Motoring Pars And Personalities
Three High School girls almost met with disaster while using the pedestrian lane at the Dean and Kiewa street intersection…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
804 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 41
English playboy working as railway navvy
PERTH, Wed.: A remand for eight days was granted on the request of Detective Sgt. D. Richardson, West Australian chief of the C.I.B., when English playboy, Norman James…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maintenance of Murray Shire Roads
Approval was given Mr. M. R. Cover, Murray Shire council engineer, to invite tenders for supply and delivery of sandy loam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£20,000 Miners’ Pay Stolen From Train
SYDNEY, Thurs: Defectives from Newcastle and Sydney are investigating the theft of a mailbag, containing £20,500 in cash, from the Glen Innes marl train last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blazing motor cycle fires grass
When a motor-cycle ridden by a young man named P. Costigan backfired and burst into flames on the Yundool road near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Motor Cyclists’ Scramble
An eight-race programme has been arranged for the Wodonga Motor. Cycle. Club’s scramble meeting on. Wodonga Flats tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Five road accidents at week-end
Albury police attended road accidents during the week-end, but, although in some cases damage to vechiles was extensive…
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A transport driver who was in Deniliquin yesterday from Balranald complained bitterly to this office about the shocking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm caused road damage, engineer says
A severe thunderstorm on January 30 caused damage to roads in Burrumbuttock and Brocklesby districts. New Work…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cut Out Leads to Fatality In River
The story of how nine old John Senior, on holidays from his home in Unanderra, lost his life in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicle Lighting
Perturbed by the number of motor vehicles whose headlights do not conform with the traffic regulations, the N.R.M.A. has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wodonga Motor Cycle Club meeting
A crowd of approximately. 1000 Witnessed the first motor cycle races conducted by the Wodonga Motor Cycle Club. The course…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railwayman gets bond
A 32 years old railway labourer was placed on a £50 bond by Judge Brennan after he had pleaded guilty to stealing ten…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
The United States and England are well to the fore in building “glass” cars. Actually the glass is laminated. or plastic “glass” with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Courtesy
An acute squeal of brakes yesterday in Dean st caused passers by to stop and make a quick mental inquiry. The reason was that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists' Lucky Escape
Two members of the Construction Staff of the P.M.G. had miraculous escapes from serious injury, if not death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shires President Warns on Roads Position
Reduction of grants to shire Councils for main and trunk roads works in 1953 could mean that many councils…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nimmie Bridge For Light Traffic Only
The condition of the Nimmie Creek Bridge has deteriorated according to a report by the Waradgery Shire Enginerr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waradgery Shire Rejects Road Application
An application by Mr. N. E. Porter for the construction of a road off the Tchelery road to the Windouran Shire boundary was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Man's Death Follows Road Crash
James Trainer, aged 23, a P.M. G. linesman, of Coblamon, was pinned by his left foot in the wrecked cabin of his truck on the…
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