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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

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Hay Aerodrome Further Works Proposed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 2

Waradgery Shire Council will share the cost of further works proposed on the Hay Aerodrome, in anticipation of the…

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Murrumbidgee Roads

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 2

Amongst road matters before Murrumbidgee Shire Council's last meeting was the kerbing and guttering programme in…

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Australia’s 1¼ Million Motorists Urged to Vote Out Chifley Government SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 1

LEAFLETS urging defeat of the Chifley Government are to be distributed among Australia’s 1,250,000 motorists by service stations in five States. The leaflets are being: prepared by the Automotive Chambers of Commerce in an endeavor to assure adequate supplies of unrationed petrol…

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Motor Cyclists Fined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 9

Pleading guilty to having permitted an unlicensed rider to ride his motor cycle, Edward Charles Kirkwood, of Hume st.,…

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Stock Train in Crash

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tucs: A stock train crashed into the back of a Hoe of .stationary tracks, also carrying stock, at Newmarket…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 15

“Farming For The Future” is the title of a documentary film to be screened at the plaza Theatre, Albury, tonight, under…

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Road Traffic Census

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 2

At the request of the Department of Main Roads, the Albury Council’s engineering staff conducted a road traffic census in…

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The Coreen-Daysdale Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 5

At last Monday's meeting of the Coreen Shire Council there was some discussion regarding that portion of the Corowa Urana road…

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Local and General News Council to Press for Road Signs

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Conley (shire clerk) has informed Mr. J. Klemke, secretary of Henty branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, that the matter of…

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Items of News Migrant Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 2

Vice Harangozo, migrant, from Bonegilla, suffered lacerations to the left ankle last evening when the motor cycle he was riding…

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Germany Has Started the Long Road Back Bonn

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 20

WESTERN Germany yesterday started on the “long road back.” The Bonn protocol marks the beginning of a new era in German affairs in which Germans will once again have a direct voice in their own future. The West German Chancellor (Dr Adenauer) appealed to Germans to realise that a…

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Deputation to Minister for Railways Extension of Vic. Line to Albury Sought

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 9

ALBURY and Wodonga stock agents, at a meeting yesterday, decided to make another effort to have the Victorian railway line extended to the Albury trucking yards…

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Plea for Concessional Railway Freights

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 11

ECHUCA, Fri.: Unless there is a change of policy on concessional railway freights by both Victorian and. NSW Governments,…

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Road Grant For District Shires

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 8

Details of road grants in the five shires in the region, made available by the Minister for Public Works and Local…

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N.S.W Grain Elevators and Railway set Records in Wheat Handling

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 1

During the past two wheat seasons, 194748 and 194849, the NSW Government Grain Elevation handled over 100 million bushels of wheat…

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Want Railway Line Extended

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

The Albury and Wodonga Stock Agents’ Association has asked Mr Padman, MLA, to arrange with the NSW Minister for Railways to…

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Speeding Motor Cyclist Fined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 9

Bruce McGuigan, Lavington, was yesterday fined £3. plus 10/ court costs, in Albury Court by Mr Quiggin, SM. for having driven…

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Syphoned Petrol From Truck Motor Cyclist Fined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 9

According to evidence in, Albury Court yesterday, a motor cyclist caught syphoning petrol from a motor lorry told police…

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Train the Nation

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 2

Compulsory call-ups were not necessary in peace-time, said Dr. Evatt at Canberra over the week-end. Dr. Evatt has misted himself. He went on to comment that the Opposition would lose votes for its compulsory training plan…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 15

Mr W. Clutterbuck, sales manager for Preston Modern Equipment Co., Melbourne, visited Albury yesterday. Preston Modern…

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