Current Topics. Fell from Train
We are inclined to think that Gunner John J. Flood believes that there is such a thing as luck after his fall from a fast moving train and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
635 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 32
Ran Into Motor Lorry
While riding his bicycle in Belgrave Street on Monday, Mervyn, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Nelson, of Kempsey, collided with a motor lorry and…
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To Visit Taree from Jan. 16 to 18. Mr. H. J. Lyne, Recruiting Officer. Taree, advises us that the date of the visit of the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Taree Visit Postponed
Mr. H. J. Lyne, Recruiting Officer at Taree, received advice on Monday that owing to delays caused by washaways on the northern line, the R.A.A.F…
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Collapse of a large three-span steel and concrete bridge on the main northern line between Braefield and Quirindi in a flood on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Will Be Here Soon!
The R.A.A.F. Train is a comprehensive and fully staffed recruiting unit. It will give you complete enlistment, including Medical Examination and Trade Tests and ... if you get through these satisfactorily ... the train provides Home Study Literature and a Reservist's Badge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tobruk Aerodrome Captured 40-Abandoned 'Planes. British "At Door of Town." Australians Sorting Out Booty at Bardia. LONDON, January 7
It was officially announced in Cairo this afternoon that the Italians had abandoned El Adem aerodrome, the main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wilson Road Balance of Loan Money to Be Spent on Improvements
It has been abundantly proved in this district that the most sensible and expeditious method of obtaining definiteness in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motorists' Corner Official R.a.c.a Notes. "Carbon" Goes Bush
Well, to the intense surprise of everybody including illustrious self, I am back in comparative civilisation, more or less intact. Sundry people are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kerosene Banned for Use in Motor Vehicles
Action to prevent kerosene being added to motor spirit by motorists was taken under the National Security (Liquid Fuel) regulations on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News by Wire Italian Aerodrome Captured
London, Thursday: Gazala aerodrome, 30 miles west of the important naval base at Tobruk has been captured, states a British general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Markings
Few motorists are familiar with the now method being adopted of marking double lines on sections of road where, because of restricted visibility, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Emergency Road Service
The figures of emergency road service work permormed for metropolitan members by the N.R.M.A. show the effect of wartime conditions upon motoring. In…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Inland. Railway Traffic Held Up in Many Places. Bridge Collapses Near Quirindi
Collapse of a large three-span steel and concrete bridge on the main northern line between Braefield and Quirindi in a flood on Wednesday left…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Will Be Here Soon!
The Royal Australian Air Force Recruiting Train will arrive in Taree on January 16, 1941. Its call here is part of a State-wide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Munition Train Explodes. German Disaster. London. Jan. 8. (A.A.P.)
There was a terrific explosion when a German munition [?] collided with another on the [?] railway line hear Budapest (Hungary)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Accident Resolution. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Luggage and Parcels Commissioner Introduces Up to Date Method of Handling
A tremendous quantity of luggage, mails and parcels traffic is handled both inwards and outwards at Sydney Station and the whole of this traffic was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Motor Taxation
The justice will not be done to the New South Wales motorist until his State motor taxation is reduced by at least the 121/2 per cent, increase imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Men Commissioner's Appreciation of Loyal Co-operation
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has issued the following Christmas and New Year message to the great staff of 42,000 men and women in…
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