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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

974 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 49

Motor Vehicle Lights

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 7

Autumn weather and the return of longer nights call for greater care by motorists. The N.R.M.A. reminds drivers that as…

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To Press Claims New for Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

The joint Albury-Woden g a deputation pressing for a new bridge Murray River at Albury heard by the NSW…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 10

Albury Motors, local distributors for Austin vehicles, have received advice from Austin Distributors, Melbourne, that a…

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Why motorists do these things

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 11

Why do some drivers act as they do when behind the wheel of a car ? The State of New Jersey (USA)…

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Railway Reds win tennis title

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 8

Railway Reds won their 10th Wodonga Tennis Association premiership 13 years when they defeated Tangambalanga No. 1 by…

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Cain Government Attacked Lightning strike by tramway men

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The combined Opposition parties attacked the Cain Government in the Legislative Assembly today on the sudden strike the employes which today paralysed…

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Train Blown Up

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 16

PARIS, Wed.: Sixty persons were killed when a train from Battambang, Western Cambodia, to Pnempenh, the Cambodian…

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Faster Filling For Council’s Road Water

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 8

The trouble over [?] water [?] Murray Shire [?] should [?] be over Shire Council this week…

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£10,500 Grant Towards Sealing Trunk Road in Culcairn Shire

The Observer · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 6

Included in the correspondence read at Monday's meeting of Culcairn Shire Council was a letter from the Maui Roads Department approving of a grant of £10,500 towards the cost of sealing the final section of Trunk…

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Munyaplah Residents Petition Council For New Road Proposal to Be Investigated

The Observer · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 5

Residents of Munyaplah settlement forwarded a petition to Monday's shire meeting, requesting Council to dedicate and open a road, starting from the main road at the Alma Park signpost, opposite the road through the…

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Three die on Victorian roads

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Fri.: At least three people have died in road accidents in Victoria since the start of the Easter holiday period…

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New Bridge to Be Built Over Koetong Creek

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 8

A new bridge is to be built over Koetong Creek on the Granya-Jingelite road. Picture shows the workmen’s…

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Five Killed on Roads: Three Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sun. : Five people have been killed and 11 injured in road accidents since Friday…

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Women, Children Massacred Viet Rebels Ambush Train

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 1

PARIS, Sun.; More than 100 men, women and children were massacred by Vietminh rebels who ambushed and derailed a train in Indo-China last Monday, according to reports from Saigon…

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Carruthers at Games swimmers to train in Queensland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Sun.: The Australian Swimming Union has provided training facilities for Empire Games swimming in Northern…

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Road Deaths Victorian Easter toll jumps to eight

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Sun. : The Victorian Easter road toll rose to eight killed with the deaths of five more people in accidents yesterday and today…

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Maude Bridge Tender

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

Waradgery Shire Council on Thursday sat in committee, at the request of the Department of Main…

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13 road deaths in Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 13-year-old boy received fatal injuries, and four people, including his mother and sister,…

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Proposed Shire-municipal Road Agreement "Don't Humbug Us" Says Shire President

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

WARADGERY Shire Council decided on Thursday to give the Hay Municipal Council to May 1 either to accept or reject its offer to carry out municipal road programmes, free of supervision and…

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Migrating Per Motor Cycle

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Mon.: An English builder—with his wife and a motor cycle combination—is preparing to emigrate to…

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