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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

952 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 48

Big Electrification Plans for Railways

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 7

New electric locomotives to the value of £1,316,000 have been ordered by the Victorian Railways for the Gippsland line. Albury will precede sectional…

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Wangaratta News Items Wangaratta, Mon. a Connecting Road

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 11

Deputation which was to have waited on the Country Roads Board to ask the Board to fix the route for the completion of the…

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Hope Yet for Maude Bridge Minister May Cut Navigation Tangle

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 1

THE president of the Waradgery Shire told his Council last week that his interview with the Maritime Services Board's representative on the Maude bridge proposal, secured through the good offices of Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., could not be…

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“Pastoral Times” Photos of Extensively Damaged Deniliquin - Hay Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 1

Mr. Reg Rose stands in the [?]eep hole at Nyangay Creek [?]ridge at the 48 mile. Note trac[?] dragging scoop…

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Increase in Railway Passengers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 4

More passengers travelled in March this year than last, numbers increasing from 82 to 122, revealed the stationmaster (Mr…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 13

There is new hope for all who suffer from car sickness as a result of a new tablet tried, on “Queen Mary” passengers recently…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 12

The International Motor Show at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, is “playing to packed houses,” and certainly fulfils the Ambition of the Chamber of Automotive industries — that of “decentralising the…

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Many Seek Tram Jobs

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Chairman of the Tramways Board (Mr Risson) said today that resignations from the tramways service…

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Want Improved Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

Representatives of Wodonga women’s organisations yesterday asked Wodonga Shire Council to consider improvements to the…

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Wodonga Train Strongly

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 12

Wodonga pleased their supporters with a win over Myrtleford —a team which showed it will provide stiff opposition to all-comers…

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Road Position Nearly Normal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

With the falling of the Murrumbidgee waters the road position around Hay is rapidly returning to normal…

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Summary of Road Damage

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

The effort of [?] land holders in constructions a temporary diversion and cross-ing on Thyra Road following…

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“Japan at Cross Roads” —Turning to Left”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK. Thurs.: Conditions were working in favor of the Communist cause in Japan which now stood at the…

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Assaulted and Robbed on Outback Road

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

IN the Hay Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, two men were committed for trial on charge of assault and robbery on an elderly man, Theo. Garner, on the Booligal-Mossgiel road, and also of alternative charges of maliciously doing him…

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Mathoura News Summary of Road Damage

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

In a survey of storm water damage caused to domestic roads the Murray Shire engi-neer Mr. H. Bronnen…

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Britons to Tram Our Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.: A great number of British servicemen were wanted for the expansion and development of…

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Migrant Killed on Wodonga Road

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

A 25 -year-old New Australian, Istvan Burszan, died in Albury District Hospital shortly after 6 o’clock last evening from injuries suffered a few hours earlier when his motor cycle collided…

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Dying Girl Found on Road

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: A 19-year-old girl, found lying on a road in National Park this morning, shockingly injured…

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Another Tram Strike Threatened in Melbourne Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 1

Melbourne is threatened with another tram strike because a bus driver at Hawthorn depot was stood down yesterday for refusing to act as a temporary conductor. The Tramways Union has…

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Four Die in Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Four persons were killed and at least 17 others injured in road accidents throughout the State…

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