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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

1,335 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 67

Local Residents Injured in Motor Mishap Cars Collide Head On

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

On Tuesday night last tow cars met in a head on collision on the Hume Highway, a few miles out from Gundagai…

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Motor Repair Costs

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 9

A move by the Sydney motor trade to secure official permission to charge more per hour for mechanics' time is being strongly…

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Good Roads for Fruit Traffic

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

Following on the concern expressed at the annual meeting of the cannery and the resolution passed by the shareholders, representations…

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Repatriation to Train Own Nurses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: the Repatriation Department is about to embark upon a completely new nursing policy by undertaking the…

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The Ariah Park Road (To tho Editor, “Coolamon-Ganmain Review.”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

Sir: —I was highly amused when I read in last week’s “Review” the column headed “Worst Riverina Main Road,” because anyone continuing along that…

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Railway Ramblings

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

Cootamundra railway men are about to lose a staunch and true friend in the Chief Inspector, Mr. H. Fraser. His presence will be seriously felt by all…

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Big Plane Lands With Two Motors Gone; Grim Battle Over Atlantic

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

LISBON, Thursday: After a four-engined Constellation airliner battled for a landfall on two motors, it landed at Casablanca with one motor burnt oat and the airscrew of another feathered, making…

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Alleged Illegal Use of Motor Car

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 6

Bruce Robert Shea, aged 27, was charged at the Leeton police court before Mr. R. J. Rummery, J.P., with having illegally used a motor vehicle…

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Motor Vehicles Collide at Yanco Two Persons Injured Police Court Sequel

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

ABOUT midnight on Wednesday a collision occurred on the Yanco regulator road between a motor utility truck driven by…

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Motor Repair Costs

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 3

A move by the Sydney motor trade to secure official permission to charge more per hour for mechanics' time is being strongly opposed by…

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Ganmain Youth Injured in Motor Cycle Collision

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

When his motor cycle coiled [?] on with a car on Sunday night last Need [?] (19) of Ganmian situated a [?] high and [?] to the…

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214 People Killed On Country Roads Last Year

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Last year there were 2452 accidents on country roads in which 214 people were killed and 2249 injured…

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Guerillas Attack Train in Greece

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

ATHENS, Sunday: Guerillas attacked a train in Western Macedonla and killed two soldiers and wounded three. The authorities sent…

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Cost of Road Accidents

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 4

Actual cost in £SD of road accidents, apart from physical suffering and pain, is a substantial reason why a more energetic approach…

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214 Killed on Country Roads Last Year

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

Last year there were 2452 accidents on country roads, in which 214 people were killed and 2249 injured. Releasing these figures, the…

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Yanco Teacher Injured in Road Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

LEETON, Sunday: John Travers Connolly, teacher at Yanco Agricultural High School, was admitted to the Leeton Hospital suffering from a…

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Elative Finds Albury Man Dying on Road

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

ALBURY, Sunday: Apparently thrown from a horse, William Finch, 32, of Albury, was found Unconscious by his…

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Relative Finds Albury Man Dying on Road

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

Apparently thrown from a horse, William Finch, 32, of Albury, was found unconscious by his brother-in-law, William Jeffrey on Saturday, and…

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Items of News Motor Cyclist Hurt

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

Alan James, of 6 'Thorne-street, Wagga, received abrasions to the arms, lacerations to the face and, probable concussion when his motor…

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