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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

952 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 48

Tram Union Deregistered. Court Acts; Strike Sequel

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday : The Tramway Employes’ Association is to be deregistered immediately on a Federal…

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Railwaymen’s Ban on Expresses Off

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Railway unions decided tonight to postpone indefinitely a decision to placea ban m the working and…

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Deniliquin’s First 100 Years Free Selection, Railway Were Population Pointers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

DENILIQUIN’S population increase from 155 residents in 1118 in 1871 was probably due to the impetus created by free selection. By the end of the next 10 years the population…

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Mr. Mitchell Will Help Fight for New Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 7

Mr. T. W. Mitchell, M.L.A, commenting on the dangerous state of Union Bridge, said yesterday that he and his…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 3

A young motor cyclist was fatally injured in Wangaratta last evening. He was JOHN EDWIN…

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Holiday Train Visits Bright

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

About 40 members of the Holiday Train Association visited Bright recently in the diesel rail car. They toured the district and visited Kiewa hydro-electric scheme. Picture shows local residents farewelling the…

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The Scandal of the Roads

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

One of the things Mr Fadden, the Federal Treasurer, has been somewhat cagey about since the election is the disposal of the huge annual sum (it was £16 million a year two-years ago, and must have increased since petrol rationing was…

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Injured Man Spends Night on Road

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Mr George William Vinge, of “Toonallook” Station, spent a night in agony on Saturday when he fell 12 feet into a creek after…

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Tram Strike Settlement Hopes Dim

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun.: The possibility of the Melbourne tram strike, now in its fifth week, being settled at an early date was…

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Cycling Road Race at Culcairn

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 12

Culcairn Cycle Club held a 15 miles road race on Sunday. Results: H. Listen 1, B. Reynolds 2, M. Church 3. Fastest time: H. Hensel, 34 mins…

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Washaways, Bogs, Scours on Roads (RAIN, contemned from Page One, Conium Three)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 4

Barham road, within about 5 miles of Deniliquin, has three major washaways. The one nearest Deniliquin is just north…

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Utility, Motor Cycle and Bicycle in Smash

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

When a utility truck was making a right hand turn in Wodonga Place last evening, a bicycle crashed into the back of it and…

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Competed with Railways

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

Anthony Frears Baff (33), transport driver, was fined £20 with 21/ costs at Albury Court yesterday on a charge of unlawfully…

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Strike in Motor Works Collapses

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 7

PARIS, Mon.: The three-week-old strike at the Government owned Renault motor works in Paris has been called off. An…

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Trammies Plan Long Strike

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The deregistered Tramway Employe’s Union today decided to intensify its plan to win support for the…

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District Drenched, Swamped by Week-End Deluge River Rises Six Feet— Railway Line Scoured— Mail Services Disrupted

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

VAST sheets of water have formed in and around Deniliquin following a week-end deluge of 493 points. All mails—surface and- air—were disrupted; bridges [?]were swept away, and roads scoured by the rush of…

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More Police for Road Safety

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 12

Delay by the Government in appointing additional police to the Safety Bureau for the prevention of road accidents is…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 12

The United States has 614 million licensed drivers for the nation’s 33.3 million registered passengers, a ratio of three drivers to…

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Big Theft at Albury Railways Goods Yards

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

Albury and railway detectives are investigating the theft of 16 rolls of suiting material from the Albury railways goods yards. The suiting is valued at £1200…

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A Temporary Road ?!?

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

In Parliament last week, the Minister for Transport promised to provide facilities —by means of a temporary…

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