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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

952 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 48

Terrorists Wreck Train

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 6

SINGAPORE, Sun: Communist terrorists shot and killed a Eurasian enginedriver and wrecked a passenger train today between…

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Five Die in Passenger Train Smash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 5

BUENOS AIRES, Sun.: At least five persons were killed and 75 injured when the bridge across the Lujan River collapsed under…

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Big Shift of Wheat by Railways

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun.: The Railways Department has already transported six million bushels of this year’s near-record…

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Youthful Motor Cyclist Killed

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Nineteen-year-old Kenneth Pinchin, of Sydney road, Deniliquin, was killed today when his motor cycle…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 10

Display, of a motor cycle new to Australia, the G. Z, at Bruce S[?]ll Pty. Ltd., Albury has caused considerable comment among…

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£5 Million for Victorian Roads

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed: The Country Roads Board had allotted more than £5 million for work on main and unclassified roads during the…

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Road Hauliers May Form Branch

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 4

A meeting of district road transport operators will be held in Wodonga tomorrow night to consider the formation of a branch…

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Railway Line Not to Be Extended

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 3

The NSW Minister for Transport (Mr O’Sullivan) has advised Mr Padman, MLA, that he cannot accede to a request from…

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Big Freight Move by Railways

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.: Accumulated timber stocks on the north coast were moved during the Christmas holidays, the…

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Father, Son Killed When Motor Cycle Crashes

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A son going to get some milk discovered the bodies of his father and brother, which had been hidden…

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Excess Weights over District Roads and Bridges

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 1

A wheat laden motor transport with a gross weight of 30 tons had recently travelled through Canargo Shire, over…

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534 Died in Road Accidents Last Year

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon: Last year 534 persons were killed and 9350 injured in road accidents in NSW, compared with 539 killed and 8938…

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Wangaratta News Items Wangaratta, Mon.: Thoona-wangaratta Road

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 10

Wangaratta Shire Council today agreed to ask Mr Moss, MLA, to arrange a deputation to the Country Roads Board to ask that work…

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Several Motor Cyclists Fined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 4

Pleading guilty in Albury Court yesterday to having exceeded the speed limit and carrying a pillion passenger on…

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Two Motor Cyclists Off Roads, for 12 Months

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Two motor cyclists who were allegedly learning to ride, but who, according to evidence, were…

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By Passing Main Road

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

Mr. O. C. Smith. engineer, in a letter to the Borough Council suggested that the main (Hume) Highway should by-pass Wangaratta, by…

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Two Motor Cyclists Killed

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The bodies of two young motor cyclists lists were found today in a creek bed at the bottom of a hill…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 10

Many motorists do not remember the registered number of their car. However, the owner of an expensive motor…

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AERODROME Work Waits on Department

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

Details of the work on the aerodrome which the Waradgery Shire has agreed to carry out for the Joint Aerodrome Committee have…

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Big Load Crosses Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

Transports carrying sections of an R.A.A.F. but, lost over two hours getting it across the Hay bridge on Wednesday…

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