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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

1,251 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 63

The Motor World Railway Crossing Improvement

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) has advised the NRMA of an important change of policy regard-in elimination of railway level…

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Fined for Noisy Motor Cycle

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

Allan Grant was charged with driving a motor cycle which caused undue noise by the condition of the silencer…

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Railway Staff News

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

Guard N. Hyland commenced annual leave last Monday, and with his family has gone to Tumbarumba, where he intends to do a spot of…

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Cootamundra Motor Cyclist Hurt Near Young

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

John D. Hallows, 19, of 163 Cooper street, Cootamundra, was riding a motor-cycle towards Young, when, half-a-mile on the…

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Motor Cyclist Comes to Grief Accident at Five Mile

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

The Dog on the Tucker Box looked on quietly yesterday when a motor cyclist, A. M. Nicholls came…

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New Australian Reports £50 LOSS Albury Railwayman to Face Serious Charge

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

An Albury railway man will appear in court at Wagga to-morrow charged with having stolen a sum of money from a New…

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The Motor World Speed Danger on Country Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

Evidence that carefree motorists are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on country roads or outer metropolitan…

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The Motor World Mounting Road Death Toll

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 3

NRMA, and RACA spokesmen declare that every thinking person must be alarmed at the mounting road toll and that it…

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Motors and Motoring Notes Steering and Suspension Important Factors in Road Holding

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 4

The factors which affect a car's safety on the road—apart from brakes—are steering and suspension. The owner can do a lot himself in the maintenance of these parts and in this regard, the following may prove helpful. THE car must steer safely…

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Three Shires Interested in Leeton-griffith Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

Part of Trunk Road 80 for long regarded aa a boundary road between Wade and . Carrathool Shires has been declared by the Lands…

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Boy Drowned in Narrabeen Lake After Falling From Bridge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 7-year-old boy fell from a bridge and was drowned in the lake at Narrabeen today…

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Correspondence Petrol Tax Should Go to Road Construction (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

Sir. —The advice of Mr. H. S. Roberton, M. H. R., to the Carrathool Shire Council recently that only £12 million would be made available for…

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Abuse of Motor Vehicles

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. stresses some common forms of abuse of a motor vehicle of which owners and drivers should beware…

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New Australian Reports £50 LOSS Albury Railwayman Faces Serious Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

An Albury railway man will appear in court at Wagga, charged with having stolen a sum of money from a New Australian…

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Small Soviet Motor Car

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 4

Following the take-over by the Russian authorities of the plant operated by the Opel organisation, the Moskvich, similar in…

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Long Rest for Marj. Jackson Will Not Train Until Trial for Games

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday:[?] champion sprinter Marjorie Jackson will not race again for at least nine months…

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On-sweeping Reds Jam Roads in Korea U.N. Forces Within 100 Miles of Old Beachhead

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The United Nations' retreat in Korea rolled unchecked to within 100 miles of the old Pusan-Taegu beachhead today…

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Scheme of Train Building Tradesman

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 2

A scheme to train civilians for the building Industry should be introduced by the Federal Government, the executive director of the New…

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Offer of £100 Accepted for Help to Repair Road at Nangus

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 3

An offer of £100 to help in defraying the cost of repairs to roads leading to their property was made to last…

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Four Injured When Car Comes to Grief on Tumut-gundagai Road

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 1

Four people had a remarkable escape from death on Tuesday afternoon last, when their motor vehicle got…

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