Appeal to Railway Trackmen
The Railways Commissioners state that the rapidly drying grass in portions of the Northern districts may be a serious fire…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
952 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 48
Speed Danger on Country Roads
Evidence that care-free motorists are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on country roads or outer-metropolitan highways, and…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: The secretary of the Victorian Road Transport Association: (Mr C. Pullman said today that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Auctioneer Injured in Road Accident
Well known Corowa auctioneer, Mr Darcy Fraser, was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital on Monday night after his arm had…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tram Strike to Go on
BRISBANE; Tues.: Thousands of people were stranded without transport in Brisbane today following a sudden strike by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
At the annual general meeting of Riverina Sporting Car and Motor Cycle Club, Mr R. McNevin was elected president for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Disaster in Italy
ROME, Wed.: Ten persons were killed and 80 were injured last night when the Naples [?] express [?] into the back of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boxing “End of Road” Woodcock Loses Title
LONDON, Wed.: Jack Gardner won the British Empire heavy-weight title last when, in one of the most exciting…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →“Ignorance of Road Safety in Albury” Surprises
Albury pedestrions and cyclists do not know the first thing about road safety and the lock of serious accidents in the city is due solely to the courtesy of motorists. , That is the opinion which Mr M. W. Plate, field officer for the Road…
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OSLO. Thurs.: Twelve people were killed, and more than 30 were seriously, injured yesterday when Oslo’s “Lightning Express'”…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Restoration to Cost £1,200,000
The cost of restoring main roads damaged by floods and storms this year is estimated at not less than £1,200,000. The estimate is given in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Move to Try and Cut Road Accidents
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Appalled by the shacking number of road accidents the Australian. National Road Safety Council would…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wodonga Widow Seeks £20,000 Damages Lost Husband in Road Crash
Widow of a Wodonga Football Club official who was one of three men killed when a footballers’ bus returning from a match Wangaratta on July 16, 1949, crashed into a stationary semi-trailer three miles from Chiltern is claiming £20,000 damages from the owners and drivers of…
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BELLE MINA (Alabama), Sun.: Six persons were killed at a railway crossing on Friday when their car skidded into the path of a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Polio Victim Killed in Road Smash
SYDNEY, Sun.: A 17 year old girl polio victim was killed instantly in a car collision at the corner of Victoria road and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Deadlock in Vic. Railway Strike Guards Vote Against Going Back to Work MELBOURNE
Victoria’s fire weeks’ old rail strike reached a new deadlock tonight when 400 goods train guards at a mass meeting rated almost unanimously in favor of continuing the strike. Conciliation Commissioner Hall has already intimated that although…
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A report to the Waradgery Shire Council by the engineer (Mr. G. Dallas) said that emergency action had to be taken to repair a construction defect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Road Toll
BRISBANE, Mon.: Five people were killed in week-end road accidents in Queensland, including a six-month-old baby. There were 13…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Old Sydney Road Being Re-aligned
A start has been made on the re-alignment of Old Sydney rd. from the Guinea st. railway bridge to the speed coursing ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alp Group’s Bid to End Railway Strike Melbourne
At tomorrow’s moss meeting of railwaymen called by the ALP Industrial Group within the Australian Railways Union, a determined move is expected to be mode for a resumption of work, and thus bring to on end Victoria’s 36-day-old railway strike…
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