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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

834 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 42

Motor cycle ride costs man £33

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 9

A man who had his driver’s licence suspended for five years by a Sydney SM on August 15 for driving under…

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Loam for Road Works Removal From Irrigation Blocks Not Favored

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 6

The obtaining of suitable road making material has ever been a problem in Jerilderie Shire. At last Council meeting a complaint was forward from…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 11

A German engineer has designed a new type of car engine which it is believed will revolutionise motoring. It is said to be a…

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“Greatest killer on roads-the motor cycle”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed: The Australian Read Safety Council at Its annual congress today urged [?] action to reduce the…

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Road Casualties Higher Than War Dead

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 17

SYDNEY, Wed.: “Our road casualties are greater than our war casualties,” Minister for Public Works (Mr. J.J. Cahill) said today in Martin Place officially opening Road Safely Week…

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The Slaughter on the Roads

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

One of the had features of the current [?] publicity on the toll the road—and a toll that is [?] one [?] every five hours and injuring one every 15 minutes of the year needs some sort of outburst—is over[?] concentration on this…

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Record Herd of Cattle Cross Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

What is believed to be a record number of cattle crossed the Murray River bridge on Wednesday morning…

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Finley Road to be Sealed Entirely

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

Good news was released at Wednesday’s meeting of the Central Murray Regional committee meeing when the…

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Constable S. Jones Injured in Road Accident

The Observer · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 5

Constable S. K. Jones, of the Henty Police Station, had a narrow escape from death on Tuesday about sundown when…

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Train Time Table Alterations Refused Shortage of Engine Crews

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

THE Department of Railways has refused to alter the train time-table in order to permit of a Friday train being run to Hay, it is stated in a letter to Mr. Entic knap, M.L.A., following representations made by the…

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Unlicensed Motor Cycle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

In the Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, Maxwell Everett was fined £3 with 10/ Court costs, for having ridden an unregistered…

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British Motor Cycles The 1000 c.c. Ariel 4G

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 3

In our advertising columns Messrs Alf Parkin Pty Ltd., the well-known Corowa firm, announce that they will have on…

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Conference Discusses Road Toll

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1951 · page 19

SYDNEY, Fri.: A more positive approach to the challenge of the rising road toll was needed, chairman of the ninth…

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Road Toll Man, wife, three men dead

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.: A man and his wife were fatally injured in a level crossing smash today, and two men were…

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Motorists on Best Behavior

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1951 · page 2

Although hundreds of motor vehicles passed through Albury streets yesterday on their way to the show, there was not a single…

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No road deaths in Victoria at week-end

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Despite heavy traffic to sea and hill resorts, Victoria had a week-end free of fatal accidents…

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Rattles of Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

Have you ever been awakened suddenly at night by a thump, thump? If you have, it's the clatter from heavy vehicles, and even…

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Lousy Sheep Driven on Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 5

Mr. Pocock, S.M., on Thursday, in the Hay Court of Petty Session's, found the facts proved in a cass in which the stock inspector…

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Second man dead in road collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 15

SIDNEY, Mon.: A second man has died in Berrima Hospital as a result of injuries sustained when two semi-trailers collided…

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