Tenders for Council Road Plant Too Low
A tender of £250 for the purchase of an overhead loader bought by the Council in 1951 for £1365 was the highest received by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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Runaway motor cycle ends in window
Plate glass window of Maples’ store was broken yesterday afternoon when a runaway motor cycle crashed…
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Drivers applying for licences in North Carolina, USA, now have to pass a new scientific eyesight testing device which has put the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three Motorists Fined
Rathco Bergic, of Phillip street Wodonga pleaded guilty in Wodonga Court yesterday to charges of riding a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Less Spent on Motor Vehicles
CANBERRA, Thurs.: In the three months, ended March 31 last, expenditure on motor vehicles and parts, etc., was the lowest for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Severs Woman’s Leg
GULGONG, Sun.; A woman had a severed when a goods train ran down a railway trolley on which she was travelling near…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Vic. road toll down
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Victoria’s road accident toll this weekend was the lowest for months. Only two people had been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →First Road Race Here on May 10
First Albury Cycle Club road race for the season will be staged on May 10. It will take place over five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Eight die in road smashes in Sydney at week-end
SYDNEY, Sun. : Eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured in road accidents since heavy rain began on Friday. The rain and slippery roads have been responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£14,400 sought for roads
Application for grants totalling £14,400 will be submitted by Chiltern Shire Council for road works during 1953-54…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six Motorists Fined
Two men who failed to return number plates after the registration of their motor vehicles had expired were each…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Vic. railways could “fold up,” Minister warns unions
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The unions would have to get behind moves to improve the railways, otherwise the service was in real danger of folding up, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Coleman) said today…
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The Australian Road Safety Council chairman, Mr T. G. Patterson stated in Melbourne that last year 209 teenagers died as a…
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CAIRO, Thurs.: Egypt’s Revolution Command Council held a special meeting last night to discuss a deadlock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£7500 damages for road accident victim
MELBOURNE Thurs.: A 20-year-old school teacher—one of the two survivors of the Moorabbin car smash in which five other teenagers were killed—will receive £7500 damages from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30 hurt in tram-trailer smash
SYDNEY, Thurs. : Thirty people were injured in a shattering Collision between a double-set team and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Better roads mean fewer accidents”
MELBOURNE, Fri.: “We can prevent accidents by building safety into our roads,” Sir Herbert Olney, provisional…
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PARIS Sun.: Nineteen people, including 10 soldiers, were killed when a French Union train was blown up by mines 25 miles north-west of Hue, indo-China, on Friday, a French Army spokesman reported yesterday…
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MELBOURNE. Sun.: The only person killed on Victoria’s roads this weekend was John Patchett, 38, of Queen’s parade. Clifton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor cyclist is fined £10 on three charges
A motor cyclist pleaded guilty to charges of speeding, causing undue noise and travelling on the incorrect side of the road…
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