Motoring Pars and Personalities
Mr Ian Hill, of Preston Motors spare parts department, is in Melbourne, endeavouring to obtain supplies of “hard to get” accessories…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
834 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 42
Road Accidents Cause Heavy Loss
Roads accidents mean an economical loss to Australia of £18M. a year, Mr. M. W. Plate, field officer for the N.S.W. Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Drastic Train Cuts
Deniliquin will be deprived of two of its five goods trains by the latest, cut, caused by coal shortage, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. A. H. Creswick Killed in Motor Smash
Word was received in Hay yesterday that Mr. Archibald H. Creswick, younger son of Mrs. and the late H. F. Creswick, of Melbourne, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Had Near Accident
An Albury motorist had an unnerving experience when travelling the Yackandandah-Osborne’s Flat road yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowdrifts trap train
LONDON, Mon.: The train which was trapped in deep snowdrifts on Rannoch Moor, near Pass Glencoe for more…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rough Roads Cause £5 Fines
âThe rough roads around here are enough to blow the best of globes,â Arthur R. Smith told Constable Wigg at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Road Dangerous”; Rode on Footpath
When charged with having ridden his cycle on the footpath, Francis P. Plunkett, Pemberton st. told fee magistrate (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Road Will. Saye 18 Miles Travel
The Albury-Eskdale road has been altered in route so that travellers to Eskdale or -Mitta will now drive 18 [?] less than…
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A motor accident occurred in Sanger Street, Corowa about 8 o'clock on Saturday night in front of the Ambulance Station, and although…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aged Tram to Become Widow’s Home
PERTH, Mon: Fremantle’s first tram, imported from Phildelphia and assembled in 1905, has been sold for £65 by public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Driver Acquitted
SYDNEY. Mon.: Ernest Williams, 42, baker, of Penshurst, [?] acquitted an Quarter Sessions day of the manslaughter of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorists Did Not Give Way
Two Albury motorists were each fined £3 with 10/- costs when they pleaded guilty to charges of not having given way…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miserable Winter Facing Victoria Unemployment, gas, electricity, train and tram cuts
MELBOURNE, Tues.: First impact of the power cuts, which will have serious effects on Victoria's industrial, commercial, and domestic life for the next six months at least, were felt today, when train and tram services throughout the State were cut by 50 p.c…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road toll up an NSW
SYDNEY, Tues.: There was a startling increase in road ac-pared with 1949, according to cidents in NSW in 1950…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
A board of examiners, last Saturday examined 12 candidates who were eligible after completing a refresher course to sit for their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Theft of Motor Vehicles
Failure of the State Government to get at grips with the problem of the stolen motor vehicle has been criticised by Mr. H. E…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BRIGHT Want Scenic Road Improved
At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce it was decided to approach the shire council to Improve the Bright-Tawonga…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some proposed road laws of “doubtful value”
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Some of the Governments [?] on road laws appeared to have doubtful value. the seneral secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Traffic Is Smashing N.s.w.'s Main Roads
Shire Councils throughout New South Wales are waging an unending battle to keep major roads trafficable. Labour and material shortages and inadequate tax grants are a terrific difficulty, but the biggest problem is the destruction of surfaces by the huge weights of the…
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