Man Killed by Tram
MELBOURNE, Sun.: An unidentified man was killed last night when he was struck by a tram in Balaclava road,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
804 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 41
Girl arrested on train as suspect in £1000 robbery
TENTERFIELD, Mon.: Police boarded the Brisbane express of Tenterfield today and arrested a 17-year-old girl in connection with a £1000 robbery at Mosman…
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Fines totalling £133 were imposed on 18 drivers for speeding by Mr Pocock, S.M., at yesterday’s Albury Court. Most of the cases were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →N.s.w. Road Chief Dead
SYDNEY, Tues.: The Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr A. E. Toyer) collapsed and died today while inspecting a bridge at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →‘Safety first’ for German motorist
In an endeavor to reduce the number of road accidents, a School of Motoring has been opened in Berlin. A complete People’s Car—minus the body—was assembled and, with every working operation of the engine, gears, brakes, etc., made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
It is not often that a motorist is seen to stop his car, alight and then walk back some distance to remove dangerous obstacles from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorists should heed these signs
Speed limit and derestriction road signs, enforced by the new Victorian traffic regulations which came into effect on July…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Report on aerodrome
A technical report outlining three proposals for the development of the Albury aerodrome to the standard required for…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dead Foxes on Road
Unusual sight of two dead foxes within threequarters of a mile of each other was seen by a Beechworth man when driving to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steel Railway Sleepers From France
Steel railway sleepers are to be used on the Victorian railways system to replace wooden sleepers on the Wahgunyah-Springhurst line. Picture shows Mr. Bob Keith, at the Wahgunyah yard, inspecting the first shipment of the 3000 sleepers to be used on the line. Manufactured by a Longwy foundry in France, they are portion of 20,000 recently imported. The sleepers are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beautifying the Corowa Aerodrome
The work of beautifying the Corowa Airport and installing a water supply service is nearly completed. From the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Bowsers on Main Roads
A refusal by the Department of Main Roads to agree to the erection of a petrol bowser on a main road at Hillston will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£7850 for Culcairn Shire Roads
Minister for Public Works and Local Government, Mr Renshaw, has advised Messrs. Padmasi and Lawton, MsLA, that he has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wah Wah—griffith Road
The Carrathool Council considers that the existing road from Mr. W. Shaw's via the Chalk Wells, to Griffith, provides…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City’s tram men on strike
ADELAIDE, Thurs.: About 1500 Adelaide tramwaymen are on strike over the “bouncing billy” handbrake…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian railways’ heavy loss
HOBART, Thurs.: Tasmanian Government Railways lost £60,069 more during the last financial year than the previous year…
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Mr. Padman, MLA has bees informed by the NSW Minister for Public Works and Local Government, Mr. Renshaw,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →May be long hold up of trams and buses
ADELAIDE, Fri.: Adelaide appears likely to have a long hold-up of [?] and [?] services, following a futile compulsorys…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Roads Maintenance in Shire
Waradgery Shire engineer (Mr. G. Dallas) told a meeting of the Shire Council on Thursday that loaming work on the Gunbar road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sidonia Road Extensions
At Thursday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, it was decided; as a preliminary to further work on the Sidonia Road,…
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