Unconscious Girl Left on Road
A dramatic allegation was made at the West Wyalong court by Sgt. C. Menzles. Sgt. Menzies said that a 16-year-old…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,238 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 62
Dangerous Loose Gravel on Trunk Road 80
Cr. T. H. Dunn stated that he had been to Griffith since the last Council meeting when mention was made of loose gravel that had been…
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THE B.H.P. road plant is coming to Leeton in October to seal with bitumen the Trunk Road 80 to a point two miles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality at Tasmas Bridge Two Young Sisters Lose Lives
A father was impeded with cramp when he attempted to rescue his two daughters who were in difficulties in the Murrumbidgee River, 12 miles…
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Mr. L. D. McQualter and Mr. W. A. Garlick left Narrandera last Saturday for Sydney to undergo a six weeks' training course for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driving Motor Vehicle While under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor
John Peter Groutsch (65) was charged with driving a motor vehicle on a public street (Audley street whilst under the influence of…
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William Benjamin Adam (18) was charged with stealing be in money the propers of the Commissioner of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Night Tennis Competition
Due to rain there was no tennis on Monday and Tuesday nights of last week, but the round was completed by matches on Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Crash in Motor Lorry
One of three occupants of a motor lorry was killed instantly when the vehicle struck an embankment on the Richmond-Windsor Road, near…
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Here is some practical road safety advice to motorists from the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A.: Use speed that is always safe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Notes New Signal for Left Turn Suggested
Declaring that absence of an official left-turn signal confuses motorists, the N.R.M.A. has decided to ask the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plea for Good Motoring Manners
Astonishment at the universal and studied courtesy of drivers of all types of vehicles in Great Britain is expressed by three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors and Motoring Notes U.S. Engineers Search for Cheaper, More Economical Cars
At the recently held annual convention of the U.S.A. Society of Automotive Engineers at Detroit, attended by approximately 3000 of the leading executives, technologists, engineers, etc., of America's huge motor industry, one of the chief topics discussed was cheaper cars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More About Gas Turbines for Motor Car Use
Following on the recent cabled report from London that the two British concerns working on the perfecting of a gas turbine for automotive use are making steady progress towards their objective…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorbike Struck Sheep Two Men Injured Near Murrumbateman
When a motor bike collided with sheep near Murrumbate-man two men were admitted to Yass Hospital…
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Recently a man on the land (not in this district), after having had a few drinks in town, did not feel like running the risk of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Trucks in 37-Mile Run Break Away From Attendant Engine
Fourteen trucks laden with wheat "ran away" from the attendant engine on the Coona-barabran-Pillago railway line…
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Here is some practical road safety advice to motorists from the NRMA and RACA: Use speed that is always safe and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Road Safety College
The Royal Society for the Prevention of' Accidents in Britain, acting as agents for the Ministry of Transport, have just opened a National College in Knightsbridge, London. It Is there for the free use of schools, clubs, institutions, the police and other bodies…
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