[?]rt Shire Council to Supply light Graders For Improvement to Minor Access Roads
The Observer · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6
The Engineer (Mr. F. A. Prichard), in his report to the monthly meeting of Lockhart Shire. Council, said the third of the new Queen's Bridge Light pneumatic-tyred graders is now to hand, and these three machines, plus another older grader, are available for loan, free of charge,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Migrant motor cyclists fined
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 9
Three migrant motor cyclists, were fined in Wodonga Court yesterday for having carried pillion passengers before the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Saw Re-opening of Road
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 3
A section of the 150 people who saw the re-opening at Lochart’s Gap road yesterday.—See Page 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lochart’s Gap Road Again in Use After 40 YEARS Mr. Mitchell, MLA, performs the re-opening ceremony
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 2
Eskdale Progress Association realised a 21 year old ambition yesterday day when Lochart’s Gap road was officially re-opened after a 40 year closure. Reopening of the 13 mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Tennis Grand Finals Won by Railway and Bandiana
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 11
Winning alt but two sets, Railway was untroubled to lake the Wodonga and District grand final by 72 games to Tallangatta’s 49…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Off Rails Delays Traffic
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 2
Six trucks and two vans of the Narrandera-Hay goods train were derailed on the Bringagee side of Benerembah on Friday and tore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Transport “Ruining” Highways
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 8
MELBOURNE, Mon: The State Government was greatly .concerned at the steady deterioration of the State highways because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deniliquin Girl in Road Fatality
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 2
Merle Pears, 28, of Herriot St., Deniliquin, was killed early on Saturday when a truck in which she was a passenger collided with a transport on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 13
Mr W. West, proprietor of West’s Motors, is in Melbourne on business. Members of the Riverina Sporting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 12
Mr A. E. Baker, who has made a rapid recovery after an operation in Melbourne, is expected home at the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Sealing Should be Completed by March-April
The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 6
The municipal engineer (Mr. Ian Taylor ) said on Tuesday that it was hoped to have the first roads in councilâs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[2300 People Fated to Die, on Roads This Year
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 8
HOBART, Fri.: Statistical analysis showed that 2300 people were likely to die on Australian roads through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →7 Weekend Road Deaths
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Seven people lest their lives in road accidents In Victoria ever the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Girl Escapes From Train
Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2
A 16-year-old State ward escaped from the train at Goulburn yesterday morning while being escorted from Coolamon to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goods Train Derailed At Lilliput
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1
When the mixed goods train (above) from Wahgunyah to Springhurst was derailed at Lilliput yesterday morning, the 14 passengers were taken to Rutherglen by bus. Perishable goods were removed by road transport. Only .person injured in the mishap, which is expected to disrupt traffic on the line for several days, was the guard, who suffered contusions and shock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lambretta Motor Scooter
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 9
This modern motor scooter is now on display at Riverina Motors and Motor Cycles. Its ultra-modern appearance, although uncommon, is in definite good taste and is suggestive of the way the motor cycle of tomorrow may be designed. It is completely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 9
An 1200 tickets in the Vauxhall car, being raffled to aid the candidature of the Queen of Motoring in the Albury Floral Festival, have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Running of Jubilee Train “Amazes” Councillor
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 8
“It seems an amazing thing that the Victorian Jubilee Train should run the length and breadth of the State in these…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Bigger Weir Might Wipe Out Railway”
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 9
Enlargement of Hume Weir looked as though it would “wipe out” the railway line from Tallangatta to the Upper Murray,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rutherglen Train Off Line Near Lilliput
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1
The 1.55 p.m. Rutherglen Wahgunyah train met with an accident just over the crossing at Lilliput on Monday afternoon last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →