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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1957

83 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 5

Big Mob of Sheep To Cross Bridge Tomorrow

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 June 1957 · page 1

Time will turn back almost 70 years in the Deniliquin stock industry tomorrow for a flash back on the days of…

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Motor Cycle Ride Cost £15

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 June 1957 · page 5

A 32-year-old carpenter was fined £15 in the Deniliquin Police Court this morning for illegally using a motor cycle…

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Man Arrested At Road Block

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 June 1957 · page 1

Moama Police on Friday morning set up road blocks to arrest a man who they allege left Deniliquin without paying…

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Motorists Escape Injury

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 June 1957 · page 1

Two motorists escaped injury when their vehicles [?] is Deniliquin Thurday night…

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Luckless Motorist

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 June 1957 · page 1

No licence ... no registration .. no insurance ... AND NO EXCUSE. This was the sorry plight of…

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Extra Train for Stock

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 July 1957 · page 1

An additional live stock train will be run from Deniliquin. to Echuca on alternate Tuesdays…

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Railway Officials to Visit Deni

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 July 1957 · page 1

Victorian Railways Commissioners, attended by some senior staff members will arrive in Deniliquin by special train on Tuesday…

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Deni. Native Killed As He Crossed Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 July 1957 · page 1

A motorist was charged at the Hay Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with the manslaughter of a 65 year old man. The motorist was Keith…

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Railways Charges a Burden on Country People

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1957 · page 4

"While we must recognise the need for every kind of transport, and especially that by road, we should not lose…

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One Killed, Three Hurt In Road Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 July 1957 · page 1

A woman and a youth were critically injured, and two others were seriously hurt when a Holden utility crashed into the rear of a semi-trailer on the Cobb Highway about mid-day on Wednesday…

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Blinded By Lights Of Oncoming Car, Motorist Claims

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 July 1957 · page 1

A motorist, who claimed he was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and was unable to see a cyclist until he…

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Second Road Fatality In A Week

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 July 1957 · page 1

A woman was killed last night when a tyre blew out a car which she was travelling as a passenger, caus[?] it to somersault off the road and smash through a [?]ce 30 yards away…

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Road Sig[?] Distract Motorists

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 August 1957 · page 1

It was in the interests of road safety that the Department of Main Roads ware directions to have signs…

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Passenger Train Times Changed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 August 1957 · page 1

Times for the arrival and departure of the Deniliquin train service will be changed from next Monday…

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Passenger Train Times Changed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 August 1957 · page 1

From next Monday the passenger train will leave Deniliquin daily except Sunday) at 8.30 a.m. instead of 8.40 a.m. at…

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Train Derailed Near Berrigan

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 August 1957 · page 1

Sticks of explosives were scattered over the tracks when a train was de-railed near Berrigan on Wednesday…

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Train Derailed Near Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1957 · page 1

The 5.30 a.m. goods train from Tocumwal oil Wednesday morning was derailed at the turn just before the crossing about a…

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Stock Train's Average For 700 Miles was 10 m.p.h

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1957 · page 3

Seventeen head of cattle perished on a 700 mile rail trip from Barraba to Jerilderie and the journey took…

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Your Motor Horn

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1957 · page 3

The horn of a motor car is indeed a very valuable piece of equipment. Because of the speed at which sound travels a…

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