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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1962

74 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4

New bridge Survey starts

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 January 1962 · page 1

Preliminary site surveys for the proposed new National Bridge over the Edward…

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Proposed Bar[?] bridge may not increase traffic

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1962 · page 6

There may not [?] great increase in [?] across the Murray [?] at Barmah when…

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Tragic Road Death Follows Friend’s Bid to Save Life

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1962 · page 1

A young Deniliquin man was revived by his friend after he stopped breathing three times following a car crash on the Cobb Highway on Friday night…

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Railway Guard Retires

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1962 · page 2

After 46 years’ service in the Railway Department, Mr Roderick McLeod, of 15 Arthur Street, Narandera, has…

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Tramp Dance Successful

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1962 · page 3

Numerous gum trees, black billies and dim lights gave an impression of the wide open spaces of the…

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Mr. Askin says: Country people let down badly by toll road decision

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 January 1962 · page 8

Country people had been let down badly by the State Government’s decision to spend £36 million of state funds on a toll road from Sydney to Newcastle, which private firms had…

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Bursary winner to train in Sydney this year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1962 · page 8

Miss Marilyn Byfield, of Edwardes st., Deniliquin who has been awarded the Hunter…

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Police Approached [?] Possible Road [?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 February 1962 · page 2

There was a need for some action [?] semi-trailers travelling with big logs of [?] that were not tied down, several [?] claimed at the Murray Shire meeting [?]…

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Good Road Habits

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 3

Children -under seven years of age were responsible for 22 per cent of pedestrian accidents and casualties in New…

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Detective Gives Graphic Account of Road Chase

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 1

The police car of Deniliquin detective John Ellis featured in the 90 m.p.h. chase from Moulamein which preceded the capture of two 17-year-old escapees from Royal Park Boys’…

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Bridge to Cost £8,847

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 10

The Windouran Shire Council last Thursday accepted a tender of £8,847/14/8 for the…

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Motor Show For Deni.?

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 5

Deniliquin Sporting Car Club is planning a motor show where anything from a custom built Rolls-Royce to a modest…

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Murray Shire Adopts Big Road Programme

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 7

A road works programme for £57,500, drawn up after an intensive two-day inspection of roads, ha been adopted by the Murray Shire Council for 1962-63…

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Horse Puts Train Out of Action

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 1

The train from Melbourne had to be towed more than half a mile into Deniliquin…

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Producers act on ‘unjust’ road tax allocation system

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 6

Riverina primary producers will ask the Premier, Mr. Heffrpn, [?] call a convention representing Federal, State and local government to study the allocation of taxation revenue for road works The primary…

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Wider Scope for Train Drinks

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 7

Drinks will be served on NSW trains outside meal times under new legislation approved last week by State…

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Horse Puts Train Out of Action

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 4

The train from Melbourne had to be towed more than half a mile into Deniliquin station on Tuesday night of…

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The road to freedom is not always easy

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 5

A Deniliquin woman who came to Australia from East Germany because she wanted to live in a free country gave a frank and interesting talk to members of the C.W.A. here last week. Over 50 members…

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Our Road Toll last Year : Two Dead, 30 INJURED

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 2

The shocking rate of road deaths in N.S.W. has been again revealed in the latest report from the Department of Motor…

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Local Inquest Into Death of Motorist

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was given by the Deniliquin Coroner, Mr. M. Stollery, at an inquest last Friday into the death in January inquest into the death in January of Colin…

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