A Frequently Broken Bridge
Mr. W. J. Salter (shire clerk) advised Windouran Shire Council yesterday that a heavily laden truck, travelling from Deniliquin to Hay, crashed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
811 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 41
Bitumen on the Rock-yerong Creek Road
The engineer (Mr. G. C. Page) reported to the last meeting of Lockhart Shire Council that work on Ryan Mail Route was 85 per cent complete…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Council Meeting Grant Moneys — Building — Train Times — Pipes
THE May Municipal Council dealt with a long business paper at its last meeting, much of which has already been reported. It was stated in the Mayor's minute that there was a likelihood of further loaming being done on the Gunbar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Had No Licence
Peter Clark, Aberfeldie station, Holbrook, was fined £2 with 10/ costs in Albury court yesterday on a charge of having ridden a…
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GUAM, Fri.: At least three of the members of the crew were lost when the motor ship Santa Maria sank in heavy seas…
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SYDNEY, Friday : Increased railway fares between capital cities will operate from December 1…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Two Drivers Are Charg[?] Following Road Smas[?] Sydney
A MAN was killed and 15 people were injured in acc[?] in the metropolitan area last night and early this [?] Two men were later arrested and charged on [?] counts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Head-On Collision Between Cycle-Truck Man Killed Near the Union Bridge Car Driver, Wife, Pillion Rider In Hospital
A 22-YEAR-OLD motor cyclist, Ronald Arthur Johnson, of Port Kembla, was Killed instantly, and the driver of a baby utility, Sgt. George Slater, 28, of Bandiana Ordinance Depot, and his wife, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fruit & Vegetable Traffic on Railways
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, has stated that from Monday, 20th to Thursday 22nd [?] and vegetables will not…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday .: During the past year property valued at £250,000 had been stolen from the railways in NSW, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riverina Sporting Car, Motor-Cycle Club Notes
A considerable number of spectators attended the club’s scramble on Sunday. Outstanding rider was W. Walton, of Wodonga, who…
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MOTORISTS are reminded that petrol ration tickets will not be obtainable from post offices between December 18, and January 4, 1949. Two months’ tickets may be drawn this month, but if this is not done, only one month’s tickets…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A man was killed instantly and his four-year-old son was critically injured when the truck…
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Wodonga Shire Council yesterday granted permission to the AMF Engineer Training Depot, Melbourne, to train at the Hume…
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MELBOURNE, Wed: A tram conductor found guilty on a shooting charge following the wounding of a man was…
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In Albury during last week-end a young man on a motor cycle crashed to his death against a light utility truck. His pillion passenger was injured and so were a man and his wife travelling in the truck. In Sydney over the same week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waradgery Shire Council Valuations Up 4 Per Cent. Overdraft Limit — Aerodrome — Mungadal Ramp
THE Waradgery Shire Council at its last meeting adopted 1949 valuations 4 per cent. higher overall than 1948; C Riding valuations, 6.6 per cent up, showed the greatest increase. A main roads programme for 1949, for £5619, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corowa Man Killed in Road Accident
WANGARATTA, Thurs: John Raymond Gale, aged 24, of Corowa, died in the Wangaratta Hospital at 8.10 this morning from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bronzewing Cycle Club 30 Miles Road Race
A 30 miles road race will be run on Sunday, 5th December at 3 p.m. on the Deniliquin road course, for the "Healing" cup, presented by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Men’s Association Three Moderates, Militant May Be Election
MELBOURNE, Thursday: [?] [?] and one militant appear[?] likely to be elected delegate to the Australian Council of[?]…
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