Show Train May Visit Albury
MELBOURNE Thurs.: Centenary jubilee train, which will visit 140 country centres and travel a total of 5350…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
952 stories in Murray's papers · page 47 of 48
Ratepayer’s Thanks for Road Improvements
Expressing appreciation of work carried out on the Conargo-Carrathool road, Mr. W. Bull, of “Waringah,”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preparations for Sealing Trunk Road 57 Work to Be Proceeded with by Culcairn Shire Council
At the first meeting of the newly-elected Culcairn Shire Council held on Monday it was decided, on the motion of Crs. L. C. Lindner and C. A. Lee, that the sealing of Main Road 125 through Walbundrie be included in the first year's programme of sealing; and, on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accident Near Howlong
On Wednesday night last at [?] it 8 o'clock, two travellers representing Holeproof. Hosiery, Melbourne, met with a serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Woman Killed in Motor Smash
A 22-year-old girl engaged to be married soon was killed in a motor smash near Wakool township on Wednesday evening. She was Miss Shirley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Hymn
CANBERRA, Fri.: A Christmas road safety hymn has been prepared by Australian Road Safety Council, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed by Train
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Mrs Rachel Bruce, 55, of Heather Grove, Cheltenham, was killed instantly when run over by a Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Killed in Fall Under Train
SYDNEY, Sun.: Passengers helped to lift up the wheels of a train to get a man from between the carriage and the platform at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Die in Road Accidents
MELBOURNE Sun.: Three people died as the result of road accidents over the weekend. When the utility truck he was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Guard Killed
WERRIS CREEK, Sun.: A railway guard, Wesley T. Webster, 43, of Merrylands, was killed when two goods trains collided head-on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maude Bridge Agreement at Last
AGREEMENT on the Maude bridge being built on a low-level, without—at present—a lifting span has brought this scheme to the stage where fresh plans can be prepared it was reported to the Waradgery Shire Council meeting on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rode Motor Cycle TOO Fast
Two Lavington motor [?] were fined yesterday on charges of speeding. Ernest William Bruce McGuigan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the MOTORIST Motoring Pars and Personalities Highways of Australia
Motor Manual’s 224-page Tourist Guide, which has just been published, comprises two-color road mans of every part of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Increase in Road Accidents
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Road traffic accidents in Victoria during the months of July, August and September increased by 104…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Queen’s Bridge Drowning Man for Trial on Murder Charge Melbourne
The City Coroner (Mr Burled, S.M.) today committed for trial Harold Roy Francis, 32, of Sf. Kildd, on a charge of murder. Mr Burke committed Francis after finding…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →N.z. Railwaymen to Strike
AUCKLAND, Wed: Operating railwaymen in the Auckland district will go on strike as from midnight tonight in support of their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Blitz” on Careless Motorists
MELBOURNE, Wed: Rural and urban fire brigade patrolmen throughout Victoria today received instructions to “stage a blitz”…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Danger of Speed on Country Roads
Evidence that care-free motorists are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on country roads or outer-metro-politan highways, and that many are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jubilee Train at Deniliquin in May
The special Jubilee Centenary train which tours Victoria next year will be at Deniliquin on May 3 and 4…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advice to Motor Campers
The N.R.M.A. gives the following advice to motorists who propose to go on camping holidays this summer…
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