Three dead on N.S.W. roads
SYDNEY, Sun.: Three people were killed in road accidents in NSW during the weekend. Police charged a 20-year-old…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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Five road deaths in Vic
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Five people were killed in accidents on Victorian roads since Friday night…
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Waradgery Shire Council at its meeting on Thursday rejected an application for the extension of the Sidonia road…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Thirty-six passengers and the crew had a miraculous escape from serious injury when a speeding electric train lurched from its tracks and crashed into an embankment…
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Headlights were all ablaze between Albury and Holbrook yesterday to avoid collisions in the heavy fog. It was the worst of the…
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Road programmes in the Holbrook Shire were well ahead of schedule and maintenance work would now coast along until the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Mr R. M. Jacka, general manager of Preston Motors Pty. Ltd.; visited Albury to confer with. Mr R. B. Callaghan local manager of…
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In a report to Carrathool Shire on the progress of work on the Darlington Point bridge, the assistant engineer, Mr. N. A. Lee…
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At last meeting of the Balranald P.P. Board the secretary was instructed to communicate with the District. Works Officer, Hay…
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The Shire engineer reported to Council on the progress of works as follows:—WORKS IN PROGRESS…
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A man who fell, from his motor cycle when it skidded while travelling west in Bridge st Albury. at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday suffered…
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In a letter to the last Carrathool. Shire meeting, Mr. J. H. Alty said that although bitumen might be expensive, it was a waste…
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These four Maids of Honour are (left to right) : Lady Anne Coke (20), eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Leicester; Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (18), daughter of the Earl and Countess of Haddington ; Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart (20), daughter of the Marquess of Londonderry ; and Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill (23), youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess…
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Following the precedent set at the Coronation of Queen Victoria, six Maids of Honour will take the place of 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 best the train of the Queen's purple robe. All are close friends of the…
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The annual conference of the Shiresâ Association will be held in Sydney for three days from June 10-12 inclusive…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Railway man’s cycle ride costs him £11/10/0
Although moderately under the influence when first arrested, Henry George Collins became agitated as the night progressed,…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Stolen motor cars and motor cycles worth about £3000 had been recovered from the bush at Heathcote,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.R.M.A. Gives Advice To Motorists
The N.R.M.A. offers motorists these practical driving hints:â Allow plenty of room between you and the car ahead. A good…
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City councillors of Martinsville, Indiana, would not insure their new £6000 fire-engine because it would always have the right of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Truck hit by loco, at railway yards
Slight damage was done to a loaded semi-trailer early yesterday afternoon in the Albury railway goods yard…
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