina Graziers' Association that special permits are now…

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£2,000 for Town Roads

The Independent · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 4

In his report to the Municipal Council at Monday night's meeting, the town clerk (Mr. A. J. Chant) requested that the 3 sections of the…

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Motor-Paced Records Broken Opperman-Finlay Combination in Deniliquin Cycle Club's Successful Effort

The Independent · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 1

Organised by the Deniliquin Cycling Club, the carnival held on the Recreation Reserve on Saturday, was the venue for Hubert Opperman and Bob Fin lay, world famous motor-paced combination, to establish two dirt track records for Australia…

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Cycling 1946 Road Championships

The Independent · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 6

To officially conclude the 1946 Road Season, Senior and Junior Championships were contested on Sunday under unfavourable weather…

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Road and Rail Transport M.V.D.L. Discusses Problems

The Independent · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 4

The No. 2 Regional Committee of the Murray Valley Development League met at Mumurkah on Thursday and urged that the Minister for Transport be approached with a view to investigating road problems as they affected the Murray Valley area. Cr…

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Mvl Region on Road Improvements

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 November 1946 · page 4

At a regional meeting of the Murray Valley Development League at [?] it was decided to [?] to the executive meeting in Shepparton in…

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Motorist Killed in Car-Tram Collision MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 2

In a head-on collision between a car and term at the corner of [?] and Glenferrie roads, Malvern, tonight, the driver of the car,…

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28 Killed in Railway Accident Berlin

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 2

The Berlin radio has announced that 28 persons were killed and 20 were injured in a railway accident 50 miles south of [?] in…

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Jews Blow Up Train Jerusalem

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 1

Mines on Sunday night blasted a goods train north of Tel Aviv. derailing the engine and six trucks. Three members of the train crew…

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The Motor World Production Problems and New Developments

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 6

According to one of the leaders of the British motor industry, if 1839 conditions of wages, taxation and material prices were now operative, one popular model car that is at present listed in England at £444 would be retailed at £170. Another model selling at £384…

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WA Railways to be Tied Up PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 4

There will be a general stoppage of West Australian Government Railways as from midnight on Wednesday. This was the decision today of a special…

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Improvement of Shire Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of Hume Shire Council on Friday Cr. F. J. Fielder will move: “That 35 chains of forming and draining (10 chains of this…

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Cycling Local Club's First Road Race

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 3

The newly-formed Cycling Club hold its first road race on Sunday morning last It was a three-mile event starting along the…

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Soldier’s Arm Found on Road Torn Off In Collision Near Bandiana

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 2

When First-Constable McKen[?], of Wodonga police, went to the [?] scene of an accident near Band[?] on Tuesday evening lie found…

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NSW Railways Make Profit SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 8

Financial figures for the Railway Department for the year ended June 30 disclose that after meeting all working expenses and capital charges there…

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Judge Will Impose Maximum Thieving From Railways

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 4

Judge Berne declined at Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday [?] thieving from the railways had reached alarming proportions and…

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Man Dies in Train at Albury On Way To Melbourne To See Doctor

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 3

On his way to Melbourne for special treatment for a complaint which had been troubling him for some time, Mr Thomas Goddard, an…

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Adelaide Was End of Road for Wife! Husband’s Story in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 6

When Demetrios Hadji Constanti[?] a Greek, met and married [?], a French girl, in South Africa in 1938, he was…

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Coal Supplies Jeopardised Railwaymen’s Stop-work Tactics NEWCASTLE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 1

Working of the back Saturday shift on the northern NSW coal fields is jeopardised by the action taken by a suction of railwaymen who plan to…

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Bombs in Railway Station London

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 1

Jewish terrorists today hid bombs in the Rosel Em railway station, 10 miles north-east of Jerusalem, the resultant explosion almost wrecking the building. Three…

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