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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1958

82 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 5

Roads Money For Local Councils

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 September 1958 · page 6

About £230,000 has been made available to councils in the Murray Electorate under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Grant…

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Football Coach In Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 September 1958 · page 1

DENILIQUIN Football Club nearly lost its coach and a committee member in a motor accident at Rochester on…

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Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Told: [?]Chool for Motor Mechanics Move

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 September 1958 · page 7

THE Department of Technical Education was pre[?] to spend £1750 in Deniliquin to establish a fully[?] school for apprentice motor mechanics, the [?] (Mr. N. J. Sheehan) told a meeting of the…

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“One for the Road”

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1958 · page 2

Have you ever bad a hangover? Have you ever peered blearily at the morning sun and swore “never again”…

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Railway Commissioner’s Visit

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1958 · page 8

The District Superintendent advises that the NSW Commissioner for Railways (Mr N. McCusker) will make a…

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Commonwealth Aid Road Grants

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1958 · page 1

Mr. J. A, Lawson, M.L.A. for Murray, has been advised by the Minister for Public Works, the Hon. J. P. McGrath, M.L…

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[?]Mein Maude Bridge [?] Unstable

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 September 1958 · page 1

[?]ort on the condition of [?] at the eight-mile [?] Moulamein - Maude [?] been prepared by the…

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Trouble Over Road Surface

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 September 1958 · page 2

TROUBLE over getting a good road surface in End Street after the disruption caused by laying of water mains occupied the attention of the Municipal Council for half an hour on Wednesday night…

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Wednesday Train Not Likely to be Restored

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1958 · page 4

If passenger train travellers continue to decline as they have done over the past two years services will have to…

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Road Tax “Ill-conceived and Clmusy”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 October 1958 · page 7

“If ever there was an ill-conceived and clumsy tax it is the road tax; if ever a tax created a police State in New South…

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Woman Hurt In Road Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1958 · page 1

Mrs. Violet Brook (60) of Harfleur Street was taken to hospital on Saturday night after a road accident in…

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Railway Commissioners’ Visit

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1958 · page 7

On Tuesday evening the NSW Commissioner for Railways, Mr N. McCusker visited Berrigan in the course of an…

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Railways to Build 200 Stock Wagons

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 October 1958 · page 2

The N.S.W. Department of Railways will advertise for tenders to construct 200 new stock wagons…

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Extend Water To Hay Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 October 1958 · page 1

The water reticulation area at North Deniliquin is to be extended to serve the Windouran Shire and Mr. R. Bradshaw’s properties, in spite of Ald. F. V. Holden’s notice of motion that Deniliquin Municipal Council‘s…

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They Ran Into Bridge —And Then Trouble

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 October 1958 · page 1

VICTORIAN Youths who ran a car into the side of the National Bridge near its northern end ran into trouble…

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Railway Inspection in Mid-november

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1958 · page 6

Victorian Railways Commissioners will inspect the Deniliquin line next month when they will discuss railway problems…

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Extra Tuesday Stock Train to Continue

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 November 1958 · page 2

The additional live-stock train service from Deniliquin on alternate Tuesdays is to be continued until the end of the year…

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Blow to Farmers and Commerce Likely Railway Line Could Close

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 November 1958 · page 1

WARNING of the likely closing of the Deniliquin-Echuca Railway was given by the chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners (Mr. E. H. Brownbill) when he visited Deniliquin this week…

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[?]Rmah Bridge Is [?]Age Closer

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 December 1958 · page 1

[?] date has yet been set for [?] building of a bridge to re[?] the ferry over the Murray Barmah but matters have…

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Railways Introduce New Service To Travelling Public

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1958 · page 2

The Department of Railways has introduced a new service to the travelling public…

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