“ Black Monday” S for Motorists
It was âBlack Mondayâ for 18 motorists in Albury Court yesterday when they were fined almost £150 for traffic offences,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
974 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 49
To Speak Os Road Transport
Speaker at tonightâs Rotary Club. meeting in Red Cross House will be Mr. H. J. Lawrence, president of the Australian Road Transport…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Personnel of the Police Safety Bureau should be increased by three times the present number, the general secretary of the N.R.M.A, (Mr. H. E. Richards) said today…
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In Ohio, U.S.A., a gaol sentence is mandatory when drunken driving is proved. Sentences range from three days to six months…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Thieves last night stole £30,000 from a mailbag consigned by train to the Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, from Katoomba. Detectives from the CIB, the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“After years of patience and persistence” Waugh Road Opened
Engineer (Mr. J. Sarvaas), reporting to Albury City Council last night, stated that after many years of patience and persistence…
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MELBOURNE. Wed. : Two bulls charged a 16-ton tram in Racecourse road, Newmarket this morningâand stopped it…
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Conargo Shire Engineer (Mr. W. H Ware) yesterday reported to this Council that general forming and re-forming of…
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Three welcome letters from the Department of Main Roads were received by Windouran Shire…
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At the May meeting of Council letters were received from the Main Roads Board regarding roads in sub-divisions…
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The Department of Main Roads has advised the Waradgery Shire of a grant available for the improvement of…
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There were over 100 horses straying along the Hay-Bo[?]ligal road. Cr. T. C. Macaw told Windouran Shire Councillors…
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Claims by hauliers that road transport is being slowly strangled in all stages has focussed attention on the rapidly increasing tonnage of goods being carried by railways throughout the Commonwealth. This has spotlighted the…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A tram collided with a runaway truck in Booth St. Annandale. and then travelled 400 yards out of control…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Man Killed by Train
SYDNEY, Sun.: James McNeil, 60, of Hamilton, was dragged to death under a goods train, near Newcastle, late on Friday night…
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Two accidents were reported on the National Bridge, Deniliquin on Saturday. Shortly before 10 in the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A 24-year-old laborer had admitted shooting a C.S.I.R.O. scientist and taking food and £10 from him, the Crown prosecutor (Mr. L. C. Furnell) alleged in Central…
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ROAD racing organised by the Deniliquin Amateur Cycling Club will take place on the Echuca road on every…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Ronald Vincent Holl, 24, today was sentenced to death for the murder of C.S.I.R.O. scientist Olaf Perkman. The Central Criminal Court jury returned a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Named After Shire Leader
This new concrete bridge at Rand has been named âTownsend Bridgeâ after Mr. A. R. Townsend, O.B.E., a former President of Urana Shire Council, who represented Rand district for many years. The bridge bears two plates carrying the name. Mr. Townsend now resides in Sydney…
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