Motorists Fined for Traffic Breaches
In Albury court yesterday Reginald William Cooper, Tawonga, who did not appear, was lined £2, with court costs 8/, when charged with not obeying a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
873 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 44
Railways Have Many Vacancies
Elsewhere in today’s advertising columns the Victorian Railways Department draws attention to many vacant positions in the service for men and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Flag Bridge and Euchre
Tomorrow night a flag bridge and euchre party will be held at the High School. Organised by the High School Women’s Auxiliary, play will begin at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury-wodonga Road “Perilous,” Says Alderman
Albury branch of the Road Safety Council of NSW suggested to Albury City Council last night that signs be placed at each end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Driver Fined Sequel lo Road Accident
A Wodonga West laborer. Raymond Francis Harvey was fined £5 in Wodonga court yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of driving in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CONARGO SHlRE Council Adopts . . . Progressive Road Policy
WITH certain modifications the deferred motion by Cr. J. Fawns regarding roads, was accepted by Conargo Shire Council at its recent meeting. Council decided to adopt a progressive road policy worked in conjunction with a master…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Place Like Home ! Four Children Huddle Under Harbor Bridge SYDNEY
Early morning ferry passengers have been mystified for the last three mornings at the sight of four young children huddled beneath a blanket at the foot of Milson’s Point harbor bridge pylon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pearling Industry on Road Back Minister’s Visit Reveals Progress CANBERRA
The pearling industry has been re-established on the north-west coast of Western Australia and considerable exports of pearl shell will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Excursions
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announces in this issue that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets (at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Archaic Railways
Comparisons, as a general rule, are odious; but a justifiable exception, perhaps, is when discussion centres on Australian railways. In this more or less enlightened age it is paradoxical to have in existence an archaic, outmoded rail transport system attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rammed Motorship Sinks Victoria (B.c.)
Rammed deep amidships by the freighter Fenn Victory (4560 tons) in an early morning fog in Juan de Fuca Strait, the motorship Diamond Knot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snow Blocks Roads to Alps Towns Sydney
Heavy snow is still falling on the Southern Alps and there were light falls on the Blue Mountains last night. Ten-feet drifts have blocked the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed by Train Katoomba
The body of Ernest Turnbull, aged 61, of no fixed place of abode, was found beside the railway line this morning It appeared that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →16 People Killed When Train Derailed LONDON
Sixteen persons are reported to have been killed and 63 injured when a train travelling between Lisbon and Oporto on Saturday evening was derailed near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deliberate Attempt To Wreck Passenger Train MELBOURNE
Three stones, each weighing about 15lb, were placed on the railway line about 15 miles from Melbourne last night in an attempt to derail the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Hit-Run Motorist? MELBOURNE
Apparently killed by a hit-run driver the body of Miss Frances O'Hara, aged 74, of Westbank Terrace,- Burnley, was found in a gutter in Burwood rd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Travel Comfort in U.s
The popularity of long distance travel by motor coaches in the U.S. is being enhanced by the operation of nonstop luxury buses by the Greyhound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death on the Roads One For Every 1300 Vehicles
That there is a grave need for a nation-wide campaign in Australia to reduce traffic accidents and road hazards is shown by the fact that in 1946 there was one fatality in which automobiles were involved for every 1297 automobiles registered in the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen May Stop Work Melbourne
Angered by further delay in finalising the local industrial board’s report on railway dally paid men’s wage increase demands, the State Executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway club’s Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Railway Tennis Club was held at the clubhouse last night. The financial statement reflected a satisfactory credit…
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