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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

1,275 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 64

Motorist Kills 26 Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

GOULBURN, Monday: Stated to have killed 17 ewes and 9 lambs when the car in which he was driving at about 70 m.p.h. crashed…

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Cycling Road Races

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

The committee of the Cootamundra Cycle Club decided last night to conduct a road race on Temora road on Sunday morning, commencing at 10…

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Train Derailed Near Hay

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

A train derailment occurred shortly after 6 o'clock on Monday night four miles from Hay, the cause of which is not known. Two oil tanks, a…

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Town Council That Main Road!

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 5

Ald. D. Stratton (Mayor), S. Moorhouse, F. Dickson. T. Nicholson, A. Hutton, and J. Leonard attended the ordinary fortnightly meeting on…

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Motorist Kills 26 Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 7

Stated to have killed 17 ewes and 9 lambs when the car in which he was driving at about 70 m.p.h., crashed into a mob of sheep, Alfred Ernest…

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Merrin Cricket Competition Railway's Chances

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

The Railway team is confident of defeating Dudauman in the second semi-final of the Merrin Cup Competition on Sunday on Fisher Park…

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Railway Strike Threat Averted

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The danger of a State-wide strike of New South Wales railwaymen was averted to-day, when, following…

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Adelaide-Sydney Motor Service

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

Mr. H. J. J. Lawrence. General Manager Murray Valley Coaches [?] has announced that as from Monday last the 18th February his cempany's…

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Man Killed in Motor Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Thomas Joseph Noonan, chef, of the Mt Martha rehabilitation centre, was killed, and John Taylor, returned…

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Absentees Will Be Sacked From Railway . Jobs

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 1

Although absenteeism throughour the railway system generally is on the increase in the Junee district it is actually showing a downward…

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Road-making Machine

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

The days of the pick-and-shovel men are past! It was hard work making roads; today, it is comparatively easy. The war taught us to use…

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Road to Prosperity

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

"The road to return of prosperity in Australia is by less taxes; less loafing; less strikes; less petty tyranny, either by Governments or…

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Bitumen Road Leeton-sydney Council Supports Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 4

At the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council a letter was received from the Progress Association, requesting, among other…

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All Bitumen Road Between Leeton-Sydney Council Supports Proposal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

THE last meeting of the Leeton Shire Council received a letter from the Progress Association requesting, among other…

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Motor Notes Tyres That Run Without Air

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

A tyre designed at Fort Dunlop, England, for use in the Burma swamps not only runs without air, but bas neither tube nor valve: it…

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Local & General Railway Staff Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

Messrs. S. J. Hucker. guard, Cootamundra, to assistant stationmaster, Cootamundra West; K. J. Slade. clerk, Cootamundra, to clerk, Albury;…

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Motorists Penalised at Wagga Court Fined and Lose Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

A motorist was fined £20 at the Wagga Police Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor vehicle when under the influence of liquor, while another motorist was fined £10…

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Relieving Police of Motor Registrations Letter From Premier

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

MR. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Premier, dated February 18, 1946:—…

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Newcastle Train Derailed Passengers Badly Shaken

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Passengers in the last two carriages of a Newcastle-bound; train had a narrow escape from serious…

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Cycling Road Races on

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 4

Splendid nominations have been received for the senior, junior, and juvenile road races, to be held on the Temora road on Sunday morning,…

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