Leg Broken in Train Fall
A man fell from the Albury-Melbourne express at Barnawartha yesterday morning shortly after it had left the station and suffered a badly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
873 stories in Murray's papers · page 32 of 44
Lightning Train Stoppage Causes Chaos Signalmen Leave Boxes For Two Hours MELBOURNE
When special-class signalmen operating signal boxes in the Flinders st., Spencer st. and Melbourne railway yards staged a lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TOMORROW’S 60 Mile Road Race Amateurs Expected To Make Close Finish
Winner of the Albury Amateur Cycling Club’s star event of the season, the 60-mile road race tomorrow, looks well concealed, Officials expect an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →“Air Services Affect Railway Revenue” MELBOURNE
The Premier (Mr Cain) said [?] he had made it quite clear at the [?] conference in Canberra [?] that there was no prospect…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured Collision Near Wodonga
A young Wangaratta motor-cyclist died in Albury hospital early yesterday morning as a result of a road accident on the Murray Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Railway—i
The first railway to reach Albury [?] as the Great Southern Railway NSW [?] was opened on February 3, 1881, [?] Gerogery to the temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Tram Stop Thre[?] SYDNEY,[?]
A stoppage of Sydney and [?] castle trams has been [?] September 22 to enforce [?] demand for a 40-hour five day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Railways At War”
The commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announces that the story of the part played by the New South Wales Government Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For the Motorist the Motoring World
The increase in the retail price of petrol by Id a gallon to 2/5[?] in capital cities practically raises the figure to what it was in March, 1941, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The First Railway—ii Treat Foe Children
On Saturday, June 16, the children [?] the schools of Albury and [?] were entertained, and this was [?] day that I recollect most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The First Railway—iii First Sleeping Car
I remember the inauguration of the Melbourne express in 1883. The Albury-Sydney portion consisted (as far as my observation went) of one 2nd and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fall From Bicycle Albury Railway Em[?] Death
Inquest was held at Albury [?] into the death of George [?] ward Hay, railway employe, aged [?] of Mate st. The deputy Coroner [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road-Making Problem Department of Agriculture Investigates
One of the very many recent activities of the NSW Department of Agriculture has been to undertake chemical work in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycling Notes: Seasons First Road Race on
The Deniliquin Cycling Club get into swing for the new season with a road r race on Sunday afternoon. The event will be conducted along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urana, P. Hills, Henty To Cookardinia A Main Road? Petition Drawn Up
Henty branch of the F. & S. Association, at a meeting on Tuesday, decided to support a proposal to have the road from Urana to Cookardinia, via Bidgeemia Pleasant Hills and Henty, declared a main road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident Near Chiltern
The New Zealand Police Commissioner, Mr. James Cumming, and his wife were among five persons injured at Chiltern, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Station Staff Busy with Wool
The Staff of Deniliquin railway station is in the the middle of an unusually busy period. Beside general commerce and sheep, the staff is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Tram Men May Stop Work Sydney
Sydney and Newcastle tram men today voted in favor of holding a one-day stoppage on September 22. The stoppage will be held if the Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Conduct[?] Imprisoned Sydney
In the Central Criminal Court [?] John Taylor, aged 51, tram [?] was sentenced to three years’ [?] indecent assault. It was stat[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Impassable Roads Danger to Settlers
DANGEROUS plight of settlers in Western Lease areas during wet weather was emphasised at a meeting of the A.W.U. According to the president (Mr…
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