Royal train on secret trial test
SYDNEY, Sun.: The Royal train was given a successful trial on the southern line yesterday morning. when it made…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
974 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 49
Police probe railway goods yard fires
SYDNEY, Sun.: Arson squad detectives are investigating two fires which damaged railway property at Granville yesterday…
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Railway history was made for Bendigo (Vic.) on Saturday last when a double-Diesel train arrived pulling 67 trucks loaded…
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BRISBANE, Mon.: The recently completed Brisbane bridge, linking South Mitchell properties with the Condamine…
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Methods of treating virgin soil so that it can be used for roads and airfields without the addition of crushed rock, gravel, or asphalt…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A young man who stopped his car at a police station because he realised he had had too much to drink was…
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A letter from a bush fire brigade captain considered at yesterdayâs meeting of Hume Shire Council is to be forwarded to the Bush Fire Committee in Sydney. it will be discussed also…
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A few minutes before 10 oâclock last night, a phone call to Corowa Fire Brigade reported a blaze near the…
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The N.R.M.A. engineers here list some of the common forms of abuse of motor vehicles. OVERSPEENDING WHEN NEW…
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After installing tyre and tube on a wheel bounce the wheel on the ground a few times. In this way the tube will find its natural…
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At yesterdayâs meeting Windouran Shire Council re-appointed James F. J. Auswild and Co. as auditors at last yearâs fee of…
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Waradgery Shire engineer (Mr. G. Dallas) told a Shire Council meeting yesterday that recent thunder storms have made some…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: A railway porter was charged at Central Court today with having been under the âinfluence of liquor…
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Information from the Railways Department that only two special trains would leave Wangaratta when the Queen visited Benalla…
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Official parking arrangements for visitors to Wagga by car for the visit of the Queen to that city on…
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The Hay Motor Sports Club has invited the Hay Hospital to share some of the organising and conduct of a sports…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Four corridor trams and four buses specially decorated for the Royal visit, wilt make their debut in…
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CANBERRA, Fri.: Registration of new motor vehicles (excluding motor cycles) increased by 2329 in the last year, from 13,616 in…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A man charged with driving the Blue Mountains Express while under the influence of liquor was killed under a train…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.: Tram services in Adelaide are to be abandoned as soon as practicable and replaced by single-decker…
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