Items of News Road Transport Charges Suspended
In view of the desperate rail position, charges imposed on road transport operators in competition with the railways in NSW have…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
859 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 43
Cycling. 20 Bole Road Race Next
On Sunday another of the Bronze-wing Cycle Club road races will be held, over a distance of 20 miles. The race will start from the Post Office…
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Under NSW Raul way Department’s restrictions no special trains are now run. Therefore, 400 displaced persons to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£2210 Allocated for Work on Barham Road Application for RE-APPORTIONMENT(To the editor)
Madam, — F desire to correct an impression that may be gained by Murray Shire ratepayers from the paragraph appearing in your…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Railway Station Casuals Suffer Big Wage Loss
MOST serious effect of the coal shortage in Albury is felt at the railway station, where passenger traffic has been reduced to a minimum, goods traffic to less than a third, and the income of more than 300 casual porters from £3000 to little more than £1000 a week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FIVE [?] in Road Accidents in Victoria Melbourne
FIVE people were killed in road accidents in Victoria this week-end the heaviest death toll for some weeks. More than 20 people were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WHITT0N Route of Main Road
Carrathool Shire Council will support the Whitton Progress Association in asking that the new main road run along the town's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Crisis Emergency Measures Restricted train Servies
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—No moves to settle the coal strike are reported to-day, as the State and Federal Governments prepare for a long drawn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Transports Rushing Food to Sydney Sydney
FOOD supplies to Sydney are expected to increase when co-ordinating transport authorities take over control, probably to-morrow. Motor transports have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Week-end Trams; No Gas Threat Melbourne
A SPECIAL meeting of State Cabinet, tonight decided to [?] all weekend tram services in Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong, and to ban immediately all. electric outdoor signs and advertising…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney’s Tram Services Cut
SYDNEY, Tues.: Sydney peak hour tram services will be cut by 33 per cent from tomorrow, the Transport Co-ordinator (Mr Winsor)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
MUCH research has been put into the manufacture of hydraulic brake fluids so they will not thicken up in use or cause softening of the rubber hoses or connections, which could be dangerous. Motorists are advised to have their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tram, Train Cuts; No Tourist Ruses
SYDNEY,. Wed.: Train and tram services are to be cut still farther and tourist bases will stop from tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Seek To Stand Down Men Without Pay
SYDNEY, Wed.: Permission was today sought from the Federal Arbitration Court by the Railway Commissioner and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carrathool Road Works
The hold-up in plant repairs, which wins reported at the May meeting to be crippling Carrathol road work, has been overcome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Tarpaulin
A charge against William Frederick Mullins, of Quaker's Hill, carrier, of having in his custody a tarpaulin which might reasonably be suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Admiring Train
Robert Rosborough admires a train in the hobbies section of the doll, toy and cake show competition at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gravel For Holbrook Roads
Workmen obtaining gravel from Mr. C. H. Bowler’s property for road surfacing and other works being carried out by Holbrook Shire Council Over 36,000 cubic yards of gravel was hauled and spread in the last year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Family’s Home Was Train Carriage
LONDON, Fri.: Three little sisters whose mother “gave them up” because they were living in a converted train carriage on the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Youthful Motor Cyclist Killed
MELBOURNE, Sun.: One youth was killed and two were injured when a motor cycle outfit they were riding collided with a timber…
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