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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

955 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 48

Motorists’ insurance up

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: State Cabinet today approved increases of about 40 per cent in third party risk insurance premiums…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 10

The suggestion that a court be established in Melbourne to deal exclusively with traffic offences has received solid support from…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 9

On a trip to Tallangatta yesterday, an Albury driver discovered that being bogged in floodwaters is not the only danger swollen…

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Motor cycle races provide thrills

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 9

The motor cycle scramble organised by the Riverina Sporting Car and Motor Cycle Club last Monday on Davey’s property,…

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Rain Holds Road Works Back

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 6

Very little constructive road work had been possible during the last three weeks due to consistent rain which fell on 22 of…

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Noisy Discussion on Roads at Yesterday’s Meeting of Yackandandah Council

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 12

Councillors had to be frequently called to order yesterday at one of the noisiest Yackandandah Shire Council meetings in years. Councillors shouted at each other across the table…

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The Menace Of The Road “Must We Go [?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 4

Columns [?] writing in the [?] under the [?] on killing [?]…

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Appeal to Motorists

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 2

Secretary of the Ovens and Murray Football League (Mr. C. E. Bunton) yesterday appealed to Albury football followers not to drive…

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Adelaide has tram, bus problem

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Thurs.: The special inquiry committee appointed by the Government has, after a long investigation, made…

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We Are on the Road Back to Economic Stability : Claim by Sir Arthur Fadden But difficulties still lie ahead

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.: The basis of the 1952-53 Budget will be an incentive for the individual and opportunities for economic development. This contrasts with the present Budget, which is designed to…

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Four Die in Week-end Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.: Four persons were killed in weekend road accidents in NSW. A young cyclist, John Gates, 17,…

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Aerodrome Closed May Re-open Tomorrow For Day Landings

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

Deniliquin aerodrome has been closed since Sunday night, and air passengers to and from Deniliquin have been landed…

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Train Travellers’ Amazing Escape

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

FARMERSBURG (Indiana), Mon.: An amazing escape from death or serious injury was experienced yesterday by 365…

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Rain Causes Havoc On Roads

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

Only 118 points were recorded from rain which fell at the week-end but it has made many inroads and streets…

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Man dies in road smash at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

A man died at Corowa last night after police and mechanics had fought to release him…

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This Road Might Go Out Again Soon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

This picture, taken on the State Highway, from the Bungah Bridge, .in 1931, might as well have been taken in 1950, for the flood waters that year flowed over the road in' exactly the same way, leaving scours and excavations that are still to be seen…

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Original Correspondence Deniliquin Road (To the Editor of "The Riverine Grazier.")

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

Sir,—Where do the flies go in the winter time? One might as well ask this age old question as ask "Where do the Hay Council's…

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Federal grant of £5000 to Coreen Shire to pay for repairs to road

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 9

Minister for Shipping and Transport (Sen. George McLeay) advised Coreen Shire Council yesterday that the Commonwealth Government had decided to make £5000 available for repairs to the damaged…

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“Bus tried to beat train”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The fireman man of the steam train which crashed into a tourist bus at Horsham, killing 11 people,…

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Holbrook Road Deaths Inquest next

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

The inquest into the deaths of two men who were fatally injured in an accident on the Hume Highway near Holbrook…

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