Glass Flies When Truck—tram Collide
MELBOURNE. Wed: When a truck carrying five tons of clay collided with a city bound tram at the corner of Sydney and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
859 stories in Murray's papers · page 41 of 43
Increase In Motor Registration, Licences
SYDNEY, Wed: Motor Traffic Fees (Amendment) Act which will become operative from tomorrow provides for an…
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A motor car and a utility truck were badly damaged when they collided at the intersection of David and Smollett sts. about 1.30…
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MELBOURNE. Thursday.: Four methods of reducing road accident toll were recommended by the conference of Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →31 Escape Death When Train Hits Parlor Bus Melbourne
THIRTY-ONE people escaped death tonight when an express train struck a parlor bus on the Morwell crossing. Police and local residents rushed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Telegraphic Equipment for Railways
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Equipment valued at about £18,000 to link Melbourne and Sydney railway telegraph offices by carrier…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of News Motor Cyclist Speedster Fined
For having ridden his motor cycle in a built up area at an excessive speed, Charles John Cugley, of Newmarket, was fined £3…
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Mr. E. T. Kendell, M.L.A., forwards the following communication received from the Minister for Public Works and Local…
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VIENNA, Tues.: Rumania has introduced labor service for road repairs. All men between the ages of 18 and 56 and women between…
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A serious motoring accident occurred on Wednesday evening last between Cootamundra and Junee when a party of Narandera…
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About 12.15. p.m. yesterday motor cycle, owned by Mr Eric George, of Wollongong, caught fire outside the Riverina Cafe, Dean…
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During -the recent coal strike it is reported that it was necessary for Shell delivery wagons to travel, in all States, an additional 142,000…
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Colonel Waite, chairman of directors of the Austin Motor Co., England, plans to make his second trip to Australia next January…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Two Men Injured. Smash at Railway Crossing
On Sunday afternoon last a very nasty smash occurred at the railway crossing over a mile west of Berrigan, in which two men were badly injured,…
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HONG KONG, Wed (AAP-Reuter) : At the request of the Communists, trade has resumed on a restricted basis, on the…
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CAIRO, Thurs.: Six persons were killed and 31 were injured when the Cairo-Alexandria express crashed into a…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The Railways Commissioners said today that an extra train (in addition to those previously announce…
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Three men had a narrow escape from serious injury on Friday afternoon last when a huge semi-trailer left the road just north on Henty and crashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snowy River Scheme Slows Down Albury Road Job
TEMPORARY withdrawal of the contractor’s road making equipment of work on the Snowy River hydro-electricity scheme and his difficulty in obtaining suitable labor are delaying: completion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Motorists Accused
Further complaints of the manner in [?] Albury motorists flagrantly ignore the rules of the road by speeding through…
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