Important Alterations at Albury Railway Station
Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 3
Large gangs of men are employed the Albury rail way Nation, where they are making improvements lo facilitate interstate traffic. Top : The present Melbourne line is on the left. The new line is being constructed on the right. When the present platform is extended it will reach the signal bridge (centre). Below : Workmen erecting the new perform. The new Victorian line runs past the partly constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Killed Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 8
Crashing into a car last night on the Mount Waverley road, near Mt. Waverley, the driver of a motor cycle outfit was killed and a girl pillion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work at Aerodrome
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 2
Mr. Martin, Inspector of Aerodromes for the Civil Aviation Department, paid a visit to Corowa yesterday to inspect the work being carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Census
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 3
For the purpose of deciding which Would be the most suitable route for a proposed main road to connect Mulwala and Oaklands the Coreen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads Works Carrathool Shire Urged to Speed Up
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 2
At yesterday's meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council the matter of expediting the main roads programmes was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Road Workers Not Incorrectly Taxed” Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 5
The Main Roads Department had been following the correct procedure in connection with the deduction of wages tax from incomes, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grazed Stock Along Roads at Night an Albury Woman Fined
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 5
A novel way of agisting stock along main reads was explained to the Police Magistrate at Albury (Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan) by the Health…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Motor Sales in 1939 An Interesting Survey
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 3
The sales of new automobiles in most countries involved in the war slumped badly towards the end of 1939, and few approached anywhere…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Seriously Burned Motor Mechanic the Victim SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 3
While Bruce King (26) was working on a car in a garage inspection pit at Wagga last night, an explosion of petrol fumes took place, igniting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freeze Suffering Railway Dislocation Germany in Bad Way Rotterdam, February [?]
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 8
The cold wave throughout Germany has revived misery. The railways, despite the shortage of supplies, cannot distribute…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Airman Home Again Hazardous Tramp in Bush Plane Had Crashed Darwin
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 6
[?]oy Edwards, the Darwin airmail, whose plane made a forced landing 20 miles from Elsey station last Wednesday, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railwayman Dead Alongside Line Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 5
Believed to have been struck by a passing train, unnoticed by the driver, track repairer J. H. McDonald, married, of Broadford, was found dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Motor Mechanic Severely Burned
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 4
Bruce King, aged 28, a motor mechanic, was severely burned yesterday afternoon, when an explosion occurred in a pit at the Great Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Policy of Home Shire Council
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 2
When an application was received by Hume Shire Council from Mr. Powling, the new lessee of “Kensal Green,” Bungowannah, for attention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Deaths in Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales )
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 4
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 percent of the fatal accidents are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Deaths in the Country
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 4
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 per cent, of the fatal accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Request for Main Road Again Refused
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2
The Secretary of the Department of Main Roads writes to Mr. C. B. Lethbridge as follows:— "Subject: Shires of Berrigan and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smart Construction Work at Railway Station
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2
A particularly smart piece of construction work took place at the Albury railway station yesterday when the old Victorian approach was removed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Dies From Injuries Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 6
Walter James Hill, aged 28. of Fitzroy, whose motor cycle crashed into a tram at East Coburg on Monday night died in hospital from his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Killed; Brother’s Discovery Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 6
When his motor cycle skidded last night on Albert road, near Warragul. Reginald Moyle, aged 30, of Nilma, was killed. His brother, Frederick…
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