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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1956

104 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 6

On Which Roads?

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1956 · page 1

The Murray Valley Development League was never more emphatically right than when it states, in…

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3-Cell Culvert To Replace Crispe St. Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 November 1956 · page 1

Work commenced yesterday on the construction of the £1800 three cell culvert which is to replace the bridge at…

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National Bridge Gauge Now Official

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 November 1956 · page 2

District Engineer of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (Mr. Arthur E. Wolff) advises that in future…

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Visit of Railway Commissioner

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1956 · page 4

Mr. McCusker, Commissioner for Railways, accompanied by Departmental Officers visited Jerilderie on…

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£39,500 Spent on Murray Shire Roads

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 November 1956 · page 1

A total of £39,506 had been spent on shire roads daring the year, Cr. C. R. Dudley stated in the annual presidential report to Murray Shire Council yesterday. Cr. Dudley said that the year…

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[?]Ad Roads Turn Trade Away

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 November 1956 · page 1

“Residents in the Wakool district prefer to come [?] Deniliquin to do their shopping but go to Kerang because of the better roads — and that is money out of [?]pockets,” Deniliquin Chamber of Commerce…

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Mathoura News Big Road Repair, Restoration Programme

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 November 1956 · page 7

During the month work had continued on the repair and restoration of damaged roads engineer (Mr. K. Monk)…

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Motor Traffic

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 November 1956 · page 2

Peter Daniel Johns, 25 year old labourer of St. Arnaud (Vic.), appeared before Mr. J. Fleming, J.P., at the Deniliquin Court of…

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Windouran Shire Roads, Bridges Cost £117,678

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 November 1956 · page 10

Total expenditure on [?] and bridges in Windouran Shire for the past three [?] was £117,678, shire clerk…

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One Million Road Casualties

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1956 · page 4

1,000,000! This is a figure that has received tremendous publicity in press and radio in recent months. One…

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Road Transport [?]its Railways

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 November 1956 · page 1

[?]TORIAN RAILWAYS will next week introduce new [?] reduced rates for various types of goods traffic in [?]deavour to stem the ever-increasing competition [?] road hauliers…

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Picnic Point Road Re-opened

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 November 1956 · page 8

The road to Picnic Point was re-opened this week after being closed for the last five months…

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340 Children to Games in Big Road Lift

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 November 1956 · page 1

At five o’clock this morning the last of seven bus loads of Deniliquin school children left for a day visit to the Olympic Games. Since last Friday 340 children from the four…

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Duke to Travel In New Type Passenger Train

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 December 1956 · page 6

Special train for the Duke of Edinburgh tomorrow will have the Victorian Railways newest type passenger car…

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Road Tragedy Near Tocumwal

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1956 · page 3

A tragic motor accident occurred near Tocumwal on Saturday week last, and Mr Travers Eagle, of Finley. died in hospital from…

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The Railway and the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1956 · page 5

The Department of Railways assists the Man on the Land in many ways. For instance, it carries at reduced…

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Apex Aids Road Safety

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 December 1956 · page 1

Today, Friday December 7, is Apex National Road Safety Day and Deniliquin Apexians are busy preparing for their part in…

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Petrol Tax not for Road Building

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 December 1956 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fadden) has declared that the petrol tax was never intended for road construction or repair but for general revenue. He said this in reply to a…

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Murray Shire Rejects 50 percent Increase for Road Sealing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 December 1956 · page 1

SEALING WORKS would lie carried oat next year, Murray Shire Council decided yesterday after learning that a progressive sealing programme would entail [?]rate increase of 2d. in the £ on the U.C.V…

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Burning-Off On Railway Line

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 December 1956 · page 2

Hundreds of cars sped out the cemetery road last Thursday night when the fire alarm was sounded, but the occupants…

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