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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Suggested Road Link Has Appeal to the border district

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 7

A road link through gipps land and through the present “no-man’s land” of the Wonnangatta river region, to the…

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Albury motor cyclists do well at Bathurst

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 11

Having their first ride on the famous Mt Panorama circuit at Bathurst, local motor cyclists Doug Fugger and Ken Hill, were…

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Motoring Pars and Personalitis

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 10

Mr. R. M. Jacka, general manager of Preston Motors Pty. Ltd.,. is visiting Albury. The Annual diner of the…

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King’s Cup Crews Train

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 16

HOBART, Thurs.: Crews in Hobart for the King’s Cup race to be rowed on the Derwent River on Saturday week did…

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Four People Hurt in Road Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

Four people were injured in road accidents in the Deniliquin district early last night. The proprietors of Pretty Pine Hotel, their daughter and a…

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Shire Asks for £60,942 Road Programme

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

WARADGERY Shire Council has submitted a Highway Programme for 1953-54 totalling £60,942. This is on a par with that asked for the current year, when a total of £38,000 was granted. The…

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Skeleton Mystery Detective believe that woman’s body was thrown into creek from bridge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The discovery of portion of a women’s corsets on the camping ground at Kerrisdale Bridge, near Strath Creek, today has mode detectives suspect that the woman, whose skeleton was found near…

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Too much speed costs motorists £31

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 11

Fines and costs totalling £31 were imposed on six motorists who were convicted of speeding. None of the defendants…

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Balldale Man Killed in Road Smash

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

A young Balldale man was killed almost instantly when a motor cycle he was riding collided with a motor car early…

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Second try to derail train

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Mon.: Police and railway officials are investigating the second attempt within three days to derail a…

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M.i.a.—melbourne Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

The necessity of an all-weather road from the M.I.A. south to Melbourne was stressed at a recent meeting of the Griffith…

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5 die in road accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: Five people were killed in road acidents in NSW over the holiday period. Late today an unidentified man…

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Items of news Train Derailed Near Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

For the second successive holiday weekend a train derailment has delayed expresses travelling from Sydney to Albury. A goods…

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1953 District Road Accident Figures Released

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

Thirteen were injured but nobody was killed in 30 road accidents reported in Deniliquin Municipality last year…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Near Balldale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

A fatal accident occurred the Corowa-Balldale road about a mile from Balldale on Friday evening last at about 6.45…

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Man Survives 11 Oft. Bridge Fall

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tues.: Seamen aboard a freighter today pulled a young man from the water after he had survived a 110 ft…

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Doctors operate on fellow train passenger

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 10

PERTH, Tues.: While the train Trans-train was held up late last night at Cook for 2½ hours, two doctors, who were…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 14

Neglect of hand signals ranks high among contributing factors in road accidents. It is difficult to believe that the essentials in…

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Road Enclosure to Be Investigated Access to Brandon's Bend

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 1

Hay Municipal Council decided on Tuesday to make an inspection of the locality in order to give an answer to the Department…

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Yackandandah to Lose Rail Link Lost train out on May 13

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 9

Closure of the railway spur line between Yackandandah and Beechworth as from Friday, May 14 was classed yesterday as “part of a growing national tragedy”— “a retrograde step from departmental mismanagement” —“hindering country development and sending up costs of…

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