Railways very short of coal
GOULBURN, Fri.: Special gangs are hosing out the coal bins at Goulburn railway yards to get enough fuel to keep trains…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
834 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 42
N.S.W. Railways forced to drastically restrict the transport of live stock
Due to the acute shortage of locomotives manpower, the NSW Railways Department has had to drastically restrict the transport of live stock by rail until further notice, a senior…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cyclists’ Gri[?] Accident Record
MELBOURNE, Sat. : Judged by numerical strength, motor cyclists are more than 40 times more accident-prone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Killed
When his motor cycle skidded on the Tatong-Benalla rd. about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, Owen Evans, 28, of Wangaratta, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wangaratta News Car Hung From Bridge
WANGARATTA, Mon.: A small tourer car hung precariously on the edge of a bridge on Parfittrd. (Hume Highway) this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Road Deaths in Three Days
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Nine people met their deaths in road accidents in Victoria since Saturday—the highest holiday road toll for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Car, Motor Cycle Collide
Slight damage was done to a car and a motor cycle when they collided at the corner of Dean and Macauley sts. at approximately 5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football North to Train Tonight
Owing to sheets of water covering the sportsground following yesterday’s rain, North Albury trained very lightly. A special training run will take…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motorings Pars and Personalities
A warning is issued to motorists to drive with extreme care during wet weather, by the NSW Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motorings Pars and Personalities
Blacklock’s Pty. Ltd. advise that because of recent heavy rainfall in the district, it has been found necessary to postpone the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nsw Railway Costs Up
SYDNEY, Wed.: NSW railway costs in the first quarter of this year totalled £12,311,804, or £2,330,450 more than in the first…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yackandandah councillors concerned at state of roads in shire
Yackandandah Shire councillors expressed concern of the state of shire roads; and in particular the Gundowring road, following recent heavy rains…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Share Train Cuts "Don't Penalise the Southwest"
Sharing of any necessary train restrictions rather than the penalisation of any one area was sought last week by the member for Murrumbidgee (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors for Electricity Supplies
Electricity supplies are extended into rural areas as single-phase lines (which will handle small horse-power motors and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aerodrome for Albury
The president of Albury Chamber of Commerce, Mr D. Hague, told the meeting on Thursday evening he had intended to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Can’t Provide Any Trucks for Super
Farmers and graziers have had to pay £3 or £4 per ton extra for superphosphate this year because railway trucks have not been available to carry it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Die in Nsw Road Smashes
SYDNEY, Sun.: Five people were killed in road accidents in NSW during the week-end. Four others were injured. Two men died and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rubbish on Roads
âPeople have no price [?] Cr. J. Fawns said on [?] at Conargo Shire [?] meeting, when referring [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Death Toll Mounts
SYDNEY, Mon.: The road death rate in N.S.W. was nearly 8 per cent. higher this year than last, the Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six killed in road crash
TAMPA (Fl.), Mon: Six people were killed and four were injured yesterday when three motor vehicles collided on a bridge…
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