Motor Spirit Licences Available Next
People who applied for a motor spirit consumer's licence in readiness for the reintroduction of petrol rationing on November 15…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
859 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 43
The Railway Crisis
It can be no comfort to the Federal Government to learn, on the eve of the elections in which, the wheat vote is so important, that the N.S.W. Railways will probably be unable to handle the harvest. Still in silos in country and city are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snap Shots From the R. S. L. Sales Tax Exemption Motor Vehicles, Parts
The following ex-service personnel may apply for exemption from sales tax on the above: 1. Those who have lost a leg,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some Road Safety Rhymes in Bad Taste
CANBERRA, Fri.: Mr Chifley will examine complaints that Road Safety Council rhymes are offensive or in bad taste. At a press…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motorist Abducts Little Girl
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Police are searching for the motorist who abducted a 4 year old girl today, drove her several miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwaymen Risk Lives and Prevent Disastrous Explosion Lithgow
FIVE railwaymen risked their lives to clear two trucks loaded with explosives from a blazing building at Bowenfels last night. Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Won Motor Cycle Flag Race Heat
Jack [?] who, on his Sunbeam, was successful in the first heat of the motor cycle flag race at the rodeo and sports at Corowa…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Proposed Road to Link Riverina and South Coast
An alternative to the Tumbarumba route for a new road to link the Riverina with the NSW South Coast is to be submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Border Railway Freights
Retaliatory action by Victoria against New South Wales over railway freight rates on border traffic was referred to in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talking of Motorcars!
SYDNEY, Mon.: Bootes Ltd, Intends to double Its Australian output of cars as soon as possible. This was stated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
The plan of the State Prices Minister for a special subsidy on petrol used - for essential purposes is classed by the NRMA as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Trains in Ten Years
"Within 10 years we may see road trains running along rural routes in Queensland as the most modern development in motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diesel Motor Train Service
Victorian Railways hope to establish a part-time diesel motor train between Echuca and Deniliquin. This was stated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bandits Kill and Rob Train
HONG KONG, Thurs.: Ten Chinese passengers and Communist soldiers were killed on Tuesday evening when 200 bandits,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →1950 Main Roads Programme Prepared For Culcairn Shire
Mr. A. W. Kerle, shire engineer, reported to the monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council on Monday that the 1950 main and trunk roads maintenance and improvement programme had been prepared and totalled £8947, requiring a contribution by council of £2779…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Works in Walla Sub. Area
At Monday's meeting of Culcairn Shire Council, Cr. C. Tweddle moved that the following gravelling work be done by the council's truck in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra Week’s Holiday for N.s.w. Railway Men
SYDNEY, Thursday: NSW railwaymen will receive three weeks’ holidays instead of two weeks, from next year…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Would Prohibit Use of Motor Cycles Without Sidecars
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Legislation to prohibit the use of motor cycles without sidecars was urged by the general manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Train Times Announced
SYDNEY, Friday: New country railway time tables will operate from Sunday, November 27. Copies of the new time tables will be…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Two Young Men Killed in Road Accidents
GOSFORD. Sun.: Ronald Blair. 21. Cullen’s road. Kincumber. and Leslie John Barlow. 36. Station road. Point Clare, died in…
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