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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1959

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Bridge Will Replace Barmah Punt

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 May 1959 · page 3

AN impressive bridge is to be built at Barmah to replace the existing Main Roads Department punt. The Victorian Country Roads Board will be the constructing authority for the £100,000 structure, which is to be 600 feet long…

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People Believe Railway Will Stay With Us

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 May 1959 · page 7

The general consensus of local opinion, for what it is worth, is that the Deniliquin Echuca railway line will not…

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Motorists Faced Baffling Queries

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 May 1959 · page 8

Most of the 29 competitors in the car scavenger hunt, organised by the Rotary Club, on Sunday were baffled by the…

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Good Progress on Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 May 1959 · page 6

The report of the Shi[?] Engineer (Mr. G. F. C[?] Murray Shire Council on Monday showed that [?]…

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Special Stock Train Stopped

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 May 1959 · page 8

AS there is a decline in livestock traffic, the special train that during the past nine months left Deniliquin every…

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Bunnaloo-perricoota Road Not for Sealing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 May 1959 · page 2

Womboota and Bunnaloo residents are to be told by Murray Shire Council that no sealing on the road from Bunnaloo to Perricoota will be done this year, and none is under consideration…

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Contractor to [?] for Bridge Repair

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 May 1959 · page 8

A CONTRACTOR responsible for damage to a bridge in the Conargo Shire has agreed to pay for its repaid This was reported by the Shire Engineer (Mr. J…

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Proposed Bridge Over the Murray at Echuca

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 May 1959 · page 4

The necessity for erecting a bridge over the River Murray at Echuca, has long been pressing, of and negotiations for the purpose…

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Accident on Hay Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 June 1959 · page 8

A Volkswagen car owned by Kairl Bros, and driven by John Albert Herbst was considerably damaged in an accident on the…

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Commissioners Want Closure of Railway

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 June 1959 · page 1

VICTORIAN Railways Commissioners have recommended that the Moama-Deniliquin line be closed. The chairman of Commissioners (Mr. E. H. Brownbill) has told this tp Mr. J…

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Cycle Road Race

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 June 1959 · page 7

The Deniliquin Amateur Cycling Club's regular race on the Barham road last Sunday resulted in a win for Graham…

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Westralian Roads Made Out of Dust

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 June 1959 · page 8

This is a condensation of a special article, by Jack Edmonds, reprinted from the Perth Daily News…

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Worst Exhibition by Blue and Golds This Season Trampled on by Tocumwal First Term

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 June 1959 · page 6

Judging the game on the first quarter only would give entirely false Impression. Anybody having to leave the…

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Many Bitumen Road Sealing Failures

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 June 1959 · page 1

THROUGHOUT the region over the past month, many instances have been, nosed of failure of bitumen sealing…

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Echuca Protest Over Railway

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 June 1959 · page 1

A sis man deputation will confer with the Minister for Transport (Sir Arthur Warner), in an endeavour to prevent the closure of the Barnes to Deniliquin railway line…

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Railway warning by Sir Arthur Warner

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 June 1959 · page 3

VICTORIA’S Minister for Transport (Sir Arthur Warner) has warned how serious is the threat to the Deniliquin railway line. Personal representations by the “Pastoral Times”…

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Railway Question. No Value in Deputation Says Warner

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1959 · page 8

The Victorian Minister for Transport (Sir Arthur Warner) does not consider there would be any value in him meeting a…

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Extra £14,000 If All Go By Train

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 July 1959 · page 8

AM extra £14,000 a year would he added to railways revenue if passengers who went to Melbourne by bus and air patronised the railways. This has been pointed out…

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Premiers May Decide Fate of Deniliquin Railway Link

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 July 1959 · page 1

Fate of the Barnes to Deniliquin rail Ink may be decided by the Victorian and N.S.W. Premiers This was made clear by the Minister for Transport (Sir Arthur Warner) in reply to Echuca Borough…

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Town Planning, Park Bridge Loan

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 July 1959 · page 1

Farther loans totalling £9,000 are being available by the Bank of New South Wales Savings Bank Ltd. to the Deniliquin Municipal Council, to bring the total of loans granted by the Bank to Council to…

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