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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1956

104 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 6

£3,000 Likely For Road Re-Insrtatement

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 1

A £6,000 programme for re-instatement of roads damaged by floods is likely to be approved following a visit this…

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Call To Govt. To Lift Road Grants

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 1

Whatever measures were taken to put N.S.W. country roads into proper shape, they must include worthwhile…

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Use Consideration and Sanity on the Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1956 · page 3

Roads primarily are a means of communication enabling the vital life line of essential commodities to be…

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£8,000 for Restoration of Damaged Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 3

About £2,500 has already been spent by the Windouran Shire Council on flood restoration work on secondary roads in the shire, the engineer (Mr. W. H. Ware) told yesterday’s council meeting. He estimated…

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[?]O School for 66 Morago Children Parents Won’t Pay, So Morago Bus Off Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 1

Parents have refused to pay increased charges on the Morago School Bus Service, and the bus will not operate for the beginning of the final school term next Tuesday…

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Murray Shire Roads Trafficable

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 5

With the recent period of fine weather most major roads in Murray Shire have been graded to provide reasonable surface, shire engineer (Mr. K. Monk) reported to yesterday’s meeting of council…

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Collision Caused By Slippery Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 1

Wet clay caused the car to slip when turning off the bitumen road in Cressy Street early yesterday morning, and to collide…

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Look at Credit Side of Railways Story

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1956 · page 2

While the critics, professional and public, were making wild and ill-founded criticism of the Government's…

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No Special Train For The Games

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 September 1956 · page 6

Victorian Railways Commissioners have refused to make a special train available to take a large number of Mathoura residents to Melbourne during the Olympic Games period…

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No Army Bridge for Conargo

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 5

As there was no danger to life, Military authorities refused to inspect the Conargo Bridge with a view to replacing it with a…

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Early Days of Road Transport

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 2

Road transport in the Riverina in the early 1920s was the subject of a most interesting talk to a recent meeting of…

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Tragic Motor Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 9

A head on collision between a utility truck and a Land Rover, on the Berrigan Cobram road, near Lalalty School, on Thursday…

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Recent Theatre Record Crowds for Railways

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 September 1956 · page 4

The Victorian railways will experience a busy time during lie Olympic Games when it will handle record traffic. Thousands of children from the country will see the games through the aid of special trains…

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Motor Cycle Crash

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 October 1956 · page 1

A motor cycle owned by Lindsay Thomas Jefferies, Jefferson Street, North Deniliquin, was extensively damaged when…

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Most M.S.C. Roads Now Trafficable

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 October 1956 · page 8

Nearly all roads in the Murray Shire Council area are now open to traffice, shire engineer (Mr. K. Monk) reported to the shire meeting on Monday. Main exceptions are the Mathoura - Tocumwal Road, and the…

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Barham Road Not Gazetted

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 October 1956 · page 1

“The Clump” controversy ended on an amusing note last Wednesday night when the Deniliquin Municipal Council…

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Struck Wakool Rd. Bridge On Curve

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 October 1956 · page 6

Eric Charles Samuelson was fined £6 at the Court of Petty Sessions on Monday when he was convicted on a charge of…

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Motorist Fined On Two Charges

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 October 1956 · page 7

Lance B. Moore, Euroke Station, Jerilderie, was fined £3 at the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday when he…

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Re-sealing Town Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 October 1956 · page 1

Strips of Wellington ,Edwardes, and Napier Streets are being resealed by Emoleum Pty, Ltd., under contract to…

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Motor Bike Stolen

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 October 1956 · page 6

Police are searching for a motor cycle registered number Vic. AL966, stolen from the Globe Hotel yard on Saturday…

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