Waradgery Roads
Waradgery Shire, road plant was held up last month by shortage of operators, but this has now been overcome, the engineer…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
952 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 48
Train Statistics for December
The train figures for December, 1949, given by Mr. J. Buckley, Mathoura stationmaster, are as follow :…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airlift to Pick Up Stranded Train Passengers
VANCOUVER. Mon.: An airlift was organised yesterday to pick up 1500 passengers who have been stranded for three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Excess Weights on Roads Council’s Warning to Carriers
Carriers who haul loads of wheat and logs weighing over 20 tons in Mathoura are likely to be prosecuted following last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aid to Railway Station Staffs
Wangaratta is among 22 railway stations, in Victoria to be fitted with the public address system on passenger platforms. The system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →432 Road Deaths in Victoria Last Year
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Deaths from road accidents in Victoria during 1949 totalled 432—more than ever before. The chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring Pars And Personalities
Mr Colin Barber, country sales representative for G. M. H. is at the Globe Hotel. The affiliated motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local and General Bitumen Road
The Shire Council outdoors staff has been very busy in recent weeks preparing the two miles stretch of road towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Crash
Graphic pictures of the recent plane crash at Deniliquin show (top left) the bomber with the port engine and propellor dug…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Popularity of Corowa Aerodrome
Passengers for air travel to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, from Corowa and large surrounding districts continue at a high level,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bitumen Roads Extending Wakool Shire Active
Wakool Shire Council has recently decided to extend bituminous roads in many parts of the shire where the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corowa Con Stable, Wife, in Road Smash
WAGGA, Son.: A police constable and his wife were involved in a motor accident on Hume Highway near Colac on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Has Already Deprived Motorists of Nearly 3 Million Gallons of Petrol SYDNEY
THERE was no sign tonight of a settlement of the strike of Shell Oil Co. employes, which began more than two weeks ago, and is now influencing the Government’s decision on whether petrol rationing should continue or not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Fire Near Bridge
The fire brigade was called out at about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening last to a grass fire on the southern side of the bridge approach between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unknown Man’s Body on Road
SYDNEY, Mon.: The unidentified body of a 65 year old man was found lying on the roadway in Grose Vale Road, Kurrajong,…
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Several R.S.C.M.C.C. members visited Melbourne over the weekend, and witnessed the motor races at Fisherman’s [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Few Motorists Seek Petrol Tickets
SYDNEY, Tues.: Motorists’ confidence in the early lifting of petrol rationing was reflected by the small number of people who lined…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toll of the Road
South Australian Road Safety Council draws attention to the mounting cost of road accidents. In 1939 road accident victims took up 12,070…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists Must Stop at Halt Signs
A spokesman for the N.R.M.A. and the Royal Automobile club of Australia. last weekend advised motorists to interpret literally "halt" signs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Diesel Rail Motor Service
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Secretary for Railways (Mr. S. R. Nicholas) announced to-day that a diesel rail motor train will begin…
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