Bridge Safety of Children. P. and C. Concern At the Danger
The Junee Parents and Citizens' Association intends to make representations to the Junee Municipal Council…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,242 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 63
Railway and roadside adventures of a travelling motor cyclist Trailed by Detectives
Returning to Leeton from a motor cycle trip to Mount Buffalo on Tuesday, Feb. 2 I decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Properties Undamaged by Diverted Storm Water Storm Damage to Dullah-methul Road
At Tuesdayâs council meeting, the Engineer (Mr. J. Champion) reported that the rain, of an intensity which might be expected only at intervals of 25 years or so,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Deficit
SYDNEY, Friday —The Railways Department lost £1,449,839 for the year ended 1952,53 The deficit was contained in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Black Topping of Illabo-marinna Section of Road
It will not he so very long now before the Marinna Illabo road is bitumen surfaced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Council to View Road. Unusual Action to See Trouble Spot
Extraordinary action is going to be taken by the Illabo Shire Council to view "The Forest" road in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagg's "Biggest Day" Credit to Organisers Vast Crowd Handled Smoothly by Railways
The Royal visit to Wagga was an unqualified success from oil angles, and that city is to be congratulated on the organisation of its "biggest day." The crowd was at all times well disciplined along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Transported Oyer 12,000 Passengers to Wagga for Visit By Queen--Junee Sidelights
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A LAST-MINUTE REQUEST BY QUEEN ELIZABETH, A SPECIAL TRAIN CONVEYING PASSENGERS FROM ROTO WOULD NOT HAVE BEE HELD UP AT BOMEN…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road deaths
Hardly a weekend passes throughout each year without its toll of dead and injured as the result of road accidents. Again, during the week-end Just past, several unfortunates were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£8,850 road grader Leeton Council Shire Engineer's Report
Leeton Shire Council will purchase a £8850 caterpillar road grader to carry out the Shire's expanding road programme. At its meeting last Thursday night, Council accepted the tender of Waugh & Josephson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fined £40 for Railway Theft
Charles David Watters (42), a fettler, of East street crossing, Parkes, pleaded guilty to three charges involving the theft of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driving hints for motorists
The N.R.M.A. overs motorists, some practical driving advice. Allow plenty of room between you and the car ahead. A good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plans needed to solve motoring problems
It it imperative that constructive plans to solve problems caused by the expansion of motoring should be embarked upon, according to the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors and motoring notes Don't Bleed Tyres in Hot Weather
It is quite well known that tyre pressures rite during running, particularly during long runs at high speeds. This is because the rapidly repeated bending of the tyre walls generates heat and so raises the inflation pressure inside the tyre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train hard to stop —driver
SYDNEY, Tuesday: It was common for experienced train drivers to overshoot Erskinville station, a driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Honeymooon Road Tragedy
MELBOURNE, Wednesday— The engine of a car was thrown 30 yards, and the driver was killed instantly when it crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Correspondence (To the Editor.) Those Shire Roads!
Sir Last Saturday many hundreds and possibly some thousands of people travelled from and via Cootamundra to Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Sesame!— There’s a Gate on the Nangus Soldier Settlement Road
It looks as though a big Council of peace is needed on the Nangus Soldier Settlement to bring about a cease fire in the paper war which commenced at the Gundagai Shire meeting last Monday. This dispute concerns a gate. One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Earnings by the N.s.w. Railways Summary of Annual Report by Commissioner
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. R. Winsor). has presented to the Minister for Transport (Hon. E. Wetherell, M.L.A.) his report, on the operations of the Department of Railways for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety in Britain
The rising toll of road accidents, has been the subject of considerable publicity in recent months…
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