Left £880 in parcel in train
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A man left a brown paper parcel containing £880 in a train at Dandenong station this…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
804 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 41
Road Toll Down in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Only two people were killed on Victoria’s roads this week-end, despite heavy rain…
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The Shire engineer (Mr. W. H, Ware) reported to the Conargo Shire Council on Thursday, that a contract had been let to Mr…
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It was revealed at the Conargo Shire Council meeting on Thursday that several roads in the Shire had received attention…
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Conargo Shire councillors decided on Thursday to make every endeavour to impress upon the Department of Main Roads the…
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A letter from Deniliquin Dramatic Club last Wednesday night informed Municipal aldermen that the club proposes to…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two people were killed in road accidents tonight and a third died from injuries received in a collision on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Hume Councillors Did Yesterday Old Lavington tip on Urana road closed: new one in use
Source of annoyance to Hume Shire Council for the last two years, the rubbish tip on Urana road, Layington, has been cleaned up and closed, the engineer (Mr. Welsh) told council yesterday. The “tip got out of hand”…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A large amount of the NSW Railway Department's capital indebtedness may be transferred to the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.; In Campsie Police Court today a motorist was fined a total of £115 and disqualified from holding a…
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It is easy to tell when one leaves the Holbrook shire on the way to Culcairn. There is a bridge—on the Holbrook side the…
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PARKES, Tues.: A senior C.I.B. detective and two railway detectives have been sent to Parkes to direct investigations…
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Some drivers do not seem to have manners of any kind. One heavy semi-trailer yesterday near Table Top, clung to the crown of…
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Only seven days remain for Victorian motorists to fit reflectors to their cars. The new Motor Gar Act regulation compelling the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Why not an aerodrome for Albury?
Many people in Albury are at present asking : Is it too late for Albury to be included in the itinerary of the Royal couple…
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A motion that council press on with the resumption of private land to allow plans for Waugh road to continue was defeated at…
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Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour have been going places in their “Road” pictures for quite some time—and now they continue…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Compulsory training courses for learner-riders and compulsory endorsement of convictions on licences were among suggestions put forward today at talks aimed at reducing the high incidence of motor-cycle accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Watch clue to time of man’s death in the Wodonga railway yards
A wrist watch, broken and stopped by a piece of coal, was the only evidence produced in Wodonga Coroner’s Court yesterday to set the time of a man’s death…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.; A giant new road-train, built in the United Kingdom, will be shipped to Australia shortly for the Snowy…
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