Coroner wants motor cyclists’ road deaths recorded as “suicides”
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1
HOBART, Tues.: Provision in the Coronerâs Act for the recording of a finding of âdeath by motor cycle suicideâ was advocated by the Hobart Coroner, Mr. H. M. Brettingham-Moore, at…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 13
NEW YORK, Tuesday: Traffic deaths rose steadily yesterday and the National Safety Council said it seemed certain that it…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →To the Editor Railwaymen’s Vote
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 2
Sir.âOn June 2, ballot papers for the election of State president, vice president and secretary and other positions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 10
First details have become available of the Nash Metropolitan, a car unique because it is American, built in Britain, and intended for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mother on a motor cycle
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 10
Being motor cyclist Hilton Murray will mind the children at home while Mrs. Murray competes in the seven-day Redex motor cycle trial. Mrs. Murray, 29, who lives at Collaroy (N.S.W.), is the mother of three girls, aged 11, 10 and eight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Development Board Suggested
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 11
MELBOURNE, Wed. : At the annual general meeting of the Australian. Road Federation in Melbourne the general secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man says motorist tried to shoot him
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 2
BRISBANE, Wed.: A Brisbane motorist told police that a motorist travelling in the opposite direction attempted to shoot him…
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Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 5
One woman will be among the entrants in the Redex 3000 mite three-State motor cycle trial, which will start from Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Grants
Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2
ALTHOUGH during the election campaign it was Opposition Leader Evatt who made most of the glittering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maude Bridge Tender Accepted
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1
WARADGERY Shire Council has accepted a tender for the building of the Maude bridge. The tender, that of McDonald Construction Pty. Ltd., is for £37,731/-16/6, and is one of three tenders opened by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Maintenance Costs
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1
At a recent Coolamon. Shire Council meeting, Cr. J. J. Carroll said he believed the majority of ratepayers would not object to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipality to Concentrate on Finishing Main Roads
The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 3
As a result of a policy decision made by Municipal Council on Wednesday night, all major roads leading into Deniliquin will be black-topped within four years. Council acc[?]ded to complete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentence of Death for Train Murder
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2
A 24-year-old labourer was sentenced to death on Tuesday, June 1st, for the murder of a Government scientist on the Southwest mail train on February 20. The labourer is Ronald Vincent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenders for Albury-Wagga road work are to be called
Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 5
Culcairn Shire Council was calling tenders tomorrow for work on the approximate five milesâ section remaining to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor cycle “scramble” for Wodonga ambulance fund
Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 5
An ambulance for Wodonga is the ultimate objective of the Wodonga Motor Cycle Club, which will conduct a âscrambleâ on the Wodonga Flat on Sunday to create the nucleus of the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →M.V.C. paid £30,000 in road tax on one route
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 9
The Albury Canberra-Sydney service has cost Murray Valley Coaches more than £30,000 in road taxes over four years, the general manager (Mr. H. J. Lawrence) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Policeman who chased a motor cyclist fined £15 and loses his licence
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 17
MELBOURNE, Fri.: A magistrate said today that a policeman could not lawfully expose members of the public to grave danger of life and limb for the sake of catching a criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Train Fireman Went by Car!
Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 5
The Spirit of Progress fireman did part of the Melbourne-Albury journey by motor car on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man and Woman Killed on Roads
Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two pedestriansâa man and a woman âreceived fatal injuries in separate road accidents yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven people killed on N.S.W. roads at weekend
Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sun.: Seven people have been killed and many injured in road accidents in N.S.W. at the week end. Four people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a semi-trailer and a car, five miles south of Picton, tonight…
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