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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

811 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 41

They Had the Road to Themselves

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

Under the watchful eye of the law, school-children had an uninterrupted passage across the Dean and Olive streets intersection at lunch-time yesterday. Busiest corner in Albury at this hour, the intersection is a starting point for cycles, which…

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Slept in Railway Culvert

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

Pleading guilty to both charges at Albury court yesterday, Roy Harold Collins,. [?] aged 50 was sentenced to the rising of…

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Constable Fell to Death From Motor Cycle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.—A coroner’s Inquest in Melbourne today failed to determine how Constable Maxwell Herbert Koop 28, of…

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Noisy Motor Cycles Result in Fines

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

Two men were fined in Albury Court yesterday for having ridden excessively noisy motor cycles. A motorist was fined…

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Unionists' Case Against Railways

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues — The Equity Court today adjourned an application for an injunction [?]ing the Railways Commissioner…

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“Drome Could Be As Useful As Railways”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

With the increasing interest of both townspeople and the council in the Albury aerodrome and the activities carried out there, he…

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Railway Casuals’ Rates of Pay

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Senior railway officers at Albury yesterday said they knew of no impending alteration in the system of paying casual laborers…

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Funeral Train Besieged Indians Pay Last Tribute to Gandhi

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 4

LONDON. Thurs: As the train bearing Gandhi’s ashes to the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Jumna slowly passed…

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[?]Ncil Object to Closing of Railway Crossing

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 3

Albury Council at its meeting Wednesday evening refused to [?] with the Railway Department that North st. railway gates…

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Competition with Railways Carrier Fined £10

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 3

Francis Henry Judd, Culcairn, was convicted at the Wagga Court on a charge of carrying goods by motor transport for a distance of more than…

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Road Trains to Freight Cattle to Abattoirs

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri: The meat firm of Tancred Bros, is carrying out an experiment in the transport of cattle from Queensland to NSW…

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Railway Gates Too Narrow

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 2

Width of the railway gates about a mile north of Table Top was criticised at Hume Shire Council meeting yesterday by. Cr A…

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U.k. Sells Railways to Argentina

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES, Fri.: A British trade mission, headed by Sir Clive Baillieu, will sail for England tonight, after having initialled a…

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Air Competition With Railways

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.—While air competition was causing loss of revenue to the Victorian Railways, it did not seem possible to…

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More Money Wanted for Country Roads

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.: Australian Council of Local Government Associations has decided to ask the Federal Government to increase the…

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Moth Lands Safely on Road

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 4

DARWIN, Sun.—A light plane made a forced landing on the main north-south road yesterday 14 miles from Mataranka. The…

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Motorist in Shower of Frogs

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.: A motorist last night ran into a shower of frogs in Milperra road, near Liverpool He was driving from Camden…

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“Clear Russian Road Block with Atom Bomb”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

MANILA, Mon.: Senator [?] Arranz, the Philippines member of the U.N. Korean Commission, said today, “We may find it…

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Airlines Affect' Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

Australian railways are losing at least £21 million a year In revenue because of air competition, the Australlan Transport Advisory Council…

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Items of News Pedestrians v. MOTORISTS

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Repairs to Dean street intersections have obliterated the yellow lines marking the crossing lanes. Pedestrians know where the…

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