3 Killed, 12 Hurt in N.s.w. Road Accidents
SYDNEY, Sun.: Three, people were killed and 12 injured In country road accidents in NSW this weekend…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
804 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 41
Road Fatality at Narrandera
A young man was killed shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, when a car in which he was a passenger collided with a post on the…
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Carrathool Shire engineer, Mr. J. T. Currie, reported to the Council on Monday that it had been intended to undertake a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tools Stolen From Railway Shed
A quantity of tools were stolen from a shed on railway property between Culcairn and Gerogery over the week-end. The theft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Council
First meeting of the newly formed Road Safety Council held at the council chambers last night was presided over by Ald Lambert,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist tells of his adventurous trip across the Sahara
Travelling across the sands of the treacherous Sahara desert looks easy when one sees it on the silver screen, but Mr. Keith Lawson, of Melbourne, can tell a story which would make the best Hollywood production seem like a selection from the fairy tales…
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Albury motorist says he drove the length of Dean st. behind Victorian car recently and noticed that the driver constantly turned…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Damages of £3500 were awarded to a man in the Supreme Court today for injuries sustained…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: General Motors Acceptance Corporation (New York) have announced that for the purposes of their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commonwealth Aid Roads Funds
The Municipal Council expects to receive at least £2.700 of the £3.240 it decided at its recent meeting to apply to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Improvement in Hay Railway Revenue
Hay railway revenue improved during 1952 by approximately 21 per cent above that earned in 1951…
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City Council employes are now working on a number of city roads. These are being resurfaced with bitumen and metal screenings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This fire started after train-truck collision
Fire in two wool trucks (above) burning fiercely after yesterday’s accident at Barnawartha between a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three killed in N.S.W. road accidents
SYDNEY, Sun.: Three persons were killed in road accidents, in NSW this week-end. All the accidents occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three hurt in accidents on Albury-Wodonga road
Three men were admitted to Albury Hospital at the week-end following accidents between Albury and Wodonga. They were ALEX FOREST, Railway Hotel, Wodonga, facial injuries; COLIN KOPIE, Railway Hotel,…
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"The roads in this part of N.S.W. are a disgrace to this State," said the president of the Hay Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No-money for Main Roads
"Shire Councils everywhere are vigorously protesting against the reduced State vote for trunk and main roads. The cuts for 1953…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on Chiltern Road
Miss Verna McKenzie of Beechworth, and formerly of Corowa, and Miss Norma Spencer of Corowa, were involved in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Albury Court Yesterday Alleged motorist tried to run police car off road
Police witnesses stated in Albury Court yesterday that the driver of a car had nearly knocked a constable down and tried to run a police car off the road when it was attempting to overtake him. William Henry Reid, Griffith street, Lavington, was before the court…
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Douglas Bassett (26 ), Leeton. was fined £5, with 12/ costs, when he pleaded guilty, through Mr H. Flood, to a charge of…
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