Fire in Railway Truck Near Leeton Station
A fire in a railway truck near Leeton railway station damaged goods consigned to Leeton on Thursday afternoon…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,238 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 62
Railway Institute Tennis Club (Contributed)
The night tennis competitions have caused a great deal of interest, and entertainment. A total of 193 players are taking part, including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notes from the N.R.M.A. Higher Motor Tax Feared
A new move to increase motor taxation is feared by the N.R.M.A. Mr. H. E. Richards, general secretary, said Road Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Year Objectives Motorists Resolutions For 1949
Motorists throughout the State might make fervent resolutions for 1949 to exercise more care on the roads in the interests of safety first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Higher Motor Tax Feared
A new move to increase motor vehicle taxation is feared by the N.R.M.A. Mr. H. E. Richards, general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Motor Cycle Club Notes
The Wagga Motor Cycle Club held its first meeting for the New for last Friday night. About thirty members…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Railway Workers Create a Record
MEN working for British Railways have just created a record in track reconstruction. During 1948, they renewed 1800 miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads £25000 From C'wealth Grant
The Jindalee Shire Council will apply for a £2500 grant under the Commonwealth AId Roads and Works Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nangus Residents Amazed at Work of a Modern Road Plant
Residents in the Nangus locality are making special trips to watch a modern road making plant operating on the new soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Conference to Urge That Albury-cowra Road Be Made Highway
A conference to agitate for the re classification of Trunk Roads 57 and 78 as a State Highway will be held at Wagga on Thursday, March 24. Trunk Road 57 is the road from Albury to Junee, and Trunk Road 78 continues from Junee to Cowra…
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Courtesy on the roads is the theme of the Road Safety Council's campaign for accident pre[?]ntion during February…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elderly Woman Dies After Fall Under Train
An elderly woman was fatally injured when she fell from a train at Bundanoon on Friday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appeal for Courtesy on Roads
SYDNEY, Thursday: An urgent append to road wan to display more courtesy was made today by the deputy chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Man on the Land At the Turn of the Road on Wheat Prices
We seem to be just at the turn of the road in the wheat industry with, at the time of writing, no direct clue as to values ahead, but many hints of receding prices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Concrete Bridge to Be Constructed Near Wagga
Mitchell Shire Council will dote Duke's Bridge, a three-span wooden structure about three miles from Wagga, on the Narrandera Road, because it is considered a danger to traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed in Road Crashes
SYDNEY, Sunday: Two people died as the result of motor accidents last night at Maitland and Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extension of Road Policy Country Party to Intensify Fight
“The Country Party, which was responsible for the inauguration of the Federal Aid Roads scheme in 1926, has now taken [?]ead in…
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That there is sound reason behind the urging by Australian automobile organisations that the revenue annually collected by the Federal…
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At the Lockhart Shire Council meeting, on Monday, Cr. Condon said he thought that all public bodies should support Mr. E. T. Kendell…
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