Lockhart Council Asked for Road Works
At the last meeting of Lockhart Shire Council Munyable Agricultural Bureau asked for further attention to Henty-Pleasant Hills road, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
859 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 43
Cycling 20-Mile Road Race for
On Sunday the Cycle Club will hold another road race, this time over a distance of 20 miles. It will be run five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Railways Have Uphill Fight
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Goods traffic hauled by the NSW railways has Increased by 23 per cent since 1938-39, according to…
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LITHGOW, Fri.: The Railway Department has suspended a Lithgow guard for refusing to work trains…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Train Guards’ Battle with Poisonous Snakes
TOKIO, Friday: Japanese train guards today battled for 40 minutes to hold back 70 poisonous snakes which broke loose in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling Sunday’s Road Race
Wodonga-Albury Amateur Cycle Club will stage a road race on Sunday. It will start from Sar’s Hotel, Lavington, at 2 p.m. Handicaps are: K. Maynard,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →District Doings Pars From All Parts Diesel Train
The diesel motor coach, at present being used by Victorian Railways for its restricted Deniliquin passenger service has been "favourably commented…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vic. Railways Losing £100,000 a Week
MELBOURNE, Mon. : The Victorian railways are losing £100,000 a week in revenue because of the restrictions imposed as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wodonga Motor Cycle Display
So successful was a recent display of motor cycles arranged by Mr. R. W. Baker, of High St., Wodonga, that a further showing has…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: State Cabinet today, decided to increase the fees for the registration of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →For the Motorist Motoring Pars and Personalities
ALBURY district section of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce held its August meeting at Corowa last night. A large number of members from Albury and district were present, and some important matters were discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring Through Snow
Australian motorists have as a rule little experience of driving through snow which demands additional precautions, hence some…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Safety Council Head Urges Caution for Motorists
"Will you be alive this time next week?" asks T. G. Paterson, Chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council, in a back-cover statement…
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LONDON, Thursday.: British heavyweight boxing champion Bruce Woodcock was today injured in a motor lorry accident near Doncaster. He…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mail Arrives at Albury by Road
Albury and district mail being unloaded from a Sydney-bound semi-trailer at the Albury post office yesterday. The transport, which is a special, carried Sydney mail to Melbourne over the week-end and is on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tennis Railway-toorak to Decide Men’s A. Grade Pennant
POSTPONED Last Saturday because of wet weather, the grand final of the A.B.L.T.A. ’s men’s A. grade winter penant competition between Railway and Toorak should [?] an exciting game…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Items of News New Train Times
Commencing from Wednesday, August 10, the Albury express, usually leaving Albury at 8.9 a.m. will depart at 8.40 a.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Charged Following Lorry-tram Crash
SYDNEY, Friday: Eleven people, including, a number of school-children, were injured when the side of a tram was ripped open in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Woman Doctor Heroine of Train Crash
LONDON, Sun.: Dr Jean Levett, of Surrey, was the heroine of a train crash at Euston station yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Road Accidents Neutralising Migration Gain”
MELBOURNE, Sun, ; Australia’s gain in population by immigration would be substantially [?]lised by a high accident rate on…
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