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Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Radio dramas to curb road crashes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The public will be shown by dramas over a Sydney radio , station that accident victims…

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Road deaths

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 3

CHICAGO, Tuesday: A National Safety Council estimate says that 37,500 American motorists were killed in…

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Road Toll Light

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: One person was killed and 18 others Injured, three seriously, in road accidents in…

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Road slaughter

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): A plea to Americans to halt the "needless slaughter" of [?]th road was issued by the…

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Worst Road Toll Ever

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Last year was the worst year on record for road accidents, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Shoebridge) said today…

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Railway Staff News

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 2

Information has been received to the effect that Mr. A. C. Wilson, of Griffith, has been appointed station master at Narrandera…

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Motor Accidents Car Turns Over

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 2

There were a couple of motor accidents during the holiday period, but they were not of a serious nature and no one was injured…

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"Provosts" for Road Safety

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The use of military police to supplement State police road patrols was recommended to…

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N.Z. road deaths more than America's

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

WELLINGTON, (NZ) Thurs (A.A.P.-Reuter): Last year was New Zealand's worst for road accidents—292 deaths…

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Another motor cycle death

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A 19-year-old aircraftsman was fatally Injured when his motor cycle ran into an eight foot…

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Car and Motor Cyclist in Collision

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

A motor car driven by Oscar Washington, and a motor cycle ridden by Alan Edwards collided at the intersection of Grevillia,…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 5

Bobbie Dalby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dalby, of Narooma, who has been holidaying in Lectern, met with an accident on Wednesday night. He…

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Motor Cycle Crashes Into Taxi Two Hurt In Smash At Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 3

Two Tumut youths escaped serious injury on the night of December 21 when their motor cycle crashed into the back of…

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S.a. Road Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday: Police statistics reveal that in the first 11 months of last year, there were 7068 road…

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Train Services

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

The Hay Chamber of Commerce is still agitating for the restoration of the five-day train service to Hay. Last week the Mayor of Hay, and…

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Motor Traffic Packs Roads But Holidays Free From Serious Accidents

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

The Hume Highway was crowded with motor transport over the holiday period and on the Saturday prior to Christmas more motor cars were parked in the Gundagai streets than on any previous occasion. Despite the very…

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Accident at Cungegong Creek Bridge

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

Mr. Hugh H. Main, of [?]labo, was pinned under a utility truck which turned over at Cungegong Creek bridge…

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Train hits car; two hurt

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

LITHGOW, Sunday: Two people were injured when a coal train hit s car on a level crossing at Lidsdale…

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Record Road Toll in 1931

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

The toll nf 733 people killed and about 14,000 others insured on the loads in New South Wales in 1951 was the worst on record, the…

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726 Die on N.s.w. Roads in 1951

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

Seven hundred and twenty-six persons had been killed in road accidents in N.S.W. last year, police reported on Tuesday. The road toll is a record…

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