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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

974 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 49

Shire Jubilant at Maude Bridge Contract Big Programme of Subsidiary Work

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

Waradgery Shire councillors axe jubilant at the signing of a contract at long-last for the building of the bridge…

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Highway Toil of Road Deaths’ Cause

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 9

The tragic road toll on the Hume Highway, the Picton-Yass stretch of which had the highest death rate of all NSW country…

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Albury police to use motor cycles in safety drive

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 9

Within the next week, Albury police will hove four motor cycle patrols in full-time service to detect traffic offenders. Stating this yesterday,…

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Three Killed on Roads

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE., Sun.; There produce were killed and many of [?] amounted in road accidents in Victoria during the weekend…

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Red Road Heavily Bombed

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 16

HANOI. Sun: French Air Force planes have beauty bombed a road 46 miles northwest of Hanoi to prevent…

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Car and Motor Cycle in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

Motor cycle rider sustained a fractured thigh and shock when his machine and a car collided at 2. p.m. on Saturday at comer of…

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Dead Man Drove Tram

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 16

WELLINGTON (NZ) Suggestive people were injured a tram with [?] driver slumped dead over the…

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Little Girl Ravished, Murdered Young railway clerk is held

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A six-year-old girl died while being rushed to hospital last night after being brutally mauled and ravished on railway property at Newmarket…

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Bad Roads Deaths Cause

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

The tragic road toll on the highways could be reduced If available funds Were used to reduce road hazards, said Mr…

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Librarian Travels Vancouver-San Francisco by Train

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 6

Writing from the Hotel Mark Hopkins, Nob Hill, San Francisco to a friend in Deniliquin Mrs. E. Walton. C. M. E…

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No job for Red in railways

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Victorian Railways will not re-employ Mr. J. J. Brown, who has been voted out of his job as…

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More motor vehicles registered

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 9

CANBERRA, Mon.: Registrations of new motor vehicles in Australia continued to climb steadily last month. New vehicles…

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Calf Causes Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

Two brothers. Analas and Maenus Valiukas. ager 19 and 17, of Jindera. were slightly injured when their motorcycle hit a stray…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 13

A sign of the limes; A car distributor in England recently introduced a free grease week for cars. An oil company representative…

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Beechworth Court Both Motorists Were Fined

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 9

Both motorists who were involved in a collision on June 8 were fined for traffic offences by Mr. J. C. Bell, SM,…

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Search for hit-run motorist

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 8

Albury police are in touch with garages in this area as part of a search along the Murray Valley for a vehicle which knocked down…

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Gunbar-booligal Road

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

A meeting between representatives of the Carrathool Shire and the Waradgery Shire has been arranged for Monday next…

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Main Roads De[?] Shire So[?] Questions [?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 10

The [?]armer [?] Roads has asked [?] Shire Council to [?] con[?]…

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Money For Roads North From Deni

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

Department of Main Roads will grant up to £6,000 to Windouran Strive Council for reconstruction and sealing of…

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PICTURES The Up-Hill Road

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

"The Actress," which screens at the Majestic Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29th and 30th, is the comedy-drama of…

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