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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

952 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 48

Washaways on Railway [?] Line Repaired

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.: Rail connec[?] between Broken Hill and Adel[?] was restored tonight. Torren[?] rains during the past, few day[?]…

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Important Roads’ Intersection

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

The Municipal Council, at its meeting next week, will peruse tenders for formation work in connection with the…

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Tumbarumba-wagga Road Conference

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5

A conference convened to meet the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) and Mr. D. G. Padman (Member for Albury)…

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Apprentices Wanted By Victorian Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

Never in the history of the Victorian Railways have prospects for advancement been brighter for the apprentice than they are to-day…

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Speeding Motor Cyclist Barred From Riding For the Next 12 Months

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

ROBERT JAMES MILLER, 19-year-old member of the RAAF, stationed at Ettamogati, was fined £10 in Albury Court yesterday by Mr. Quiggin, S.M., for having ridden his motor cycle on January 28 in a…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 10

MOTORISTS will await with interest an announcement on the future of petrol rationing; to be broadcast by the Prime Minister at 7.45 o’clock to night. Speaking in Albury yesterday,…

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Tram Driver Shot Five Times

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wed.: A 43-year-old tram driver was shot five times in the left side and lower body near Waverley tram…

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Rain. Most Roads Blocked

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 2

Waradgery Shire Office advises this morning that most roads put of Hay must be regarded as impassable for ordinary traffic…

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Bridge Club Owner Fined

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY Fri.: Joseph Stephens, 38, Proprietor of the Burke Bridge club, King’s Cross, was fined £ 30 in…

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Eastern Road Lines Takes Over Albury Service

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

Re-organisation of bus routes in East and West Albury to provide more direct travel and more frequeent scedules is likely…

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Motor Czar Here Again

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 5

Lord Nuffield, 73-year-old motor car magnate and philanthropist, arrived in Australia recently to discuss the…

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20 Killed in Train Crash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 7

PARIS, Sun.: Twenty persons were killed and 38 seriously injured when two diesel trains crashed in Southern France early yesterday…

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Race to Save Car From Oncoming Train SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 3

RAILWAY officials raced against time today to stop a goods train at Lawson, on the Blue Mountains, after a car containing five people crashed 30 feet over an embankment on to…

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No Tram Strike Yet in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Melbourne’s threatened tram strike has been averted temporarily. Meeting of off-duty members of…

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Road Contracts Worth £3052

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 4

Two important road world tenders were yesterday accepted by Murray Shire Council Successful tenders was E. R…

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Graphic Pictures Of Yesterday’s Road Accident Worst Smash On Albury Wodonga Road For Tears

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1

SIX people were injured when a tourer car and an army jeep collided head- on about 4.30 yesterday afternoon. The smash occurred on Flanagan’s Creek bridge on the Albury-Wodonga road…

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Tram Workers to Ask for More

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Monday: Executive officers of the Tramway Employes’ Association will head a deputation to the Minister…

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Safety on the Roads

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 8

Wodonga branch of the RACV is assisting in the organisation for the visit of the Victorian Police Safety Squad which will lecture…

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Motor Collision Brings Fine

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 2

Sequel to a collision between a utility track and a motor car at the intersection of David and Smo[?] on November…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 10

AT a meeting of Sydney. Metropolitan Used Car Dealers' Association to be held in Sydney this week, it is proposed to draw up a list of average prices of used cars. It was stated in Albury yesterday that such a guide would…

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