£5,500 Grant for Road
A grant of £5,500 to cover loaming of the Developmental Road No. 1222 in the Benerembah District has been made by the Main…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
804 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 41
Successful Motor Sports Midget Car Overturns
OWING to the large number of competitors, the programme at the Hay Motor Sports Club meeting on Saturday ran non stop from 2 o'clock to 5-15. Griffith riders and supporters turned up in good numbers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riflewoman lucky in road smash
Prominent Sydney riflewoman Miss Florence Fergusson had a lucky escape from injury in a car accident near Wodonga…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cyclists to Hold Big Races
Albury and border residents will be able to witness local and visiting motor cyclists competing in this district’s most comprehensive and spectacular motor cycle races…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Consul Outstanding in Rugged Alpine Trial (Reprint from the Australian Motorist. 1/1/53)
An almost incredibly rugged course took heavy toll of cars and crews in the 620-mile Alpine Reliability Trial conducted by the Light Car Club of Australia. Many experienced drivers and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Only 2,345 new motor vehicles were registered in Victoria in January, compared with 3,585 in December, according to official…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Interest Burden on State Railways Cost of Concessions and Country Lines
In this article the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, examines the financial position of the New South Wales Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daysdale Repairs to Main Road
The Council has wrought a transformation to Main Road 135 from Daysdale to Four Corners. Last winter this road became a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Primary Producers Protest Against Excessive Rates on Motor Truck Registrations
The Minister for Transport, in reply to a resolution protesting against the excessive rates on motor registrations ruling in N.S.W., and requesting a 50 per cent, reduction on motor trucks used in primary production…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Riverina graziers seek £3 million from railways
SYDNEY, Fri.: Writs totalling £3 million have been issued against the Railways Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Carrutbers to train at country hotel
JOHANNESBURG, Sun.: World bantamweight champion Jimmy Carruthers, has decided to do his sparring at a country hotel near…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Five motor cyclists injured in speedway crash
SYDNEY, Sun.: Five racing motor cyclists were injured in Australia’s most serious speedway crash last night. The riders were injured in the second heat of the Open Solo Handicap at the Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week-end accidents Two motor cyclists hurt
Two motor cyclists suffered minor injuries in accidents at Holbrook and Henty during the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor mechanic badly burned
A Rutherglen motor mechanic, who was trapped under a motor vehicle when it caught fire, was severely burned on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bookmaker’s Aeroplane
The sight of an aeroplane resting in the arena at Deniliquin racecourse during the Jockey Clubâs cup meeting on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven dead in holiday road smashes
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Road accidents killed at least seven people during Victoria’s Labor Day weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways carrying more freight
There has Been a substantial increase in the quantity of fruit sent from Sydney and Queensland by rail to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at aerodrome
A strip of grass and scrub about 150 yards wide stretching from Old Sydney road to Racecourse road was burnt out on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Over Hume Weir Urged
Immediat representations are to be made by Towong council to have a bridge built across Hume weir at the site of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Mr Brian Calwell. from Culcairn, has Joined the staff of Preston Motors’ Spare parts department. Mr A Pickering,…
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