Cycling Albury Win Road Premiership
On Sunday afternoon Albury proved too strong for the visiting cycling teams and won the Riverina road premiership for the second…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
952 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 48
P.M.G. Truck Crashes on Deniliquin-Mathoura Road
Attest Alfred Carrie of Mathoura, sustained cuts to Ms forehead and a sprained shoulder when the steering failed on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray Shire First Council with “Master Plan” for Road Construction
MURRAY SHIRE—the first council to discuss the Deniliquin A.P.P.U. suggestion of a “Master Plan” to guide the development of district roads—decided yesterday day to ask the Department of Main Roads would it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Fined £20 For Allegedly Riding Under the Influence
Pleading guilty in Albury Court yesterday to a charge of having on September 9 ridden a motor cycle whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a 21-year-old Lavington laborer was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Fined £20; Licence Suspended
In Chiltern court on Friday Laurie William Hardman, 36, of Skipton, was charged with failing to stop and render…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →30 Soldiers Dead in Train Disaster
COLUMBUS (Ohio). Tues.: Thirty soldiers are now known to have lost, their lives when the passenger express, “Spirit of St…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the MOTORIST One Second From Eternity Train Fireman’s Message (With Acknowledgement to the Locomotive Journal)
Seconds before the train reached the crossings, a car darted on to the tracks. For an instant that seemed an eternity to the men in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Practice for Motor Cyclists
Riverina Sporting Car and Motor cycle Club members are advised that an official practice will be held on the scramble course, Union…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →For the MOTORIST Motoring Pars and Personalities
Satisfaction of show visitors and motoring concerns alike, resulted from the fine displays of cars, trucks, tractors and motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Better Roads for Murray Valley
Legislation to extend the Federal Aid Roads scheme will be discussed by the Commonwealth Parliament this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Seeks £8911 Grant for Roads
A grant of £8911 is to be sought by Murray Shire Council under provisions of the Commonwealth Aid Roads and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Highway 20 Acquired by Main Roads Department
The complete acquisition by the Main Road Department of State Highway 20—the Finley road—becomes operative on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Decapitated By Goods Train At Henty
A man was decapitated when struck by a goods train near the Yankee Crossing, Henty, on Sunday night. He was Alfred Geoffrey Houseman, aged 34 years, of Sydney, and it is believed he was hit by the 1 a.m. Henty-Albury goods train on Monday morning. When…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Rules for Children Drawings and Rhymes
As a contribution to the Australian Road Safety Council's 'Life is So Precious' campaign, the C.O.R. Ltd. has decided to conduct another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Additional District Roads Listed In Application For Grant Under Commonwealth Aid Decision at Culcairn Shire Meeting
At a meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council held on Monday, it was resolved that the following additional district roads be included in the application for a grant under the Commonwealth Aid Roads and Works Act: Alma Park Cemetery Road (east-west), Henty-Walla Road (south…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Slug For Rail, Tram, Bus Users Must Pay an Extra £13 Mil. Yearly Sydney
Sharp increases in railway freight rates and fares recommended by the Director of Transport and Highways will come before the Parliamentary Labor Caucus meeting next Wednesday. With his proposed increases—considered by many private members as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wangaratta Train at Rutherglen
Wangaratta are evidently not going to take any chances against North Albury in the O. & M. League premiership…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →All Roads Led to Wangaratta
“All roads lead to Wangaratta” would have been an apt slogan on Saturday. A “Mail” representative who covered the O and M League…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Person Dies Every Six Hours on Our Roads, Minister Says CANBERRA
One person was killed on the roods every six hours. One person was injured every 20 minutes, and there was one accident every 12 minutes. The Minister for Transport (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Jumped Train and Was Killed”
A Sydney “while you wait” photographer had apparently “jumped” a Sydney-bound train, fallen from it and knocked…
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