Swimming Carnival Leeton Championship Special Train From Jerilderie
The Australian swimming champion, Robin Biddulph, will appear at the Riverina Championship Carnival in Leeton Baths, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 66
Country Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that the mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relief for Settlers Who Live in “No Man's Land”! Bridge Across the Murray Wodonga Councillors’ Discussion
For years six Victorian Settlers with properties on an island, 500 acres in area, opposite the Albury waterworks, have been isolated by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Making Plan May Be Dropped Canberra
Expert advice doubting the wisdom of establishing the motor car industry in war-time may be submitted to the Economic Cabinet, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cold Paralysed Britain Railways Blocked For 1500 Miles Scores of Trains Snowed Up London, Feb. 6
Details of January 27 show how the worst blizzard of the century blocked up 1500 miles of railway, brought down hundreds of miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Improvement of Roads
There should be a noticeable improvement in the condition of the roads in Edwards and Poictiers streets as a result of the resurfacing work which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road at Railway Station Entrance
The Albury Chamber of Commerce has again drawn the attention of the Albury Council to the bad state of the roadway leading to the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russo-German Pact Frontier Railways Difficulties BERLIN
The railway frontier agreement between Russia and Germany has been concluded. Special arrangements have been made to solve the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ivanhoe. Effects of Railway Strike
On Saturday 3rd inst., the busy main street of Ivanhoe resembled a street of a city. Owing to the railway strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denies Motor Car Making Plan Thrown Overboard Sydney
Reports that there was a plan before the Federal Government for the abandonment of the scheme to manufacture motor cars in Australia were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Filfering From Railway Goods Yards Alleged Man Heavily Fined Sydney
That the Railway Department lost a a considerable quantity of goods which were stolen from Darling Harbor railway goods yards was stated by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airliner’s Forced Landing Blazing Motor Falls Pilots Magnificent Action Melbourne
With the starboard motor on fire, 6000 feet above Dimboola, at 8.20 a.m. to-day, the airliner Bungana was in grave peril, but Captain N…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Motorist In a Collision
Two cars were badly damaged yesterday afternoon when they were involved in a collision. The occupants of neither were hurt. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Bomb Explodes in Tram Car Wellington (N.z.)
Passengers aboard a tram in the to-day suffered from shock when a [?] explosion occurred beneath the [?]ing Windows were shattered, P[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorists Fined For Allowing Unlicensed Person To Drive
Feeling unwell after driving a car to Echuca and back to Deniliquin on December 19, Reginald Nelson appreciated the opportunity of allowing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Construction in America San Diego. February. 8
Three aircraft factories have reported record unfilled orders. involving 43.000.00 dollars. Employes will be increased by 4100 to 7405 by July 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Deaths in Country
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 per cent: of the fatal accidents are occurring…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →13,300 Motor Drivers Convicted in Victoria in 1939
More than 13,000 motoring offences, resulting in the conviction of 13,300 drivers for breaches of the traffic code and other regulations, were reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motorists' Corner. Bluff Artists
You lead an interesting life when you represent the senior motoring organisation in Australia, and you'd be amazed at the number of people who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Graziers’ Tilt at Government Motor Car Making Plan Sydney
“It is clear that fully skilled men are not available for the air force in sufficient numbers, yet the Government is toying with the idea of establishing…
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