[?]rong Opposition [?] Road Closure [?]oposal
We build the roads up and [?] rain they are badly damag[?] heavy traffic. It would cost [?] repair them…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
804 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 41
Bridge Divers Here at End of Week
Two divers are at present examining bridges along the Murray to check deterioration and make any recommendations…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.; Victoria’s deathroll for the weekend rose to 11 early today when a motor cyclist struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Queens Maids of Honour; Will Bear Royal Train at the Coronation
Following the precedent set at the Coronation Queen Victoria, six Maids of Honour will take the place pages attending the Queen at her Coronation on June 2 These Maids of Honour, wearing white dresses designed by Norman Hartnell, the Queen's designer, will bear the train of the Queen's purple robe. All are close friends of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Word’s Worst Road” Caustic Comment on Shire Road
Mr H. Rich, manager of Werai Station, wrote to Murray Shire Council last Monday protesting against the published list of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road bock for seven
LONDON. Tues.: Six Britons and an Irish priest released from North Korea today began their journey back to London by plane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Mr W. Hooper, chairman of the board , of directors of Preston Motors Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, accompanied by Mr R. M. Jacka, general…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycling Notes
The annual dinner of the combined North Eastern Motor Cycle Clubs was held in the. Shire Hall, Wodonga, on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor sports at Corowa
Corowa Motor Sports Club successfully conducted its first sports meeting. A variety of track and novelty events was provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Repairing Guinea St. Railway Bridge
Picture shows workmen engaged on repairing decking on Guinea street railway bridge. Some time age people complained of a sheet of iron having been dislodged and it was feared children might fail on to the railway lines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Making Roads for New Settlement at N. Albury
With most of the current Housing Commission programme already completed at the new settlement at North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maude Bridge Work Delay Disapproved
Waradgery Shire president (Cr. R. S. T. Matthews) told a meeting of the Council on Tuesday, that it should strenuously urge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Allocations of Road Grants
Mr. Pagan has informed the Town Clerk that the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department has approved of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engineer Reports Bridge Damage by Overloaded Truck
At a meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council on Tuesday, the engineer, Mr. G. Dallas, reported that a truck owned by a Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four road deaths in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Four people are dead as a result of road accidents in Victoria during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Costing Cars Off the Roads
THE projected leap m third-party risk insurance premiums in Victoria (£3 for private cars, making the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wood to Stay on Roads
An application by St. Joseph's Convent, Hillston, to shift wood from the Merriwagga and Lake Cargelligo roads for domestic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Waste of Money Grading Roads"
Two letters to the Carrathool Shire meeting last week suggested that money spent on grading through roads was wasted, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Leases to Cost More
Persons who lease unused roads from Carrathool Shire will in future have to pay more for the privlege. The shire clerk, Mr. L. Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →They will dive under Union Bridge to-day
Divers Fred Hutchings (left) and Dick Hellings, from Sydney, are in Albury to inspect metal pylons on the Union Bridge. They will âgo underâ to start work this morning. Dick Hellings who is 60, has been diving for 40 years, and between them they have 53 yearsâ experience in the job. Picture shows them unloading their equipment yesterday…
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