Cycung Saturday’s Road Race
Thirteen riders are expected to take part in Saturday’s 27-mile event, which is timed to start at 2.15 at the coursing ground gates…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
811 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 41
Application for Main Road—whitton-carrathool "Blot on Landscape"
DURING his report to Monday's meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council, the shire engineer, Mr. Satterthwaite, proposed that Council apply to have the Whitton-Darlington Point road made a main road. The road was a big blot on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitumen for Trunk Road Estimated to Cost £35,000
Henty Urban Committee wrote to Culcairn Shire Council, requesting that in the event of council deciding to bitumenise the trunk road, that the work commence from the Lockhart Shire boundary end, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illegally Using Motor Cars
At the Chiltern court last week, R. Quinlan. of Sydney, on remand from Wangaratta court, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on each of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Man’s Death Motor Accident
A young Albury man was killed instantly when a utility truck which lie was driving collided with a semi-trailer on the Culcairn road three miles north of Gerogery about 6.45 last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycles’ Black Record
MELBOURNE. Friday : Nearly 70 people died in 1270 accidents in which motor cycles were involved, according to accident figures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Funds for Roads M.L.A. Backs Shires
Declaring' that nearly all NSW shires bad war-caused legacies of disgraceful roads with which their meagre finances were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Services Curtailed
The curtailment of train services generally has resulted in the cancellation of one passenger and one goods train each week to and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tax Lifted Some Road Operators to Benefit
SYDNEY, Monday : Road tax on motor vehicles-carrying goods which cannot be handled by the railways has been lifted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road-Air Services May Be Curtailed CANBERRA
Curtailment of certain long distance passenger freight road services, reduction of certain air services and a ban on the import of certain types motor trucks may be decided upon by the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Man's Ordeal Spends Night on Road with Broken Leg
A young man lay with a broken leg for eight hours by the Walbundrie-Burrum-buttock roadside before being found at about 7 o'clock yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gruelling Road Race To R. Fisher WINS 40 Miles Event by Half Length
R. Fisher, conceding J. Johnston eight minutes start, just got up to win -Saturday's 40 miles road race to Conargo and back by half a length…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Scraping Coal Bins" Victorian Railways N Serious Position
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Railways Commissioners announced this afternoon that rail coal supplies had reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen Held Responsible for Collision
SYDNEY, Monday : Five railway employes have been held responsible for the collision on June 9 at Cowan when the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rove on Wrong Side Young Albury Man’s Death Motor Accident Near Gerogery
Just before he had been killed in a collision with a semi-trailer on the Albury-Wagga road last Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councils Want Petrol Tax for Roads
Unable to Improve roads or even, in some districts, to maintain existing standards, the Australian Council of Local Government Association Is waging a vigorous campaign for the allocation of more money from the petrol tax for road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Recovering After Ordeal
Milton Lieschke, of Walla, who spent eight hours on the roadside near Burrumbuttock on Sunday night after breaking his leg in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Pars-Personalities
An announcement concerning retailing of the all-Australian built motor car is expected shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked First Carriage of Train
The wreckage of the first carriage of the South-West Mail, which crashed near Harden yesterday morning. The carriage was smashed to matchwood, but many passengers in it had amazing escapes from death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →52 Road Deaths in April
SYDNEY, Wed.: Fifty-two persons were killed and 694 injured in road accidents in NSW during April. This brings the total…
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