Two uniformed police checking under bonnet of a police Customline car. Frank Porter and Charles Sinclair Frank Porter, Chas Sinclair, MTS 1954police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; porter, frank; sinclair, charles

Two uniformed police standing beside car - Sgt Terry Bible (l) and I/C Frank Porter (r), circa 1954police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; porter, frank; bible, terry

Passenger side of a Ford Customline, Highway Patrol, registration GDA 727, circa 1954police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford customline car; highway patrol

Front of a Ford Customline, Highway Patrol, registration no. GDA 727, circa 1954police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford customline car; highway patrol

Dodge Divisional Van with one uniformed policeman standing beside van with left foot on runner and torch in hand. Other uniformed policeman sitting in the driver's seat. Registration no. GFX 712. Circa 1954Showgrounds. Dodge Div Van. 1954. Flemingtonpolice vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; dodge divisional van

FJ Holden Mobile Traffic Section "Courtesy" ute, in Russell St., with police insignia on door and megaphone on top, registration number GOG 872, circa 1954police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; fj holden ute; russell street

Chevrolet sedan with police light on top of car and siren situated on bonnet, registration no. GKY 305. First Constable Charles Edward Loveless standing beside car. Sale MTS. First marked carpolice vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; chevrolet car; loveless, charles edward

Holden Mobile Traffic Section patrol car, registration no. GKN 704, with , police light on top of vehicle, circa 1955police vehicles; motor transport branch; wireless patrol; holden car

Studebaker Lark Mobile Traffic Section Q car registration number HWA-883 on Alexander Avenue. Circa 1963police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker lark car

Photo of the rear yard of the Mobile Traffic Section offices at 145 Chapel St. St.KildaHolden ute, front view, registration number JHE-915, parked at a right angle to a Studebaker Lark, side view. Circa 1964police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; holden ute; studebaker lake car

Two door Studebaker Mobile Traffic Section patrol car at Dawson Street, Brunswick. Circa 1963police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker car

One of two Vauxhall sedans used for Mobile Traffic Section patrol dutiesVauxhall Cresta in a park with sky scraper in background. Registration number HLA-802. Circa 1962police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; vauxhall cresta car

Used by the Mobile Traffic Section for patrol and warning motorists at incidents etc.Holden courtesy van in a park with skyscraper in background. Circa 1961police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; holden courtesy van

Shows a Mobile Traffic Section car Norm Lieske, in uniform, standing beside opened passenger door of Studebaker Cruiser, registration number JJK-857. Circa 1966police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker cruiser car; lieske, norman

First Constable Norm Lieiske in a Mobile Traffic Section patrol carInterior of Studebaker with uniformed policeman talking into radio. Circa 1966Norm Lieskepolice vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker car

Studebaker Mobile Traffic Section patrol car, registration number JEM-626, outside residential property. Circa 1965police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker car

Ford Falcon sedan with emblem on passenger's door. Circa 1960. The first Falcon Mobile Traffic Section patrol car with Victoria Police badge on door.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; ford falcon car

Ford Falcon Mobile Traffic Section Q car, registration number HGY-104. Circa 1960. Panel in the grille shows where the siren was fitted.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; ford falcon car

Photo of a very early Falcon Mobile Traffic Section patrol car.Ford Falcon sedan with emblem on driver's door, siren on bonnet and light on roof. Registration number HHC-021. police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; ford falcon car

Ford Zephyr Mobile Traffic Section car with unidentified person in driver's seat. Circa 1960. Photo taken in Carlton Gardens with ICI building in the background.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; ford zephyr car

Mildura Mobile Traffic Section patrol car at Lock 3 near Mildura.Ford Zephyr, registration number HRH-911, parked under a tree with a driver and passenger inside the car. There is a man in the background standing bent over near a bicycle. Circa 1961police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; ford zephyr car

First Constable Joh Gurr 12361 of the Mobile Traffic Section with a Falcon Q car.Ford Falcon, registration number HJJ-345, with officer standing beside it and the city sky line in the background. Circa 1961police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; ford falcon car

Studebaker former Mobile Traffic Section patrol Car with No. 2 painted on driver's door racing at Sandown. Circa 1964wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; sandown race track

Motor Cycle Traffic Police Football Club Smoke Night, with a row of seated men on either side of two long tables as well as a third row of men standing on the outside of the tables. All men are dressed in suits. The wall in the background reads "Past Grand Masters". Circa 1936police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; motor cycle traffic police; police football club

BMW motorcycle, registration number CY-123, with rider astride in full uniform including helmet, tunic coat, gloves, jodphurs and boots. Circa 1960On back of photograph - Motor Traffic Section - A member on solo motor cycle duty controlling traffic through Victoria.police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; bmw motorcycle

By the later 1800s the dirt roads in the then out-lying areas of the City of Moorabbin became dangerous, and almost impassable due to huge potholes and muddy swampy areas. The heavily laden market gardener’s carts regularly broke axles and wheels, and horses foundered on their way to the Melbourne markets. Even worse, the heavier “iron maidens”, carrying their malodorous loads of sewage from Melbourne’s inner suburbs for dumping in the outlying areas of the City of Moorabbin, also got bogged in the mire. It was decided that a practical solution to this problem was to install a metal plateway on the side of the problematic roads. In about 1887 the Moorabbin Shire Centre Road, in the Brighton East area, two parallel metal rails were installed so that the wheels of carts could run along smoothly, the horse travelled in the filled, middle area between the rails. Point Nepean Road plateway was removed in 1930 and Centre Dandenong Road plateway was removed in 1934-35. The worn plateway along Centre Road, East Brighton (now known as Bentleigh), was gradually taken up in several pieces, commencing in the the1920s, when its condition deteriorated and it caused a hazard to bikes, pedestrians, motor-cycles and the few early cars. The early steel plateway, constructed by David Munro, and opened on 23rd March 1885 by Thomas Bent, was built along Nepean Highway, between Asling St. and Bay St. The Point Nepean Track was subsequently extended into Moorabbin with branches along Centre, Cumins, South, Wickham, and Keys Roads, the total length was 13 miles. In 1908-1909 plates were laid along Centre Dandenong Road to Ross Street Bentleigh This innovative solution proved successful and was used until gradually the main roads were upgraded, and motorised vehicles started to appear. Two parallel metal rails were installed in the right hand side of a few main roads in the Shire of Moorabbin so that the wheels of heavily-loaded market gardener's carts on their way to markets in Melbourne could run along smoothly. The horse pulling the carts travelled in the filled, middle area between the rails. The Steel Plateway was constructed by David Munro, and opened on 23rd March 1885 by Thomas Bent. The wheelway first only ran along Nepean Highway, but it soon extended from Centre Dandenong Road, along Nepean road to its junction with Chapel Street, St Kilda. Later branch lines were built along Centre Road, Bentleigh as far as Warrigal Road and, according to early photographs, along Wickham Road Moorabbin as well. This innovative solution proved successful and was used until gradually the main roads were upgraded, and motorised vehicles started to appear. There was a problem with the wheelway : there was only a single set of rails and this was established on the right-hand side of the Nepean Road, travelling towards the city. Traffic FROM the city travelled on the correct or left-hand side of the road. The exception to this rule was the malodorous iron-clads, heavily riveted iron carts, generally travelling in convoy, carrying several tons of human effluent out of Melbourne to be trenched-in in the sandy soil of the Moorabbin district. Moorabbin City Council donated and installed a small section of Plateway at Box Cottage Museum in 1984melbourne, brighton, moorabbin, roads, plateway, wheelway, transport, st kilda, bent thomas, munro david, market gardens, steelway, carts horse-drawn, iron maidens, point nepean track

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. a) Seventeen pages of typed notes for a speech. Topics include : The story of the taxi cab, Your library, Regional library development, Land reclamation, Traffic control, A point about parking, Social (visit to Fortuna by Major General Brown Director of Ordnance survey, British Army), The historical society. Undated, but next to other notes marked 1951. b) a donation letter headed 'The Mayor Speaks' states: Herein are the texts of addresses given by the Mayor Cr N.J Oliver over Radio Station 3BO, together with other talks given by him. They were given to Alex H Stone by Mr Oliver on his leaving Bendigo. They are now handed by him to Bendigo Branch - Royal Historical Society of Victoria, as they are worthy of preservation. 26-3-1982 signed Alex H Stone.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver, sometime mayor of bendigo. radio station 3bo 'the mayor speaks'. bendigo centenary 1951.

Index, ill, map, p.354.non-fictionBefore Bletchley Park could break the German war machine's code, its daily military communications had to be monitored and recorded by 'the Listening Service', the wartime department whose bases moved with every theatre of war (Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar, Iraq, Cyprus) as well as having listening stations along the eastern coast of Britain to intercept radio traffic in the European theatre. This is the story of the - usually very young - men and women sent out to farflung outposts to listen in for Bletchley Park, an oral history of exotic locations and ordinary lives turned upside down by a sudden remote posting - the heady nightlife in Cairo, filing cabinets full of snakes in North Africa, and flights out to Delhi by luxurious flying boat.world war 1939-1945 - great britain - intelligence, world war 1939-1945 - cryptography