Motoring Pars and Personalities
Apropos of a paragraph last week in which it was stated that the Rover “Turbocar” had attained a speed of 141.75 mph in Belgium,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
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Motoring Pars and Personalities
On Monday night a motorist, a stranger to the district, took the lower and now disused portion of the Howlong road at the…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: No criticism, direct or indirect, against the system of working NSW electric railways will be made by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stars to train for trots classic
SYDNEY, Wed.: Four pacers who starred in the inter-Dominion championships at Harold Park earlier this year have been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Driver of moving train had hands on controls, says witness
SYDNEY, Wed.:. Driver of the moving train involved in the Berala smash had his hands on controls a second or twobefore the crash, a witness said in Parramatta Coroner's Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.Z. railways too big for one man to manage
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wed.: A Royal Commission on the New Zealand railways today recommended the establishment of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sidonia Road Now Cut
Advice from the Waradgery Shire Office this morning is that the Sidonia Road has now been cut by flood waters which have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On wrong side of road: fined £10
On a charge of failing to keep to the correct side of the road, a New Australian was fined £10 by Mr. Bell, SM, at Wodonga…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bitumen Surfacing of Arterial Shire Roads Engineer's Report to Council
In reporting to Monday's Culcairn Shire Council meeting on the suggested bitumen surfacing of the approaches to towns within the shire, the engineer (Mr. A. W. Kerle) said there were four main inlets to Henty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury businessmen will support road men in their fight
Proposed action fey NSW Transport Deportment to restrict the operation of rood hauliers was condemned by annual meeting of Albury Chamber of Commerce lost evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£80,000 Railway Fire
BROKEN HILL, Thurs.: The Silver Comet’s power van and other railway property was destroyed in a fire early today…
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WAGGA, Thurs.: Within the next few weeks approximately 50 writs will be served on the NSW Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Kills Rail Way Man
TAMWORTH, Fri: A man was Killed and four men had narrow` escapes when the Werris Creek Moree diesel train collied bead-on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Driver’s Story of Smash
SYDNEY, Fri.: The driver of the stationary electric train involved in the Berala rail smash today the “stop” signal was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big crisis “looming” for road hauliers
CANBERRA, Fri.: A major crisis is looming on the road transport front, according to the Associated Chambers of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railways contest £ 16,000 verdict
MELBOURNE, Fri : The Victorian Railways Commissioners today lodged an appeal to the State Full Court against a jury’s…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Express Runs Into Goods Train
SYDNEY, Sun.: The Brisbane express was delayed an hour early today after colliding with, a goods train during a shunting…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Leader warns road hauliers facing crisis
SYDNEY, Sun.: The recent Loon Council meeting might have disastrous consequences” for interstate road hauliers, Me. W. V. Rowe said tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deniliquin Road Bridge
A bridge to span the portion of the Deniliquin Road recently washed out by the flood will be sought by the…
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In a presidential minute to the Murray Shire Council yesterday Cr. B. T. L. Dowan reported having arranged the…
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