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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1960

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Car Overturns On Hay Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 June 1960 · page 1

A Wanganella man was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital with injuries and severe shock on Saturday night after…

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Load Limit On Bridge Lifted From Today

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 June 1960 · page 8

The load limit placed on vehicles using the National Bridge at Deniliquin has been lifted to 10 tons, an official of…

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Radios “Banned” on Train First Case in Australia

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1960 · page 3

The first prosecution of its kind in Australia—for using a transistor radio in a railway. carnage—resulted in a…

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New Giant Road Tanker to Carry Petroleum Gas

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 June 1960 · page 8

Liquid petroleum gas from Shell's Geelong Refinery is now being carried to country areas in a specially built eighteen-wheeled, £19,000 road tanker, which is the first of its kind in Australia…

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Main Roads Department Thanked by Council for Efficient Bridge Repair

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 June 1960 · page 1

The Municipal Council on Wednesday night expressed appreciation of the speedy manner in which the Department of Main Roads carried oat repair work of the National Bridge over the weekend…

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Holiday Free Of Road Accidents In This District

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 June 1960 · page 1

Deniliquin and the surrounding district was completely free of road accidents during the long weekend…

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No Objection To Road Closing For Transfer

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 July 1960 · page 6

Correspondence at the last Windouran Shire Council meeting included a letter from the Department of Lands inquiring if council would raise any objection to the closing of a road west of portion 61, parish of…

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Road Blocked by Semi Trailer

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 6

When a semi trailer loaded with television sets became bogged on the Berrigan-Finley road about a mile and a…

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Road Safety Essay Comp. For Pupils

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 5

The Road Safety Council of New South Wales will again conduct this year in conjunction with the Police…

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Craziers Discuss Motor Registry Office Hours

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 7

The Motor Registry branch Deniliquin and other country towns should open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, it was…

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Still in Serious Condition After Road Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 July 1960 · page 1

A motor-cyclist, Mr. Joseph Sutton, of Davidson Street, who was injured in an accident on Wednesday night, was…

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Murray Shire Road Report

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 July 1960 · page 5

Murray shire council engineer (Mr. G. F. Craig) reported to yesterday’s council meeting on the following road improvements…

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Road Safety Essay Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1960 · page 7

The Roast Safety Council of NSW will again conduct this year in conjunction with the police Department an Essay…

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District Road Blocks Lifted

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 July 1960 · page 5

Police road blocks were lifted in the Deniliquin district last night after being in force since Saturday…

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Railway Income Here Showed Good Increase

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 July 1960 · page 1

There was an increase of just over £5,660 in the Deniliquin railway station’s total revenue for the past twelve months, compared with the previous year. The stationmaster (Mr. G. E. Llewellen) said this…

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Drivers Find It Cold in Inspection Work Under Local Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 July 1960 · page 1

So you think it’s cold these winter mornings? Try diving in 14 feet of water with the frost hardly off the ground to inspect bridge piles and you’ll know what it’s like to be an iceblock…

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Conargo Council Makes A Move To Get Loam Supply For Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 July 1960 · page 2

Authority for permissive occupancies to make loam more readily available for road works is to be sought by the Conargo Shire Council. The council decided this on…

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Conargo Shire Council Defers Final Decision On Support For Bridge Replacement Move

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 July 1960 · page 1

The Conargo Shire Council will decide at its next meeting whether or not to support the Windouran Shire’s request to the Main Roads Department for the replacement of Deniliquin’s National Bridge…

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Road Safety Week For Pedestrians

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 July 1960 · page 1

Special attention by police in Deniliquin this week is being paid to the enforcement of regulations for pedestrian traffic. The officer-in-charge of Deniliquin police…

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Future Streets Will Be Streets And Not Roads

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 July 1960 · page 5

A proposal to provide for narrower carriageways in all future plans for sealing kerbing and guttering in…

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