42 Years as a Railwayman Almost a Constant Job
After 42 years as a railwayman at Deniliquin, Mr. William Murrells, 65, has retired. He was one of the last four originals of the old…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
811 stories in Murray's papers · page 39 of 41
And The Wine Flowed Freely—On The Road!
When two semi-trailers collided on the Hume Highway yesterday afternoon a considerable portion of a cargo of wine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Struck by Lightning: Collision Follows Sydney
A TORRENTIAL and winds accompanied by lightning, thunder and winds of up to 45 miles an hour struck Sydney shortly before 1 p.m. to-day. The storm lasted only half an hour and in that time a…
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A motor cyclist suffered lacerations tor the head about 6 p.m. yesterday, when his motor cycle collided with a gatepost at the…
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HANOVER, Sun: Seven people were killed and 11 others were injured when two trains collided between Hanover and Soltau…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Taxi in Near Disaster Wodonga Road Crash
Stout concrete posts and thick iron piping rails saved an Albury taxi cab from twice plunging 20 feet off a bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man’s Fall From Train Inquest Stout at Albury
Albury Deputy Coroner Break all on Saturday found that Henry White, 39. of 81 Kent at. Miller’s Point, North…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Toll of the Road Four Men - Boy Die Three Deaths Result From One Smash MELBOURNE
FOUR men and a boy lost their lives in road accidents at the week-end. Three died as the result of one smash. Two men were killed instantly…
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SYDNEY. Sunday,—A railway employe was electrocuted while standing on an engine tender near Liverpool railway station today…
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MELBOURNE, Sun. — Malcolm Stewart Fergus on. 44, of Portland rd., Coleraine, was fatally injured before midnight on…
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SYDNEY, Monday : Motoring organisations in all Australian States are preparing plans for a national campaign early next…
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SOME doubt still exists as to what days motor garages will close during the Christmas period. Motorists are urged to have their car overhauls done well before the holidays. It was learned in Albury yesterday that workshops of some…
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A motor [?] whose parents live [?] was killed in a [?] with a [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Transport Branch Holidays
Officer in charge of the road transport branch (Mr R. O’Brien) announced Christmas and New Year , holidays for the transport…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Government May Train Its Own Doctors Prime Minister’s Challenge to the B.M.A. Parliamentary Debate On National Health Bill. CANBERRA
ASTIR was caused in the House of Representatives to-day when the Prime Minister said if the British Medical Association (Australian branch) [?] with its present attitude towards the Government’s health and medicine schemes the Government would formulate a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£250,000. Theft from Railways in Past Year
During the past year property valued at £250,000 bad been stolen from railways in New South Wales, a police prosecutor (Sergt. Maizey) said in…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: Tacit agreement that motorists be permitted to pool their petrol rations for joint travel during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wodonga Pennant Railway to Be Tested by Yackandandah
Railway at home to Yackandah in the Wodonga competition will be tested in a close match at Wodonga tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →American Marines May Be Moved Into Shanghai “Would Protect Nationals’ Lives” Vital Railway Line Cut SHANGHAI
UNITED STATES Marines would be moved into Shanghai in an emergency to protect American [?]es, Admiral Oscar C. Badger, commander of the [?]erican fleet in the Western Pacific, announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car-truck Wrecked at Bethanga Bridge
Crushed cabin and wrecked tray of truck after it had collided with a car. Truck was driven by Eric…
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