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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1961

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Brick Kiln Bridge: Thanks for a Job well Done

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 September 1961 · page 3

Deniliquin aldermen praised the Department of Main Roads and their contractors for the efficient…

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340,000 Injured on Britain's Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 September 1961 · page 7

British road accident figures were first reported in 1909. Then, with a population of 40 million, there were 100.000 vehicles in…

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Deni. Motor Mechanices To Be Examined

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 6

Several Deniliqu motor mechanics will attending Victorian mobile Chamber of…

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Some Conargo Shire Roads for Sealing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 September 1961 · page 10

A tender submitted by B.H.J. By-products Pty. Lted., was accepted by the Conargo Shire Council last week for…

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Wakool Shire Wants Bridge Ban Lifted

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 4

The Wakool shire engineer recently described as “quite alarming” advice from the Maritime…

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Interesting Train in Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 October 1961 · page 3

A seven-coach train sponsored by the Victorian. . Division of the Australian Railways Historical Society attracted considerable attention when it arrived in Deniliquin on Saturday afternoon as part of a…

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Railway Fare Cuts for Pensioners

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 October 1961 · page 6

Deniliquin aged and invalid pensioners can now apply for half-fare concessions on the Victorian…

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[?]Otary Club to Beautify Town Road Approach

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 October 1961 · page 1

Deniliquin Rotary Club will plant 100 trees on the Finley road approach to [?] town this weekend. The trees, 50 Sugar…

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Road Works Murray Shire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 October 1961 · page 5

Roads generally had been 4too dry for extensive work, but the Moama-Barham and the Deniliquin-Mathoura and…

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Deni. Road Toll Increases for Year Ending June

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 October 1961 · page 1

Even though there were fewer accidents within the Deniliquin Municipality last year, the number of road deaths rose from one in the previous year…

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Country Area Road Tol[?] Ahead of Metropolis

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 8

During the first nine months of this year there has been a significant drop in road deaths in the Metropolitan area, whilst there has been an increase in road deaths in the country area…

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Road Accidents

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 4

Deniliquin contributed to a third of the total road deaths (18) in the Central Murray region up to June, this year…

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Car Overturns On Wakool Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 1

Two young people were admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital on Saturday afternoon after the car in which they…

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Bridge Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 6

A minor accident occurred on the National Bridge at Deniliquin about 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday when a car driven by Kenneth…

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Improved Train Service for Deni. “Uneconomical”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 November 1961 · page 8

Victorian Railways are not In a position to provide an improved service from Deniliquin, Aldermen were told at the last council meeting. Reporting on a meeting with…

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Railways Explain Extra Grain Carriage Charge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 November 1961 · page 4

Extra Cost of providing bulk-proofed railway wagons is why the Victorian Railways are charging £1 per trip for bulk carriage of barley. oats, rice, superphosphate, soda ash (unless carried at special…

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Noel Fruend Killed in Road Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1961 · page 1

Noel Patrick Fruend, aged 20 years, of Kilserra Road, Benalla, and formerly of Berrigan, was one of three…

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[?].M.R. Asked to Pay for New [?]onargo Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 November 1961 · page 5

[?] Conargo Shire Council is to make application to [?] Main Roads Department for a grant to cover the [?] cost of a bridge to replace its only major one in [?] shire…

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Car Hit Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 December 1961 · page 5

A Conargo resident, Brian Ernest Stanton, 31, of' “War-[?]iston”, was injured late on Monday night when his utility…

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Scenic Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 December 1961 · page 10

The side-track around the new Brick Kiln Creek Bridge will be removed next week to help form another…

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