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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1962

74 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 4

Anticipate Road Structure and You Avoid Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 April 1962 · page 9

Motor vehicles skidding and overturning or skidding, leaving the road and hitting something at the side of the roadway, once again exacted another grim toll last year…

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Want Carathool Road Declared a Main Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 April 1962 · page 7

The Conargo Shire Council will seek the support of the Central Murray Regional…

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Work on Bridge Progressing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 May 1962 · page 4

Department of Main Roads’ workmen are putting the finishing touches to the recently completed…

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Work Progresses on Shire Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1962 · page 1

Pile driving for the new Murgha-Windouran Bridge in the Windouran Shire started last week…

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NRMA Advice on Motor Problems

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1962 · page 8

Commenting on the heavy number of vehicles affected by wet ignition in the recent rains, N.R.M.A…

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A Big Drop in Mathoura Railway Revenue to April

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1962 · page 7

Revenue at the Mathoura railway station for the period from January to April of this year showed a considerable drop on the amount received in the same period last year…

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Railway Revenue Drops at Deni

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 June 1962 · page 4

Fewer wheat shipments during March and April contributed to th[?] Deniliquin Railway Station showing a decrease in revenue of £25[?] for me first four months of this year. Compared with the…

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Railway Inspection

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 June 1962 · page 4

Victorian Railways Commissioners, Messrs E. Brownbill and . E. Rogan, will arrive in Deniliquin by…

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Shire Council Will Budget for Picnic Point Tourist Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 June 1962 · page 1

Cost of the proposed Picnic Point tourist road would be about £30,000, Assistant Murray Shire Engineer, Mr. 1. Stratton, told a meeting of his. council last Friday…

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Consideration for Others on Road

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1962 · page 4

If every road user, in a spirit of consideration for the needs of others, made a constant effort to perfect his…

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Bonds for illegal Use of Motor Car

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 June 1962 · page 7

An 18-year-old Deniliquin youth and four minors were given six-months bonds in the Deniliquin…

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To Discuss Railway Services

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 June 1962 · page 1

Deniliquin Municipal Council will call a meeting of all local government bodies…

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Council to Reiterate Proviso on Acceptance of Local Aerodrome

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 June 1962 · page 6

District local government bodies are to repeat their claim to the Department of Civil Aviation that it should meet the full cost of raising the Deniliquin Aerodrome to all-weather Fokker Friendship standard…

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Bad Corner of Corowa Road Being Improved

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1962 · page 5

The scene of at least six serious accidents in as many years, a sharp bend on the Corowa-Berrigan road four…

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Work Starts on First Span of Shire Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 July 1962 · page 8

The first span of the new £13,000 concrete bridge across the Forest Creek on the Conargo rd…

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“Trip on Barham-Deni. Road almost a Nightmare”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 1

Deniliquin Clamber of Commerce has been asked to agitate for the sealing of the Barham-Deniliquin road. The Barham chamber has claimed a trip…

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Victorian Railways Slash Freight Charges in Bold Bid for Custom

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 1

Victorian Railways have drastically reduced its Deniliquin-Melbourne general freight charges in a bid to capture local trade. THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO REDUCED BY 25 PER CENT. ITS…

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Shire Support for Barmah Bridge Plan

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 July 1962 · page 2

The Murray Shire Council has endorsed the Murray Valley Development League’s urgent…

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Bridge Sited

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 July 1962 · page 1

The proposal that a bridge over the Edward River at Moulamein be built at the Brougham st…

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Work on Barmah Bridge Could Start This Year

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 8

Drawings and specifications for the new Barmah bridge will be completed in August. The new bridge will almost halve the all-road distance from Nathalia to Deniliquin…

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