Jos Louis Should Train' for Wattle
NEW YORK. Mon.—The Associated Press reports that army chiefs have grown extremely cool to that idea of Jne Louis defending his championship this…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
365 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 19
Vital Clauses Motor Insurance Bill Govt, Suffers Defeat Contentious Words Omitted
SYDNEY, Tues.—The Government suffered defeats on vital clauses of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party…
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Included in the shire clerk (Mr. A. Phillipps) report submitted to a recent meeting of the Bellingen Council were the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams Collide Seven Persons Injured
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Seven persons were injured, two seriously, when two trams collided on the northern approach to the harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Feet Cut Off Boy's Injuries Prove Fatal Train Accident at Kempsey
Bruce Eastwell, six years, died in Kempsey Hospital yesterday following shocking injuries sustained when he was run over by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Trucks Impressment Order Army Ministers Statement
CANBERRA, Fri.—Announcing that the Army was impressing numbers of trucks and vans throughout Australia, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Off to Sydney Two Little Grafton Girls Taken Off Train at Taree
Two little Grafton girls, who seem to have known all about the big wages girls, are earning in munitions factories in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dorrigo Shire Council Meeting Appointment Of Health Inspector Expenditure on By-roads
The monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Coramba, on May 20, Cr. R. Loudon being in the chair. Also present…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—The removal of the control of New South Wales railways from the Railway Commissioner and vesting it in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gearing Up War Effort Thousands of Women To Replace Men In War Work 318,000 Men and Women Will Be Required No Further Call-ups From Farms Railways to Be Stripped to War Needs
CANBERRA, Tues.—Far-reaching decisions designed to gear-up the Australian war effort to the fullest capacity were made by the War Cabinet to-day. Acting on a report by a Cabinet sub-committee, the War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aerodrome Installations Almost Completely Wiped Out At Lae Gutted Buildings Plainly Visible Planes Forced To Seek Hidden Targets
At an Undisclosed Operational Ease, Somewhere in Australia.—Aerodrome installations at Lae have been almost completely wiped out according to reports of pilots who took part in an Allied raid on the part yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Lonely Road Soldier Found Dead Millet Wounds in Body
MELBOURNE, Fri.—A dead soldier with five bullet wounds in his body was found curly to-day on a lonely road 11 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rubber Control No Tyres for Private Motorists
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Commonwealth Government's new control of rubber, order means that private motorists will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. RAIDS Railway Objectives Much Damage Done
LONDON, Fri.—The Air Ministry news service states that Hurricanes and Bostons last night attacked dromes and railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Travel Defence Needs Come First
CANBERRA, Sun.—The Federal-Government's decision to introduce the priority system in railway travel will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Killed In Passing Train Carriage Pierced by Pole
SYDNEY, Sun.—When a telegraph pole protruding from a truck pierced a carriage in a passing passenger train at East…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RAILWAYS Conference To-day No Interstate Passenger Travel?
CANBERRA, Mon.—The War Railways Committee at a conference at Melbourne to-morrow will decide the date when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls to Train As Shed Hands
A sheep and wool course has been commenced by women members of the Armidale Agricultural Bureau. Under the scheme, girls will be trained in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rommel's Losses 260 Tanks Destroyed In Libya Hundreds of Motor Vehicles Smashed Up Battle Still Raging In Desert
LONDON, Mon.—The Germans are now attempting to fight their wry back through a gap in the British minefield, fourteen Relies west of Knights Bridge and twelve miles north of Bir Hakheim, in the western desert. Rommel's losses have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Aero-engine Works Motors for Spitfires
Labelled with an identity badge. I stepped into a vast factory where some thousands of men and women are…
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