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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

873 stories in Murray's papers · page 42 of 44

Ugly Turn in French Strike Train Is Derailed By Saboteurs : 7 Killed PARIS

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 2

The Minister for Finance (M. Rene Mayer) announced in the Assembly this morning that seven persons were killed when the Paris-Arras mail train was derailed by…

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“Many Cars Will Go Off Road”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.— “If the present petrol ration is cut by 25 per cent, thousands of cars will go off the road,” the general secretary of the…

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Mr. Chifley Announces Further Severe Austerity Decisions To Save Dollars Less Petrol, Tobacco and Smaller Newspapers Fewer Motor Cars : Trade With U.S. Hit CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 1

Federal Cabinet to-night ordered further drastic cuts in Australia’s imports of goods from dollar areas to limit total dollar expenditure for 1947-48 about £A90,000,000. This will involve an immediate cut of 10 percent in the consumption of petrol by all classes of consumers…

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Deni. Motors V. Boonoke

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 1

A brilliant 80 by S. Bull, of Boonoke, was the highlight of this match. His team compiled; 225. Other batsmen on the right side of the ledger were…

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4 Months Gaol for Railway Thefts Man Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 December 1947 · page 4

Frederick Brown, aged 39, casual worker at the Albury railway station, was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment with hard…

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To The Editor. That Cemetery Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 2

Sir, — Ex-Alerman Logan still maintains that the City Council has a plan, quiescent at the moment, to build a road through the…

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Waradgery Shire Increase in Rates to Provide for Minor Roads

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 2

WARADGERY Shire Council yesterday adopted estimates providing for a rate of one penny and an eighth in the £ on the U.C.V. of land in the Shire…

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37 New Locomotives For N.S.W. Railways

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs: Number of stock trucks in commission with the State Railway Department Was 2849, in comparison with 3011 in…

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Warning to Motorists Service Stations Told To Conserve Petrol

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thur: Motorists were warned to-day by the general secretary of the Service Stations Association (Mr C. A. Gregory) that…

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Motorists Asked to Play Their Part Mr. Chifley On Petrol Cuts

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thurs: Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) today appealed to motorists to play their part in enforcing the 10…

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British Motor Cycles for Export

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 December 1947 · page 1

Motor cycles being got ready for export from an English factory…

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Chinese Coolies Rebuild 400 Miles of Railway With Hands Hong Kong

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 3

Brute coolle strength and Chinese ingenuity and determination in solving all difficulties, including war and famine, have again achieved a success for Chinese engineering in bringing back into operation the Pukow-Tsinan section of the…

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30 Killed When Bridge Collapses

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 1

TUNJA (Columbia), Mon.: Thirty persons are believed to have been killed when n suspension bridge over the Minero River collapsed…

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Train Kills Man at Crossing

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.—An elderly man was killed instantly this morning when a train crashed into his car at a level crossing at Rosehill. The…

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Beechworth Teacher Killed in Road Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 3

WANGARATTA, Mon.—This afternoon a car driven by Mr Sydney Rex Kelson, school, teacher of Beechworth, collided almost head…

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Coal Shortage Hits N.s.w. Railways

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 December 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues — The NSW Commissioner for Railways (Mr T. J. Harligan) in the course of his annual report says that…

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No Mention of Roads in Budget Threat to Motor Transport

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 4

"I am greatly concerned that the Budget Speech omits any announcement of the Government's intentions in regard to roads," said…

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Boys Receive Road Safety Prizes

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 2

As a result of recent successes in a State-wide road safety contest four Albury Public School boys received cash prizes this week. They…

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Two Aldermen Killed Car Hit By Train

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Two South Coast aldermen were killed last night when a train crashed into their utility truck at Oak Flat,…

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Woman Killed by Train Wodonga Coroner’s Finding

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 2

At an Inquest into the death of Catherine Carroll, spinster, 73 in the Wodonga Coroner’s Court yesterday, Mr. M. Buntz…

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