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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

834 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 42

Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 13

Messrs D. Higgins and S. Paton, of Blacklocks, will leave tonight for Melbourne, from where they will travel by air to Brisbane…

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Road Repairs Top Priority

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wed.: The repair and reconstruction of the NSW roads system was a top line priority, Leader of the Opposition…

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15 Hurt When Trams Collide

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 14

SYDNEY, Wed.: At least 15 persons were injured when two trams collided. outside North Sydney post office late tonight…

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Aerodrome Again Serviceable

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

Mr. Lance Lloyd, local A.N.A. agent, announced today that the local aerodrome is back again in service and the A.N.A. planes…

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Road Proposal Deferred

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 4

A proposal by Mr. N. R. Smith and Messrs A. and J. M. Carroll, that a new grader bank road be constructed to serve their properties…

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Shires Move to Protect Roads

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

THE Shires' Association at its annual conference decided to stress the alarming deterioration of roads and have asked the State Government to consider prohibition of four-wheel drive vehicles over a certain…

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Pictures 'Flamingo Road' Romantic Drama

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

With the same talented quartet that gave Joan Crawford her first Academy Award three years ago Warner. Bros, produced…

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"Camera" Evidence Opposed Method of Policing Road Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 3

Any suggestion of police traps in enforcing traffic regulations is strongly opposed by the N.R.M.A. General secretary, Mr. H. E…

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Car-train smash victim dies

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

The death occurred in Albury Hospital yesterday of William John Franks, of Tawonga, whose car, on July 9,…

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300 doomed to road death in six months

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sun. : More than 300 people will be killed on Victorian roads between now and the end of the rear,…

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Do You Mind, Mr. Motorist!

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

The last few; days have been a pretty anxious time for owners of stock grazing along the flats. When floods continue spreading…

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Train kills porter

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Walenty Tatarynowicz, 23, reached Australia from Poland four months ago and became a railway porter…

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Costs Cut Road Works

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 4

Increased basic wage and other costs have forced Carrathool Shire to reduce its programme of work on…

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Barratta Creek Bridge to be Replaced

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 4

The Barratta Creek bridge will shortly be replaced by a permanent structure, the Water Conservation and…

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“Some roads like bush tracks in Coreen Shire”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 9

Some main roads in Coreen Shire were nothing better than “bush tracks,” Cr Lewis said at the shire council meeting…

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Spanish Officers to Train in U.s

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Mon.: Believed to be one of the early results of the talks between General Franco and the late Admiral…

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Labour Shortage Delays Road Work Lack of Contractors Cause Concern

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 4

The bad condition of roads in the Waradgery Shire and the inability of the .Shire Council to obtain contractors…

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Tram Passengers Continue to Increase

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Although total revenue and livestock, revenue showed definite decreases for the month of June, passenger and parcel…

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Footballers Train on Racecourse

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

Wodonga footballers trained at the racecourse yesterday instead of Wodonga Park, three parts of which was tinder water. Wodonga…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 9

An American judge said recently that women should be back seat drivers if they were quicker to sense danger than the man at…

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