“Road Accidents Cost £18 Million Yearly” Sydney
MOTOR vehicle accidents in Australia represented an economic loss of £18 million a year. This is the estimate of the Australian Road Safety Council…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
811 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 41
£7640 for District Road Works
Four district shire councils have been granted £7640 from funds allotted to the State by the Commonwealth for road works in Albury…
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DRASTIC increases in penalties for drunken driving have been recommended by the State Parliamentary Select Committee on Road Accidents. It recommends that where death results from drunken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
A NUMBER of Albury motor trailers visited Bandiana yesterday to inspect the large array of motor spare parts, wheel assemblies and tools for sale by auction to-day. The sale, conducted by Farmers and Graziers for the Disposals…
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Sappers of the Royal Engineers erecting a Bailey Bridge to replace one destroyed by heavy floods in the Border Country in Britain…
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HONGKONG, Sat: At least 20 are dead and over 100 injured, 30 seriously, as a result of the derailment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ninth Tramless
SYDNEY. Sun.: Tramwaymen [?] a mass meeting at Sydney Town Hall to-day re-affirmed [?] decision to operate “a full…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State of "Awareness" Necessary to Ensure Greater Road Safety
Much thought is being given in motorised countries as to why drivers have accidents and how best to ensure greater road safety, Recent investigations in Great Britain and the USA supply some of the answers, says the Dunlop Bulletin. One outcome of the research is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety of the Railways Further Serious Charges by Deputy Leader of Country Party
Further reference was made in the Legislative Assembly by the Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. D. H. Drummond) to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Regulations for Motorists
In future lorry drivers who are conveying petrol or other inflammable liquids must stop before they pass over an unattended level crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sporting Car and Motor Cycle Club
The weather being [?] inclement last Sudsy, the scheduled trial to the hill climb site at Walla was postponed until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Pars-Personalities
A recent Gallup Pell taken, [?] a cross-section interview with Australian [?] indicated how deeply ingrained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wodonga Girls to Train
Wodonga girls intending to play the return football match against North Albury girls are asked to train at 5.30 this evening at Wodonga…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mutilated Body in Railway Yards
ADELAIDE, Wed.: The mutilated body of Leslie James Beresford, railway guard, aged about 52, of Southwark, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hardinge Street Bridge Tender Recommended
The tender of Mr. Norman White (£1312/13/) for construction of Hardinge Street bridge, will be recommended by the Municipal Council to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bituminous Surfacing Of Finley Road
Conargo Shire Council, at yesterday’s meeting, accepted tenders for the supply of tar and bitumen for use on the Deniliquin-Finley main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sandy Ridges Road and its Aliases
It is doubtful whether any road or street in Corowa goes under more names than the thoroughfare which commences at the…
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The Hay Pastures Protection Board decided at its Saturday meeting not to accede to the Municipal Council's request for regular contributions to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Motor Train Baby Seriously Injured
WAGGA, Fri.: A two year old boy was seriously injured when struck by a motor train at Tootool, near The Rock, about…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →“Petrol Tax Not for Roads”
“Petrol tax is not imposed solely for the purpose of road maintenance, but for general purposes.” the Treasurer (Mr Chifley)…
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