Three killed, 20 injured in week-end road toll
SYDNEY, Sun.: Three people lost their lives and 20 were injured in road accidents in N.S.W. at the week-end. A bride of only a few…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
974 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 49
Items of news Motor Cyclist Has Leg Broken
Culcairn motor cyclist, James Speed, was admitted to Culcairn Hospital on Saturday suffering from a broken right leg following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Motor Accidents
Two minor motor accidents were reported in Albury during the weekend. On Saturday a car driven by Mr. B. R. Tomlinson, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£28,249 allocated for works on main roads
Country Roods Board notified Wangaratta Shire Council yesterday that the total amount allocated for works on the main roads in the shire was £28,249. It included commitments carried forward from last year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wangaratta Shire Council Business Yesterday Decision on ratepayers’ petition over road deferred
Fifty-three ratepayers petitioned Wangaratta Shire Council yesterday to rescind a motion granting Mr. A. Clugg a road through Messrs. R. L. Moore and H. Shannonâs propertied at Byawatha. Grounds for the objection…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Harvest Ending : Big Wheat Stocks at Railway
Harvest is almost completed in the district and it is expected that the last of the grain will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Utility, Motor Cycle in Collision
A motor bike ridden by Norman Giddings, of Albury, was severely damaged in a collision with a utility truck at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal visit to Sydney: hints to motorists
Country motorists intending to visit Sydney for the Royal visit are advised that the garaging problem in the city is severe, parking stations will not accept casual clients ahead, and all garages are already heavily booked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Promoters of the Mercy Hospital Art Union for a Wolseley car, Mr. Cameron, announces that proceeds of the competition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Will “Fish” for Outboard Motor
Three Rutherglen men will âgo fishingâ this weekend âfor an outboard motor which lies in 25ft of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man for trial for allegedly setting fire to motor car
A man who set alight to his mother-in-lawâs car was yesterday committed for trial on £60 bail by Albury Coroner (Mr. A. S. Kendall) after a coronial inquiry into the cause of the fire. He is Leslie Murray, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Further Work on Conargo Shire Roads
Mr. W. H. Ware (Conargo shire engineer), reported to his council yesterday of recent works carried out on Conargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Work for Irrigation Area
Bitumening of road sections in the irrigation area is to be urged on the Main Roads Department by the Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Family’s lucky escape : train smashes car
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A man, his wife and their three young children dived to safety from a stalled car seconds before it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Improvement to Front Band, Memorial Halls
The Municipal Council is to consider re-surfacing Lachlan Street over( the entire width where it fronts the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sealing of Trunk Road to be Given Priority in 1954-55
In reporting to the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council held at Culcairn on Monday, 11th January, the Shire Engineer (Mr. A. W. Kerle) advised that all necessary men and plant had been concentrated on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Motor Cyclist Injured
Culcairn motor cyclist, James Speed, was admitted to Culcairn hospital on Saturday suffering from a broken right leg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Congratulations to N.E. Railways team
North-East Victorian Railways team, winner of the recent Victorian Railwaysâ Institute Country week competition, received the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Items of news Rode Unregistered Motor Cycle
Lyubomir Spasajevic, 32, of Ethel street, Wodonga, was fined £2 in Wodonga Court yesterday for having ridden an unregistered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman, child hit by motor cycle
A woman and a child were knocked down by a motor cycle in Dean street, near Olive street, late last night and were…
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