Woman Hurt in Road Smash
Mrs Maria Bout, 25, of Shelley, suffered a fractured left shoulder when the utility in which she was travelling with five other people…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Family of M.h.r. in Road Smash
CANBERRA, Sun.: Four members of the family of the newly elected member for McKellar, Mr. William Charles Wentworth,…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 23-year-old motor cyclist was fatally injured when a car collided with the machine in St Kilda yesterday…
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MOTOR vehicles in excess of three tons in weight are to be prohibited from using Wodonga Place, between Dean st and Smollett st., the town clerk (Mr Collings)…
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SYDNEY, Monday Commissioner for Railways (Mr Garside) said today that the Railway Department’s labor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Breaststroke’s” Swimming Notes Riverina Tyre Beats Deni. Motors In Challenge Match
ALTHOUGH most people welcomed the cool change on Saturday night, Swimming Club officials were disappointed. pointed. The attendance and entries at the carnival showed a marked decline…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision Near Billy Hughes’ Bridge
A motor lorry and a car were involved in a collision on Hume Highway near the overhead bridge, about seven miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retiring Railways Chief Farewelled
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Victorian Railways Commissioners made a presentation to the retiring chairman (Mr. N. C…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Motor Cycle Is the Poor Man’s Car
THE motor cycle, although dearer than in pre-war days, is still the “poor mail’s car,” and is becoming ever moire popular. Last year Albury Motor Office registered 183 motor cycles, some of which were old, but the majority new…
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Mr Frank Helm, of Marsh Helm Cycle Works, Albury, is holidaying in Melbourne. Engineers advise motorists that…
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First of the 1950 model cars to arrive in Albury is the Hillman “Minx” and the vehicle now on show at Passant’s Garage, Olive…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another £2000 Grant for Shire Roads
Following a communication from the Public Works Department, the Jerilderie Shire Council is making an application for a further grant…
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Members of the Albury City Council staff are now busy repairing the section of Dean street between Townsend street and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Over Bucki Creek On Cookardinia Road Culcairn Shire to Apply for a Grant
It was decided at the monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council last Monday, on the motion of Crs. Ross and Kendall, to make application to the Main Roads Department for funds to carry out the construction of a bridge over Bucki Creek on Henty-Cookardinia Road,…
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LONDON, Thurs.: The British Honduras is to receive an immediate release of £S250,000 from the Colonial Development and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Henty-culcairn Road (To the Editor.)
Dear Sir,—Re the Henty-Culcairn, main road. What a splendid advertisement for our town is this main road! Despite frequent requests for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chaos at Maude Ferry Course Sanded—battle for Bridge Goes on
WARADGERY Shire's negotiations for an interview with the Maritime Services Board over the proposal to build a timber bridge at Maude are going forward. While the river was yet high at the beginning of the year, it became necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Have the Laugh on British Motorists
LONDON, Fri.: Britons are to be forbidden to buy unrationed petrol at German filling stations when it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensioner Hit by Train, Dies
GUNDAGAI, Sun.: A Gundagai old age pensioner, who was shockingly injured when struck by a goods train here today,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →21 -Year-old Motor Cyclist Killed
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Twenty-one year old Roy Edwin Frederick Leyonhjelm, of Kiata, via Nhill, was fatally injured when his…
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