Rain damage to road impose burden on councils
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2
Floodwaters, torrential rain and heavy traffic have caused thousands of pounds’ worth of damage to border district roads. Hampered by dwindling State aid, Shire Councils are battling to keep roads traffickable, but engineers say further heavy rain will make…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w Railways Nearly £1½M. “In the Red”
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 15
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The NSW railways will have a deficit of about £1,402,000 this financial year, despite an extra…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motorings Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 13
The law provides that all pedal cycles used at night must carry a red reflector, but in Albury the regulation is frequently ignored…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 12
When using the starter motor at night, always switch off the lights —particularly if the engine is cold. It reduces the strain on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motoring Becomes a Luxury
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 2
Another thumping increase in the cost of running a motor vehicle—this time in third-party insurance premiums—ought to set motorists of all classes thinking It. should stir, too, the motor trade, for it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move to Bitumen Surface Portion of Arterial Roads in Culcairn Shire
The Observer · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1
Councillor J. C. Tweddle gave notice of motion at Monday's Shire Council meeting that he will move that it be a recommendation to the January meeting of Council that a special rate of 1d in the £ be struck in A Riding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Flood Affect Railway
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1
The record flood of 1931 did not put the Hay Railway out of action, although it was a close call in several places. This picture was taken near Hay and shows the water rushing out to go round through Dotswood, and Kangaroo and out across…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motor Accident Ringwood Man Killed
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1
One of the worst motoring accidents, in Corowa's history occurred in Honour Avenue on Monday night shortly before 8 o'clock when a sedan car in which three people were travelling crashed into the back of a stationary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian railways’ big deficit
Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The Victorian Railways would have a deficit of about £5,711,000 for the year ended this month,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Hits Girl
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2
An eight-year-old girl was knocked over by a motor cycle in Smollett street at lunch-time yesterday. She was Katherine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No more Britons for trams
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The chairman of the Melbourne Tramways Board (Mr. R. J. Risson) said to-day that the board had ceased…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hume Weir Road Danger Spots
Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2
Water has caused considerable damage to district roads. Hume Weir rd is in particularly bad condition, owing to subsidence in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three now dead in road smash near Bandiana
Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1
Three people are now dead as a result of a collision between an Army truck and a small car at Bandiana on Friday morning. The third victim is MRS…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Motor Cyclists Killed
Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 14
SYDNEY, Sun.: Five persons have been killed in road accidents in NSW this week-end. Four of those killed were motor…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured
Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 5
A motor cyclist was admitted to Albury Hospital in a serious condition last night following an accident at Lavington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weight Limit on Roads
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1
Vehicles above a certain weight will not be permitted in future to travel along the Tabbita-Gunbar lane, or the Darlington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain damage to Hume Shire roads, bridges
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 12
Minor flooding in creeks and the general saturation of creek banks caused considerable erosion and endangered a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Aerodrome Closing Not Unnecessary, Says Dept. No All-Weather Strip for Some Time
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2
THE Civil Aviation Department does not agree that all closures of the Hay Aerodrome during wet weather have been unnecessarily prolonged. THE Department denies that the landing strips have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridges Wanted on Maude-Moulamein Road
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2
Contract work on restoration of the flood damaged Maude-Moulmein Road has just been completed, but the road will not last long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£11,000 grant for road in the Holbrook Shire
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 10
The Main Roads Department advised Holbrook Shire Council yesterday that they had been granted £11,000 for construction…
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