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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

974 stories in Murray's papers · page 47 of 49

Fire Insurance By Railways Country Party Suggestion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

The Railways Department should institute its own system of insurance to cover the payment of damages for fire, Mr…

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40 Injured in Tram Crash

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 17

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Forty people were injured when two crowded teams collided in City road, Newtown, today…

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Road Hauliers “Not Worried”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 14

SYDNEY, Sun.: Interstate transport operators are not concerned over rail freight reductions which come into operation…

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Motor Cycle Stolen at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 2

A motor cycle was stolen from Young street between 1.30 and 6.30 p.m. yesterday. A maroon BSA with silver wheels, it is owned by…

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Hauliers will have to help maintain roads

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 24

SYDNEY, Tues.: Interstate and intrastate road hauliers will contribute to the country main roads funds through licence fees under a new Act to be introduced into the Legislative Assembly today. The Minister for…

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Will Make All-weather Road

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tues. : A start will be made soon on the proposed all-weather road between Ivanhoe and Mildura, the Minister for…

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“Wanted to See a Train Derailment”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 5

GOULBURN, Tues.: A 17-year-old youth had put iron, wood and stone on the main southern line so he “would see a derailment,” a…

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Matters before motor cycle club

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 13

A total of £91/15-, together with £24 from catering stalls, was handed over to the Howlong RSL sub-branch following the motor…

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Beechworth Motor Cycle Races

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 13

The Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women will benefit by approximately £300 from the motor cycle race meeting at Beechworth…

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Motoring Pars and Personalities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 12

TWO strangers, apparently strangers, attempted to cross Dean st. between intersections on Monday night…

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Locusts Infest Howlong Road

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 16

Some plague locusts were infesting two properties north of Howlong, but their density was too low to cause alarm at present,…

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Items of News Work Starts on New Road at Tallangatta

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 2

Work began this week on a £200,000 road and rail embankment across the Mitta River flats at Tallangatta The Victorian SR…

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£2,282 Subsidy For Bunnaloo Road Extension

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

Subsidy of £2,282/10/- is to be paid to the Deniliquin Municipal Council towards the cost of extending electricity…

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Railways Earned £74 Million

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY. Thurs.: The N.S.W. railways had record earnings of £74,569,111 last financial year. This resulted in a surplus of…

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Train derailment attempt

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 9

Wodonga police are investigating an attempt to derail a train on the Tallangatta railway line at Wodonga on Thursday night…

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Albury police ask motorists to take extra care during holidays

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

With Christmas and New Year holidays approaching rapidly, Albury police yesterday appealed to motorists to take extra care on roads. Inspector Moore said drivers and pedestrians should…

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Boxing Club Members Train Solidly

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 3

Under control of trainer Jack McNamee 18 members of the Deniliquin and District Boxing and Athletic Club spent an hour…

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Speaker urges national road development plan

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 18

Until Australia adopted o national plan of road development with a national body to devise and implement it, we would not hove taken even the first realistic step towards attaining adequate road facilities for our…

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What Hume Shire Council Did Yesterday “Not enough money available for all road works”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 9

Three-year priority programmes submitted by councils throughout N.S.W. for construction works on trunk and ordinary main roads had been found to be greatly in excess of funds likely to be available, the Department of Main Roods advised Hume Shire Council…

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£20 fine on motor cyclist for speeding

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 12

An episode in Wodonga place, Albury, on August 7 last cost o Bandiana motor cyclist £25/4/- in fines and costs when he appeared before Mr. Letts, S.M., in Albury Court of Petty…

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