Motoring Pars and Personalities
Mr R. Keene, Ferguson expert of B.M. Motors, has resumed duty after a short illness. There seems to be never…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Mr. Timothy COLEMAN—Was a ‘wizard’ of dirt track on motor cycles
Mr Timothy Creighton Coleman, who died suddenly at his home in Lawrence St., Wodonga, was at one time ranked among Australiaâs leading dirt track motor cyclists…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albury Council plans to develop aerodrome
Albury City Council decided last night to proceed with plans to develop Albury aerodrome to DC3 standard and to seek help from the Minister for Air on expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Broke Perth-Melbourne road record
MELBOURNE, Wed.: The Perth to Melbourne road record was broken by nine minutes when Eddie Perkins, a wheat farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Benalla Woman’s Death Fall From Train
BENALLA, Wed.: Passengers on the Benalla train last night were horrified to see a 73-year-old woman suddenly get up and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion Kills 37 on Train
LUCKNOW, wed.: Thirty-seven passengers in a train were killed and about 40 injured last night by the explosion of a stick…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Road Federation’s Request
MELBOURNE, Tues.: An Australian Road Federation delegation headed by Mr. W. J. Baker, Victorian chairman. today asked the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£11,000 Loan Approved For Road Work In Lockhart Shire
The Department of Local Government informed the March meeting of Lockhart Shire Council that the loan of £11,000 for road works had now been approved, and Council resolved to take up the loan with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Sport
Interest is mounting in the Telegraph A.M. car rally. The rally starts at the eastern State capital cities and ends at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor registry to move to new premises on
The Albury motor registry would more to its new premises in Young street on Monody next, officer in charge, Mr. A. OâBrien, said yesterday. âBut to avoid any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian railways More fails for a Royal Commission
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A move to have a Royal Commission into the Victorian Railways was defeated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vic. Governor opens motor show
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Exhibits valued at the record figure £2½ million are staged in the International Motor Show,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman Killed by Train
SYDNEY. Sun.: An elderly woman was killed instantly when she was struck by a train between Gordon and Killara railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire killed on Victorian roads
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Four people were killed on Victorian roads during the week-end, and a seven-year-old girl died today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To seek more money for roads
CANBERRA. Mon.: The Minister for Transport (Senator Mc-Leay) tomorrow will be asked to support a move to have an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed took big toll on the roads last year
CANBERRA, Mon.: Speed on highways was the main killer during 1953. In the 12 months to the end of December last, 427 persons died as a result of excessive speed by motorists end motor cyclists…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Leeton Man Killed in Railway Accident
When a railway truck ran off the rails on the new construction line to Radium Hill, Mr. Horace Edwards Dunn, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →‘Threat to Prosperity of Upper Murray’ Deputation puts case to Victorian railways head
The progress and development of the whole of the Upper Murray was in jeopardy by the threat to close Tallangatta trucking yards and goods sheds, which that supplies of vital superphosphates would be cut off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor cyclist is fined
Denis A. McMath, of 4 C.A.D.. pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle without a licence and carrying a pillion passenger in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hints For Motorists
Here are some N.R.M.A. hints to motoring handymen: On the rubber-mounted engine it is not uncommon to find the…
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