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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

873 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 44

To-morrow Night’s Carnival Return of the “Krazy Kats” Deni. Motors v. Riverina Tyres

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

A return performance of the popular and amusing “Krazy Kats” troupe and the anxiously awaited challenge relay between Deni. Motors and…

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Large Amount Of Goods Handled By Railway

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

Figures available from the railway stationmaster (Mr. Knight) for December, 1946, are very interesting when compared with a similar period during…

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Little Boy Killed by Train SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

A two-year-old boy was cut down by an electric train and killed near Roseville to-day. The boy, Douglas Wayne Ar[?]bold, wandered on to the…

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Train Smash Near Bucharest Bucharest

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

Twenty-seven were killed and, 67 injured when a passenger train crashed into a stationary goods train near Craiova during a heavy…

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Trammie Walks Off Job Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

In protest at the non-arrival of a relief driver, a tram driver walked off his tram in tile city yesterday, causing a bank-up of trams stretching from…

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Road Accidents Cost Australia £10,000,000 A Year

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 3

Actual cost in £sd. of road accidents. apart from physical suffering and pain, is a substantial, reason why a much more energetic approach…

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£15,750 Stolen From Train Reward of £1000 Offered LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

Offers of a reward of £1000 tor tor the recovery of £15,570 in banknotes, stolen from a mail-bag on a train between Reading and…

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Murray Shire Council Meeting Council Refuses to Affiliate with Regional Library Application to Open Road Construct Bridges

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

At yesterday’s meeting of Murray Shire Council, held in Shire Hall, Mathoura, letters were received from two ratepayers regarding the non-participation of the Council in the Central Murray Library Scheme, and asking Council for an…

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Cricket. Juniors, Boonoke Deni., Methodist For. Semi-finals Next Saturday Deni. Motors—first Win on Last Game— P. Allender (81), J, Farquhar (80)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 4

As expected Juniors scored an outright win over Commission by an innings and 110 runs, and Deniliquin tossed Methodist by 113 runs on the first innings. The thrilling tussle for supremacy between North and Deni. Motors, however, was…

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Masked Men Stage Hold-up Railway Station Safe Rifled Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 1

Two masked men armed with revolvers held up a lone attendant at Narweo railway station and rifled the safe of £4 7/9 tonight…

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Hunted Motorist Surrenders Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 1

Sixty-five year old Frederick Charles Gouldthorpe, motor driver, whom the police have been hunting since last Friday following the shooting of…

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Grass Fire Risk on Aerodrome

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

The Department of Civil Aviation told Albury City Council last night that it considered the dry grass on the aerodrome an “unnecessarily grave fire…

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24,569 Await Motor Vehicles

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

There were 24,569 unsatisfied applications for motor vehicles in New South Wales on October 31, the Minister far Transport (Mr…

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Railway Appeals Board Sits

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

Yesterday the Railways Appeals Board sat in Albury to hear a disciplinary case against a railway employe. Board comprised Messrs J. E…

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Sale of British Railway in Argentina New York

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 4

The Buenos Aires correspondent of United Press says that Britain and Argentina have reached an agreement for the sale of the British-owned 14.000-mile railway…

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Awards Presented Last Night at Railway Ambulance Social

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 5

[?] arranged in St. Patrick’s Hall supper room, ambulance awards gained during the 1940 railway ambulance classes were presented…

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Traffic Bridge Advocated By Henty F.& S. To Solve Level Crossing Problem

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 1

A move was made at the meeting of the Henty Branch of the F. and S. Association on Tuesday afternoon to have an overhead traffic bridge built over the railway line near Henty railway station, at the end of…

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Those Railway Gates

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 3

Henrys railway gates have been a bone of contention for a long time. Level crossings demand the utmost co-operation between road users and the Railway Department, so that they may be worked efficiently. This co-operation has not always been displayed, and…

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Sale of British Railways “A Realistic Bargain For Both Sides” LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 8

The financial writer of Router says that he has learned that payment of £150,000,000 for the purchase of Britishowned railways in Argentina will be…

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Liability for Fire Damage Railway Commission V. Wise Bros

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

The Full Court on December 17, in giving judgment on a new trial motion, expressed its opinion on the law relating to liability for. damage resulting…

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