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Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Horse Killed in Motor Car Collision Driver of Sulky Fined

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

About 11 p.m. on Friday last a collision occurred on the Leeton road, near the aerodrome, when a horse driven by Allan Russell Millard was…

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Railway Staff News

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

Junior Porter Glen Bradley, who has for the past fortnight been an inmate of the Narandera District Hospital, left this morning for his home…

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Woman Sees Husband Killed Tram Hits Towed Truck

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—A woman saw her husband crushed to death when his truck was hit by a tram outside their home at…

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Hints for Motorists

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 4

It is a bad policy to stare a car in reverse downhill, or forward in any gear except top, says the N.R.M.A. The…

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Fighting Partenership in Final of Cricket Competition Gives Railway Chance of Victory

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 5

ONLY FIVE W[?] SELL IN THE FINAL OF THE JUNEE AND [?] CRICKET COMPETITION YESTERDAY WHEN RAILWAY RECOVERED FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A…

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Dangerous speed on country roads

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 5

Evidence that care-free motorists are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on country roads or…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A man was killed instantly when the door of his truck crushed his head when struck by a tram…

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Motor Car Won by Maimubu Resident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

Quite a good crowd assembled in front of the Young Town Hall, on Saturday night, for the drawing of the motor car art…

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Motors and motoring notes Balancing Front Wheels Helps to Lengthen Tyre Life

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 5

Of the many factors which affect tyre wear, the most neglected wheel balance, although an out-of-balance tyre wheel assembly can greatly increase the rate of tyre wear, and cause steering and other troubles into the bargain…

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Four Men in Motor Accident Three Injured and Hare Jaws Brakea

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 6

Four man were injured when a car failed to negotiate a curve on the Bethungra road…

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Crashed Through the Jugiong Bridge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 3

A transport driver who crashed through the side of the Jugiong bridge and landed his heavy trailer in the…

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Train Cuts in W.a

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday: Owing to the "accumulated effect" of a strike by 200 railway fitters and boilermakers in…

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Bridge Timber Used By Hillston Children

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 4

Members of the Carrathool Shire Council held differed views me to weather they should overlook the theft and subsequent loss of bridge timber by…

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Railway Staff-news

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 2

Guard Noel Hyland resumed duty to-day, after having spent five weeks' annual leave in Tumbarumba and Sydney…

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Railway Ice Cars Doing a Big Job

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 3

Little does the man in the street know of the wonderful service which the N.S.W. Railways Department is performing…

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Crashed Through Jugiong Bridge

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

A transport driver who crashed through the side of the Juglong bridge and landed his heavy traller in the creek below, was…

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Road Contracts Cancelled

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

The B.H.P. has cancelled contracts in the amount of £2450 with the Demondrille Shire Council for the surfacing of…

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Road Tax Repeal Urged

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

It would have been just as sensible to have subsidised Coon and Co's coaches by taxing competing railways as it is to…

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Great Railway Developments Forecast

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday—The Rallways commissioner, Mr. K. A. Fraser, predicted great railway development within the next ten…

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Motor Cycle Club Last Nieht's Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

A meeting of the newly-reformed Cootamundra Motor Cycle Club was held at Bruce Smalls last night, and was…

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