Sun Lures Thousands to Beaches and Roads Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 3
WITH Sydney experiencing its warmest day since May 5 last year, thousands of people left their homes and thronged the beaches and pleasure resorts. Temperature at 2.25 p.m. was 74.2…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Sun.: When his motor cycle got out of control and went over an embankment at the corner of Hyde and…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 5
SYDNEY, Sunday : While five larrikins bashed a tram driver and a conductor at Marrickville last night, tram passengers at…
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The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 1
A vital matter to residents and visi-tors to Deniliquin for the Back-to cele-brations was the necessity to secure perishables during the week by having…
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Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 12
SYDNEY, Monday : Four men were charged at Newtown Court today with assaulting: a tram conductor and driver at Datwich…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 6
Mr J. A. Paterson, senior executive member of the Royal Auto-mobile Club of Victoria, and a councillor on the Australian Road…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 6
It is not always appreciated in what way tyre conditions may influence power and fuel consumption in both cars and commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 6
Of interest to motorists is the appearance of a new product in Albury —“Kolloidal-Graph.” The product combines the function of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the MOTORIST
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 6
To paint broken markings along centre strips, of highways in USA, engineers are employing a cam-controlled paint gun. The length…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Blocked in Move Against Railways
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 2
Proposal at the previous meeting of the Albury City Council that an injunction be taken out against the Railway Commissioner…
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Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 6
SYDNEY, Wed.: A motor of a Catalina flying boat burst into flames when it was about to take off at Rose Bay fids…
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The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2
The work of preparing the surface of the Hay Aerodrome to the dry weather standard indicated by the authorities being done, the…
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The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2
A deputation representing landholders along the Thyra road-Hannah mail run had a successful visit to Murray Shire Council meeting on…
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The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1
The first visit of the No. 4 Mobile Technical Unit to Corowa and the official opening last Monday afternoon created quite a deal of interest, and over 100 persons attended at the opening on Monday, and were afterwards permitted to inspect the train which consists of three…
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Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 15
Course chosen for today at 2 p.m. is the 34 miler Wodonga, Bed Bluff, Kiewa, Wodonga. This is a good stiff course, taking in all types of roads…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3
ADELAIDE, Monday : Train services between Adelaide and Melbourne were dislocated today following one of South Australia’s…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3
Floods in North Northumberland and Scottish Border country are now receding but leaving a scene of desolation…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sun.: Sydney was without trams today and the service will be at a standstill next Sunday if tramway…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 7
Assurances that the NSW Railways Department aimed at giving the best service, it could to the public were given by…
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Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1
ADELAIDE, Mon.: As a result of a goods train derailment at Ambleside, in the hills near Adelaide, passengers…
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