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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

811 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 41

Motor Mechanic Found Guilty of Manslaughter

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.- In Quarter Sessions today, Edward Gerald Mulholland, 33 motor mechanic was found guity of…

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Fred She an to Train

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 14

SYDNEY, Friday. — Former jockey Fred Sbean was granted a No. 2 trainer’s licence by the AJC today. . He decided to forgo his…

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New Road Link with Canberra Likely

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 11

CANBERRA, Fri.-Construction of a road between Canberra and Tumut will be discussed soon at a conference between…

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Pulling of Cord Did Not Cause Train Smash

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. — The pulling of the communication cord did cause the railway collision on Saturday between an express and…

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Cycling Opening of Road Season To-day

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 14

Today marks the opening of the Albury Cycle Club road season At approximately 2.30 p.m. the first riders will be sent on their way for…

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Cycling Road Season Opens at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 2

Only eight riders faced the starter for the first cycle race of the road, season. a 10-mile event held on the Sydney road, on Saturday afternoon…

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Roads, Bridges, Footpaths

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 1

Among items dealt with in the engineer’s report were: In reply to Alderman Burchfield’s request that inquiries be made regarding…

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Aerodrome to Be Improved Municipal Council will Contribute

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 2

The matter arose from a letter from the Joint Aerodrome Committee, in which it was recommended that both the Shire and the…

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Three Killed in Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: In Victorian road accidents today three people were killed and a number injured…

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Wife Helped Husband to Build Motor Vessel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.: Mrs Dot Dobson, North - Coast, reached Sydney today in the motor vessel Camden, which she helped her…

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Road Money From Petrol Tax

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

The allocation from petrol tax revenue for the maintenance of roads in country and municipal areas may be increased by £500,000…

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Why the Roads Are Deteriorating

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 5

Is the Federal Government playing the game with local governing bodies the heavily taxed motorists, and with the general public, in the matter of…

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Permits Granted for Road Transport of Superphosphate

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

Wheat farmers who are experiencing delays in delivery of superphosphate can obtain from the Commissioner for Road Transport special permits to…

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N.s.w. Railway Excursions

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 5

The Secretary for Railways Mr. S. R. Nicholas announces that arrangements have been made for the issue fo excursion tickets (at single fare…

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“Asked to Inquire Into Motor Traders’ Profit Margins”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 12

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Commenting on reports that the Government had asked the Prices Commission to examine distributors’…

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Railway Excursion

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

The secretary for railways (Mr S. R. Nicholas) said yesterday that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets…

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Train Kills Five Horses

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: A goods train collided with a mob of 40 horses on the railway line between Burrumbeet and Trawala last…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 3

On Friday morning last, at about 9 o'clock Mr. John Hoddinott, of Wahgunyah, sustained a broken elbow when he suffered an accident…

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Railway Excursions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

The Secretary for Railways (Mr. S. R. Nicholas) announces that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets at single fare for the…

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Why Railways Do Not Pay

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 9

Even a person with a most vivid imagination could never suggest that there was any possibility of the railways giving a service…

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