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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

955 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 48

Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

A motor cyclist was injured shortly alter 6.30 last night when he failed to take a turn on the Albury-Jindera road near Sars…

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Motorists Pleased

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

This is an excellent ides,” said a visiting motorist at Wodonga yesterday when he viewed the concrete stopping blocks for…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 10

Mr. Harry Wood, Globe Garage, attended the Grand Prix motor cycle races at Bathurst on Monday, and in commenting yesterday,…

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Rain Affects District Roads

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

Heavy week-end rain has reduced some district roads to rough, trades. Yeckandandah-Beechworth road is so rutted and…

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Caravans for Road Workers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

Towong Shire councillors, yesterday considered a suggestion by the engineer (Mr H. R. Craig) that comfortable caravans should be…

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Jerilderie Shire Roads Report by President

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 4

The following report was made to Council at its last meeting by the Shire President Councillor A. F. Crockett in an address on the…

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Has Been Tramping the Roads for 40 YEARS Tells time by the sun: sleeps under the stars

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 10

Life goes on .... Last Thursday a “Mail” reporter met one of Australia’s famous characters. that he's almost become a legend. I found him ambling along beneath the shade of Australian gums…

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For blankets Melbourne, upsetting train and plane schedules: tug aground

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Train end plane schedules were upset, one ship delayed in the boy, and the [?] (246 tons) ran aground during Melbourne’s first heavy fog for the year this morning…

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Child Killed in Road Crash Four Other Members of Family Severely Injured

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 8

Residents were shocked when news was received here on Friday last of an accident that had occurred on the Lockhart road, near…

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1952 motor show may be put off

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Melbourne’s 1952 motor show may not take place following the refusal of the Plumbers’ and Gasfitters’…

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Railway Man Hurt

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

Frederick Richard Butts, 56, married, of Western Hill, who works at the railway station, had a narrow escape from serious…

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Easter road toll called “national disgrace”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A callous disregard for life and limb was displayed by Australian rood users during the Easier Holiday period, and the rood toll could only be described as “a national disgrace.”…

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Motor Cycle Crash

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 3

A man named L. E. Nelson was admitted to the Deniliquin hospital last Saturday night suffering from a fractured left thigh…

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Woman Hit by Train : Lives

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 4

PERTH, Fri.: A 68-year-old woman, Mrs. Edith Mary Bedells, of Claremont, had a lucky escape from death when she was…

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Four die in week-end road accidents in N.S.W.

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Four people were killed in road accidents in NSW during the weekend. Two men were killed and two…

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Son riding motor cycle accidentally causes death of father at Lavington

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 3

A young Lavington man accidentally fatally injured his father when his motor cycle knocked him down on Friday night. The father was Mr. James…

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Road Tax on Dirt Roads Minister to be Asked to Exempt Hay District

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

The exemption of road vehicles from road tax on the unpaved highways which lead through Hay, would result in…

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Hay Aerodrome All Weather Strip To Be Sought

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

Hay is in danger of losing some of its air services unless the aerodrome can be made an all weather one, phoph[?]sied…

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Baby Dies on Train

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 2

A 61-months-old baby Leslie Keith Bailey, died on the Sydney Melbourne express early yesterday morning. The baby became ill…

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Express Train Causes Six Deaths

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 5

BILOXI (Mississippi), Mon.: Three women were killed when an express train crashed into their stalled car at a level…

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