South To Train on
South Albury footballers are runnin[?] along nicely under the instructions of their coach. Alex McDonald. Most of last year’s players have been on the track, along with…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
873 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 44
To The Editor WODONGA - Yackandandah Road
Sir,—Having recently had [?] to travel the [?] I was amazed at its [?] condition. From the end of the bitumen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Accident Truck Overturns
A motoring accident occurred on the Urana Road some ten miles from Jerilderie on Friday afternoon last as a result of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Super Can Now be Transported by Road SYDNEY
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Graham) announced today that wheat [?] in the southern districts who were experiencing delays in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deniliquin Pastoral Times Friday, April 18, 1947 Conargo Shire Council Landholders to Destroy Noxious Weeds on Roads
The Conargo Shire Council proposes to endeavor to have legislation introduced to compel landowners to destroy noxious weeds on roads adjoining their properties. This was decided at a meeting of the Council on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tax Off; Transport of Fertiliser SYDNEY
Road tax for the carriage of fertilisers has been waived for the next two months, the Minister for Railways (Mr O’Sullivan) announced…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railwaymen Refuse To Handle Melbourne Papers MELBOURNE
This afternoon the Australian Railways Union, at the request of Victorian Printers Operatives’ Union, put a ban on the handling of Melbourne newspapers by its members. The secretary (Mr. J, J. Brown) said if newspapers were placed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indonesians Fight Each Other Irregulars Beaten for Railway Station BATAVIA
Troops of the Indonesian Republican Army recaptured Tamboon railway station about 30- miles southeast of Batavia after a night battle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams and Buses Losing Heavily SYDNEY
Further deterioration of the financial position of Sydney and Newcastle trams and buses took place during the current financial year. On figures…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman’s Fatal Fall From Train Sydney
In accidents last night a woman was killed In a fall from a train and an elderly man was seriously injured when struck by a tram at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40 Killed When Explosives Train Blows Up ROME
Forty were killed and more than 100 were injured when a train carrying 20 tons of explosives blew up in Fiume railway yards today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hay Aerodrome Before Shire Council
The report of the joint committee on the question of the Hay Aerodrome was before the Waradgery Shire Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Death Railway” Victims India’s Tribute
At a ceremony held at village Thambyuzayat in Lower Burma, to commemorate the victims of the “Death Railway” constructed by the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hit by Bottle; Girl Fatally Injured Was Playing Beside Railway Line MELBOURNE
A 13-year-old girl, who was struck on the head by a bottle thrown from a train last Friday, died in the Children’s Hospital this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrorists Wreck Train Jerusalem
A British military train from Egypt was blown up near Rehobeth, says the British United Press. It is believed that a mine was electrically detonated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ethics on the Road New Code In Britain
The road safety campaign shortly to be intensified in Australia will no doubt be based on many of the provisions of the recently-issued British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Bridge Over Murray Jingellic P. and C. Association Request
Jingellic P. and C. Association asked Holbrook Shire Council at its meeting yesterday to support it in an endeavor to have a bridge built across the Murray River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£435,100 Needed to Seal Main Holbrook Roads Engineer’s Report To Council
Holbrook Shire Council yesterday decided to Intimate to the Main Roads Department Its desire to bitumen surface all main roads, with a start on main road 211 and portion of main road [?] west of the township. A motion to this effect was moved by the President (Cr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Warning of Further Train Cuts No Move To Extend Dispute By Engineers, MELBOURNE
If the metal trades dispute was prolonged further, country train cuts would be necessary, said the Railways Commissioners today. However, the present 50 per cent services would be maintained for the time being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Motorists Would Gain Sydney
Mr E. N. Leibacher, general manager of a Netherlands oil company, said today that a great deal had been done to repair and renovate the Vacuum…
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