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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Railway Waiting Room Available Soon

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 2

Goods used by the staff at the Albury railway station arc being stored in the waiting room. Storeroom in which the goods…

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“Reversals” motorists £3/12/-each

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 10

Two motorists who drew the Attention of police after they had reversed from the kerb were each fined £3 with 12/ costs…

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Collapsed on Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 10

A man who said he had been discharged from Albury Hospital on Wednesday and collapsed on the railway station after having…

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Ron Hail Cannot Train

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 23

MELBOURNE. Fri.: Crack cross country jockey, Ron Hall, was refused a trainer’s licence by the VRC Committee today…

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10 die on Victorian roads at the week-end: 4 in one smash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Ten people were killed on the roads yesterday and today during one of Victoria’s blackest accident week-ends for many years. The worst individual smash was on the Hume Highway, 15 miles…

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Overtime Ban Threat to Railways

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Sun. : Passenger train services in NSW are being threatened by a union ban on overtime…

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Roads packed with refugees

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 16

HANOI, Mon.: All roads trading to Hanoi are filled with men, women and children coming in from the provinces on…

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New Road Rules Soon

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The road traffic conference recommendations Mill be put into effect in a few days, as soon as…

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Wakool Road Second Priority in Shire Plan

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

Murray Shire Council approved a plan on Wednesday to seal 15 miles of main roads within the Shire in three years. Order of priority of work on three of the Shire’s main roads: Perricoota Road (MR341), Deniliquin-Wakool Road…

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Motor Mechanics Stood Down

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon. : Several hundred motor mechanics who reported for work today without their tool kits were stood…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Motor cyclist fined on two charges

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 10

Albert George Cock, of Peel street, Albury, pleaded guilty to falling to give a hand signal and creating undue noise when…

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What Holbrook Council Did Yesterday Ratepayers protest about condition of some shire roads

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 16

Six protests, one signed by 15 ratepayers, against the condition of roads within the shire, were read at yesterday’s monthly meeting of Holbrook Shire Council. Three of the letters dealt…

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Border Motor Cyclists’ Time Trial

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 14

On Sunday the Albury Motor Cycle Club conducted a time trial which was routed through Woomargama, Dora Dora. Jingellic…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 12

A Leeds (England) firm making playing cards has provided on incentive scheme that is paying div[?]ends. The firm is supplying…

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New Men on Windouran Roads Staff

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 5

Registrations have caused several changes among the Windouran Shire’s staff. A truck driver (Mr P. Barbir)…

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Morago Bridge To Be Twelve Ft. Wide

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

Windouran Shire re[?] for the Morago Bridge to [?] 20 feet wide has been [?] by the Department of [?]…

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[?]Bitumen Proposed on Road From the Pine West

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

Thirteen miles of bitumen on the Pretty Pine Moulamein Rd. are included in the proposed three-year programme of Main Roads work to be submitted by Windouran Shire Council to the Department of Main…

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No Funds for Railway Houses

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

Funds for housing specifically for Railway Department employees are not available, Carrathool Shire was told at…

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Vic. railways short of men

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Railway services would have to be cut in the next two or three years unless men could be kept…

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A grazier to stand trial after accident S.M. warns motorists who drive under influence

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 10

A 52-year-old grazier of Norong, vie Rutherglen, who, police alleged, drove negligently, under the influence and failed to stop after on Occident on July 12, was committed for trial by Corowa Court of Petty…

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