Vic. Railwaymen Air Raid Shelters Wanted
MELBOURNE, Wed.—Extraordinary scenes were witnessed outside the offices of the Victorian Railway Commissioner…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 19
Harwood Shire Council Meeting Road Matters
The monthly meeting of the Harwood Shire Council was held yesterday morning at Maclean, there being present Crs. Keith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Road India to China 100,000 Coolies Building Branch Route
LONDON, Wed.—The "Daily Express" Mandalay correspondent reveals that 100,000 coolies, under Allied experts, are…
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LONDON, Thurs.—The Moscow radio quotes a Cairo report that the German Grand Admiral Ra[?]der issued a secret circular…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—The body of a man, believed to be that of William George, 62, retired miner, of Kandos, was picked up beside the…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—High Road, which proved one of the State's best three-year-olds by winning the V.R.C. St. Leger, will not race again this…
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Writing in the current issue "The Hospital" on the develop of speech therapy in NSW, [?] Wray, ASST (Lon.), Senior Sp[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tyres 250,000 On Idle Vehicles Impressment Urged
CANBERRA, Mon.—With Australia almost cut off from supplies of raw rubber, the impressment of tyres from motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train People to Play Their Part In Event Of Invasion Murwillumbah Gives Lead
MURWILLUMBAH, Tues.—The proprietors of every professional, retail or other class of business in Murwillumbah…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.—Fifteen persons were injured when the Heathcote-Kilmore rail motor jumped the rails a mile out of…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Railway excursion facilities within the railway tourist area have been cancelled. In announcing this…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.—A new batch of fake messages is being spread in Australia, either by enemy agents as part of a nerve…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dead on Road Sydney Sporting Commentator
SYDNEY, Sun.—Edward Charles Turner (43), well-known Sydney sporting radio commentator, was fatally injured by an…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—Terribly injured when his truck was wrecked by a goods train at Lord street crossing, Mascot, yesterday…
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Britain is now building up a powerful parachute army. The parachutists sit with legs in a well in the bottom of the aircraft, parachutes hooked up by a strap. A red light warns "Get ready" and when it turns green the parachutists jump from the plane in turn, sliding down the hole into space, the breaking of the strap automatically opening the parachute. These bearers of a new familiar badge—Air…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Fire Passengers to Be Compensated
SYDNEY, Wed.—The twenty passengers who lost their luggage and personal effects in the fire aboard the Melbourne express…
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CANBERRA, Wed.—The Director-General of Transport was to-day instructed by the Federal Cabinet to take action to restrict…
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Roads signs giving names of towns and the distances thereto are fast disappearing. Names of railway stations are also being removed from…
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SYDNEY, Mon.— Charcoal in truck loads will now be carried on the railways between any two points in New South Wales for a…
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Three young men, Michael Taylor, John Webster and Raymond Edward Battley, pleaded guilty is the Grafton Court of Petty…
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