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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

834 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 42

Concrete Abatme[?] Bullatale Bridge [?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

To prevent [?] under the wooden [?] Murray Shire Council [?] ask the Department [?]…

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Clay Surfacing of [?] Roads Suggested

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6

Instead of gravel [?] for roads, it was sugg[?] a recent meeting of [?] Shire Council that [?]…

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Around the Clubs North Train Hard

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 11

Coach Bill King supervised training this week with his right hand swathed in plaster and bandages, as the result of a broken finger and knuckle,…

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District Roads Listed for Improvement Under commonwealth Aid Grant

The Observer · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council held on Monday, approval was given by the Department of Public Works of the council's amended schedule of works for the financial year 1950-51 under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act for the following district roans:…

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Mathoura News Road Works Exceed £36,235 £800 Profit on Plant Hire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

Murray Shire Council’s road works for the year 1950 exceeded £36,235, and over the same period a profit of £800…

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High Taxes Cause a Surplus of Motor Cars in Canada

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri. : Whilst Australia has a shortage of motor cars, Canada has a surplus, though production has been retarded by the shortage of steel and other materials…

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WALWA Upper Murray Road

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 5

Recently the Upper Murray Regional Committee considered the most efficient means of transport for Upper Murray was by road…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Approved Road Work

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 4

Following a number of requests Murrumbidgee Shire Council will authorise a programme of essential clearing and forming work on…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

Mrs. A. Larkin of Finley was killed on Friday night last May 18, 1951 when a chevrolet sedancar in which she was a…

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A Hit-run Motorist

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

There was one car in Sanger Street late on Saturday night last which transgreesed the parting regulations although the Owner was…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

A young- motor cyclist is seriously ill in Albury Hospital suffering from injuries he sustained in a head-on crash…

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Constable was disguised as drunken tramp

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Ernest William Davey, 18, of Johnston street, Fitxroy, driver, was fined £25 by Mr…

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Soldier killed by train at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 3

A soldier was found dead beside the railway line at the rear of the Golden Fleece petrol depot, Wodonga, yesterday morning. The soldier, GEORGE WHITTAKER…

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Woman Killed in Road Smash

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

As the result of a collision between a sedan car and a wine tanker three miles the other side of Finley on Friday evening, a…

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Sailor Riding Motor Cycle Hurt

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Raymond Alexander Smith, 20, a sailor, suffered severe lacerations to the right leg and shock last evening when the motor cycle…

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Items of News Motor Cyclist Improved

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Leo. R. Anderson, 23, “Hillcrest”, Culcairn, who was seriously injured when the motor cycle he was riding collided head-on with…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 12

Mr R. Calaghan, manager of Preston Motors, Albury, has returned to take up duty after convalescing at Bathurst…

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Culcairn Man Fatally Hurt in Road Smash

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 8

Injured in an accident when a motor cycle he was riding and a track collided in Benalia on May 9, Mr Stan Anderson, aged…

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Businessmen’s move on behalf of road transport

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY. Wed.: Freedom of road transport operators from taxation on the tare of their vehicles, of road tax and of permits is being…

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Wodonga man criticises beer carrying by railways

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Railway trucks were being used to carry beer at the expense of farmers’ supplies, it was…

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