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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Motor cyclist badly injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

A man is critically ill in Albury Hospital with a fracture at the base of the skull following a road accident at…

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Items of News Car, Motor Cycle Collide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 2

A car and a motor cycle were involved in a collision in High st., Wodonga, on Saturday afternoon about 4.30. Imre Nagy, of North…

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River Over Road at Darlington Point

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

A message from Darlington Point today states that the Murrumbidgee River has flooded the Griffith road there…

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“New tax will force most trucks off road”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Mon.: When the NSW Government introduces its new rood tax of 3d a ton a mile on Wednesday week, the interstate road transport industry would virtually cease…

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Finley Road Mishap Car In Traffic Stream Somersaults

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

As a result of a mishap on the Finley road on Saturday night after the football match at Tocumwal, two men are in…

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Man’s Bridge Death Fall

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues. : A man fell from the Harbor Bridge and was killed today. He was William A. Wark, 68…

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Empire road champion’s success

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The 113-mile Shepparton-Kerang stage of the amateur cycling tour of Victoria was won today by Empire…

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£4500 cut in grant for Holbrook road works

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 6

Road maintenance programme in the Holbrook Shire be curtailed by nearly £4500 following the reduction of the yearly grant from the Department of Main Roads…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 8

Two English motor mechanics, nominated to Australia by Baker Motors, Albury, have taken duties here. The mechanics…

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Motorist attacked and robbed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Wed.: While Douglas H. Chapman, auctioneer, of Mt. Barker, was motoring alone on the way home from Gumeracha,…

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Darlington Point Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

The possibility of fixing a load limit over the Darlington Point bridge and its approaches was mentioned at the Carrathool…

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Whitton-willbriggie Road

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 5

The possibility of the provision of a direct access road between Whitton and Willbriggie will depend on the result of a…

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The Iniquitous Road Tax

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 2

F. V. Leslie, president of the NSW Road Transport Development Association, says that the re-imposition of the NSW load…

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Road Transport Decline Costly to Albury-wodonga Business men losing thousands: cafes, garages and tyre services hit

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 2

Decline of the interstate road transport industry is costing Albury and Wodonga business men thousands of pounds in lost trade at :— GARAGES, where transport business has already slackened and is expected to reach a new low with the imposition of the full N.S.W…

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Bus, tram probe is ordered

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Premier, Mr. Cahill, has ordered an inquiry by the Public Service Board into the administration…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 2

A car and a motor cycle came into collision at the intersection of Warby and Riley streets, Wangaratta, shortly after 8 o’clock last…

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Girls, youth collapse in train

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 16

Three members of the Australian Junior Air League were admitted to Albury Hospital on Sunday night after being taken…

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Train kills brother, sister at crossing

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: A seven-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother were killed by an electric train at a level crossing at Guildford today. The children, Rosemary and Adrian Barnes,…

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Tax protest by road hauliers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A mass meeting of 400 road transport operators in Melbourne tonight protested against the new road…

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Women Injured-horse Killed in Train Mishap

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 2

When a goods train left the rails near Widgiewa Siding on the Narrandera-Jerilderie line early on Saturday a well known…

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