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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

952 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 48

Albury-wodonga Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 11

Sir,—Another accident on the Albury-Wodonga “bottleneck”! Just how many accidents, fatal or otherwise, are necessary…

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Navies Train Near China

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday : Joint Anglo-American naval manoeuvres will be held 600 miles off the coast…

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Irrigation Roads Whose Responsibility?

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 4

The perennial question of responsibility for roadwork in the Hay Irrigation Area, cropped up again last Tuesday, with a request…

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Road Transport of Superphosphate -- Permits will be Granted

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

"Wheatgrowers who are experiencing delays in the delivery of superphosphate can obtain from the Commissioner of Road Transport…

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Culcairn Shire Council Rejects Proposal To Finance Bitumenising Trunk Road 57

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council, held at Culcairn on Monday, Wagga and District Chamber of Commerce sought the co-operation of council in respect to its portion of Trunk Road 57, and asked would it be possible for council to put a black top on its portion…

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Railways and Basic Wage

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Fri: Railways could not be regarded as business undertakings unable to afford financial losses incurred by the…

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Road Takes Six Lives in Victoria Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

SIX PEOPLE were killed and many others injured in road accidents over the weekend. This was the heaviest road toll for many years. A 20-year-old RAAF…

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Fire at Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun : Fire swept through the railway station at Gunnedah, completely destroying the roof and causing damage…

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"The Bridge"

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

A SHOT rang out—echoed and re-echoed. Wykeham stood surprised; his carriers dismayed. Sullen before, they were now…

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Freedom of the Road

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

A little toddler and his tricycle provided amusement for a number of people in Dean st yesterday afternoon. He was riding the…

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Woman Dies After Train Car Smash

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Seriously injured in a collision between a train and a ear at the Diamond Creek level crossing…

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Volunteer Effort for Cemetery Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

The Mayor has been asked by the Municipal Council to organise a volunteer effort to loam a quarter of a mile of the Cemetery…

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Melbourne Trams May Stop

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Melbourne is threatened with a tramway strike following State Cabinet’s decision today not to intervene in…

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Police Talk of Safety on the Roads

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 7

The Victorian Police Safety Squad, consisting of Sen, Constable E. R. Goddard and First Constables T. Erickson and W. Watson, lectured to Wodonga people last evening. The…

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American Train Driver on 10,000 Dollar Bail

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK. Tuesday : An electric train driver, Jacob Keifer, has been remanded until March 6 on 10,000 dollars’ bail…

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Refresher Course for Motor Mechanics

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 10

The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the NSW Dept of Technical Education, will conduct a six months’ refresher course for motor mechanics at Albury this year…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 10

Visiting motorists must certainly find the garden plots at the foot of Monument Hill as difficult to negotiate as the environs of…

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City Council to Seek Widening of Albury-Wodonga Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

Albury City Council last evening decided to seek the support of Wodonga Shire Council in its representations to the Country Roads Board for the duplication or widening of the Albury-Wodonga road. Decision followed a motion by Ald. J. F. Jelbart, who stated that since the councils’…

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No Trams in Melbourne Today

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Entire metropolitan area will be without trams tomorrow following an overwhelming vote by 2000…

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Road Transport of Superphosphate Permits Will Be Issued

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

"Wheatgrowers who are experiencing delays in the delivery of superphosphate can obtained from the Commission for Road Transport special…

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