Crossing Gate Tears Through Train
WOLLONGONG, Thurs.: A swinging level crossing gate tore through the side of a train leaving Bellambi station tonight, smashing…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
955 stories in Murray's papers · page 47 of 48
Hospital Subsidy Reduced Patients' Fees Will Bridge Gap
BECAUSE of increases in the scale of fees for patients, and the fact that public ward patients in both departments were liable for fees, the Hay Hospital will be able to carry on with the reduced subsidy just…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Standard of Shire Roads Still Low President Forecasts Big Problem Unless Funds Made Available
THE general condition of highways and main roads in the Waradgery Shire Council are still below the standard for this type of road and below that desired by the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Expect Record Holiday Traffic
While thousands of people in New South Wales are eagerly looking forward to their Christmas and New Year holidays, many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram stoppage will cause traffic confusion in Melbourne to-day
MELBOURNE, Sun.: City traffic will be completely disorganised tomorrow by the 24-hour stoppage by tramwaymen of two depots—Hanna street (South Melbourne) and Brunswick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Sustains Concussion
A motorist who swerved to avoid another vehicle reversing from the kerb, collided head-on with a stationary taxi cab in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darlington Point Bridge
A letter from the Main Roads Department, which was considered by Carrathool Shire on Monday, asked the Council to treat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Christmas Road Safety Drive
The N.R.M.A. has strongly allied itself with the Christmas campaign by the police and the N.S.W. Safety Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Road Grant to Hay Municipality
The Department of Main Roads gave notice of increase grant for the maintenance of M.R. 514 (the Maude Road) for 1952. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Road Deaths at Week-end
SYDNEY, Mon.: Christmas, week, regarded as the most dangerous of the year on the roads , was off to a good start…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rising Costs Prevent New Municipal Road Work
RISING costs have prevented the Hay Municipal Council carrying out new road or footpath construction during the past year, the Mayor, Ald. J. P. Flood, said in his annual report to the Council on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways run Victoria into debt
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A State deficit of at least £1 million for the current financial year was predicted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fewer motor vehicles sold
CANBERRA, Mon.: A falling off in the number of new motor vehicles registered in Australia in November as compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cycle and Van Collide
About nine oâclock on Sunday night a motor cycle and a panel van collided at the Cressy - Edwardes Street intersection…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
When checking oil note the color of the oil on the di[?]stick. If it has lost its greenish-amber color and is black, it is time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor cyclist fatally injured
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Leonard Webster, aged 19, of Howard st., Reservoir, died today as a result of injuries he received in a road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists’ Hard-luck Story
Punctures often upset holiday plans, but two motorists in Dean st. yesterday, said they considered themselves this year’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Private motorists “pirate” Albury taxi men’s stands
Motorists are ignoring signs that certain areas in Albury are set aside for taxis. Unless something is done, serious congestion will result. Despite restricted parking during such a peak period…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight holiday road deaths in N. S. W.
SYDNEY, Fri.: Eight people were killed in Christmas holiday road accidents in NSW. Five teenagers and two young…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Caterpillars Hold Up Train
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Caterpillars creeping over the railway line between Winchelsea and Birregurra, 15 miles from Colac, were so thick…
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