Freight users of Victoria railways to pay an extra £2¼ million yearly
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A 25 per cent. rise, in wool and wheat rail freights will operate in Victoria from June 1. There will also be a 20…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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Motoring pars and personalities
How easily a motorist can be embarrassed. A woman in Dean street pedestrian lane at lunch time yesterday stopped suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Inquest Into Mangoplah Road Death
The City Coroner, Mr. T. G. L. Flynn, at Wagga on Saturday, returned a verdict of accidental death in the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Weight Limit In Murray Shire
To preserve from damage after wet weather shire roads on which much money has been spent, Murray Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram smash causes a big traffic jam
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Long lanes of traffic banked up for nearly two hours when two trams, one of them packed,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Baby falls from train—unharmed
PERTH, Fri.: An 18 Months old baby, Carol Damon, wearing only a short singlet and jumper and one slipper, fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eleven die on Vic. and N.S.W. roads at the week-end
MELBOURNE Sun.: Six people were killed on Victoria’s roads this week-end—all of them yesterday, and three of them between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (In N.S.W. the death toll was five.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A man suffered severe lacerations to the head and face, also shock when he was thrown from his motor cycle in Alma st. early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured
ADELAIDE, Mon.: Robin Callaghan, 17, son of the State Director of Agriculture (Dr. A. R. Callaghan) died today from injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmer “Prejudiced” Against N.S.W. RAILWAYS Takes “set” against them over burning off methods
WAGGA, Mon.: William Henry Kend all, former and grazier, “Miarb,” The Rock, said today in Wagga Supreme Court that he had been prejudiced against the railways for the last 10 years, only because of the methods used by railways employes in burning off operations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Worn-out” roads to carry millions of motor vehicles
MELBOURNE, Tues. : “Australia has a million motor cars, half a million commercial vehicles and 150,000 motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Wrecks Car : Woman Badly Injured
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A young married woman received critical injuries, but the driver of the car in which she was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Passengers on trams angry !
MELBOURNE, Tuesday : Hundreds of irate tram passengers stood in drenching rain, and many…
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An Albury motorist went to Melbourne to take possession of a new car. On the return trip he proudly ran the gleaming model…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Government intervenes to break rail and tram “go-slow” strikes
MELBOURNE, Wed.: State Government intervened in Melbourne’s train and tram “glo-slow” strikes today. The Minister for Transport (Mr. Coleman), following a conference of senior officials of all transport systems, announced an emergency plan to relieve congestion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Programme Cut
The amount of money which will be spent by Carrathool Shire during 1953 on mam and trunk roads in the Shire has been cut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Men Killed in Road Accidints
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Two men were killed In road accidents tonight and a third was critically injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More money to be sought for roads
SYDNEY, Fri.: The Australian Transport Advisory Council decided today to seek more money from the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Car, Motor Cycle in Collision
Although no one was injured in a collision at the corner of Mate st. and Logan rd. on Thursday, a car and motor cycle were badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Skull Fractured in Train Fall
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 14-year-old boy was critically injured when he fell under a moving train at the Hawthorn railway bridge…
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