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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

974 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 49

Preston Motors’ spacious new premises opened

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 2

With the opening of Preston Motors’ new premises in Dean street yesterday, the city now has one of the most modern garages and service stations of any provincial city in N.S.W…

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Insurance Men in Road Smash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 2

About midnight on Friday, a car travelling north from Albury hit a post at the Corowa railway crossing just south of Culcairn,…

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Three hurt in hour at Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 16

Within an hour at the Union Bridge on Saturday three people were injured in two traffic accidents…

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20 bodies are taken from wrecked diesel train

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

PARIS, Sun.: Twenty bodies have so for been taken the wreckage of a four-car diesel train which collided head-on with a shunting engine near Chateaubourg in the Rhone Valley, late last night…

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Holbrook men get £84,000 road job

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: The letting by the Forestry Commission of N.S.W, of an £84,000 forest rood contract in the Tumut district was announced today by the Minister for Conservation (Mr. A. Enticknap)…

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More money for roads: motorists are delighted

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 11

“Delightful news for motorists, and all authorities organisations and individuals affected” is the N.R.M.A.’s reaction to the Prime Minister’s proposals for immediately increasing petrol tax revenue to the States…

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Bridge provides an unwanted “symphony” of noise

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

Rattles from Union Bridge as traffic passes over late of night provide a midnight symphony for residents in the area which doesn’t help them to sleep. Unless N.S.W. Main Roads…

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Giant refinery column road-hauled 600 miles

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 11

The largest column ever transported over such a distance by road in Australia, recently made a four-day journey from Sydney…

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“Death railway” sold for £355,000

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues.: Siam paid £355,000 for the Siam-Burma “Death Railway” built by Allied prisoners during the last…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities Require Education

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 10

Albury pedestrians require education in the rules of the road. Impatient and often extremely impetuous. they are a constant…

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Road disappeared in Redex Trial horror stretch

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 20

CLONCURRY, Wed.: Choking dust was the main worry of Redex Hal competitors on the third real horror stretch between Townsville and Cloncurry today. Worst of the section was west of Charters…

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Coroner Criticises Sydney’s Trams

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 20

SYDNEY, Wed.: Criticism of Sydney trams was made by the City Coroner (Mr. F, McNamara) today…

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Albury Road Turn-off Delays Motorists at Culcairn Motion by Progress Association

The Observer · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1

Culcairn Progress Association has resolved to appraise Culcairn Shire Council of the fact that even with the existing large sign indicating the Albury Road turnoff, at Culcairn, considerable difficulty is being…

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Stock on Roads Discussed By Lockhart Council

The Observer · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 6

The Department of Local Government intimated to the June meeting of Lockhart Shire Council that the Road Safety Council had drawn attention to the growing danger on the roads through straying stock…

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‘Horror’ road takes big toll of cars in Redex trial

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 24

MT. ISA, Thurs.: The 83-mile “horror stretch” from Cloncurry to Mt. Isa took terrific toll of the Redex cars and drivers. Weary, bruised, dust-covered drivers coaxed…

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Ban on overtime could paralyse N.S.W. railways

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Continuation of a ban on overtime by boilermakers employed by the Department of Railways could mean the department would have to cancel passenger and goods…

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Row over railways appeals

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Railway Commissioner’s charges that the Railway Appeals Board was breaking down discipline…

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Stocktaking of roads suggested

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 22

CANBERRA, Fri.: Cabinet will decide soon whether a conference should be called for a national stocktaking of Australian roads…

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Henty farmer is fatally injured in road accident after football match

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 15

A 73-year-old Henty farmer died on Saturday after being struck by a car on the Henty-Cookardinia road. He was Frederick William Lubke. The accident occurred at…

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Injured Motor Cyclist Set on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Sun.: One of Melbourne’s for accident victims was a motor cyclist who crashed into a telegraph pole in Mt…

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