Australian Army Motor Minded
On many Australian roads now can be seen thousands of the army's vehicles; transports in the service has been revolutionised almost in the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 66
British Motor Trade; Exports Assured MELBOURNE
Present policy ensured that there would be no repetition of the experience 1914-18 when the British motor industry was forced to abandon the world…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eight Months Old Baby Killed in Motor Accident Near Wangaratta Mother, Father and Sister Gravely Injured Had Spent Holiday in Albury Wangaratta
A motor accident, involving the death of an eight months old baby girl, and Injuries to five other persons, occurred on the Hume…
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Radio is to be banned on cars in Calcutta, India. When the 1914-18 war broke out there were only 132,000 cars in use in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Motor Deal £150,000 Believed Involved Melbourne
One of the largest deals ever negotiated in the Victorian motor trade, involving the purchase of freehold property and assets of Overseas Motors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crimes Fewer in Riverina Interesting Police Statistics Value of Motor Patrol
The value of the police road motor patrols is reflected in the annual crime report of the Superintendent of Riverina Police (Supt. G. H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Licensees Railway and Morago Licences Transferred
Transfers of two district hotel licences were granted by Mr. I. Beavers, yesterday in the Deniliquin Licensing Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Truck Was Registered Police Action Fails
Proceeding against William Henry Lawson, a resident of Victoria for driving a motor vehicle not registered in this State, failed in the Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reflections. the Beginning of the Road
It was from an old stone-breaker by the roadside that, in my youth, I learned one of those great truths which are so simple in statement. I was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoner’s Escape; Leap From Moving Train Melbourne
Leaping from a moving train between Shepparton and Mooroopna today a prisoner, who was being escorted to Melbourne by Constable Lane,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Making Motor Cars in Australia Sydney
Mr. J. Smith, managing director of Australian Consolidated Industries, left for America to-day to buy the necessary plant for the manufacture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed in Road Crash Colac
Benjamin Hand, aged 60, of St. Hilda, was killed yesterday in a car crash near Colac. The car driven by Michael J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Aerodrome Further Progress
At last night's meeting of the Municipal Council, there being present, Ald. Hamilton (Mayor), Speer, Gibson, Pagan and Houston, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin Aerodrome Use As Training Centre Urged
The claims of Deniliquin aerodrome as a suitable centre of training in connection with the Commonwealth Government’s part in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repairs To Morran’s Bridge At A Later Date
It is the intention of the Main Roads Department, according to a letter received by Deniliquin Council last night, to carry out repairs, at a later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Passenger Traffic Continues Briskly
Present advices received by the railway authorities at Albury give no indication of a cessation of the busy passenger traffic that has already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Platforms at Albury Railway Station
Work is proceeding satisfactorily on the alterations at the Albury railway station. designed to provide better transhipping facilities, and more rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workers to Strike Sydney
Railway workers on the Broken Hill to Menindee section of the line will strike against the recent court judgment reducing the climatic allowance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Employe Found Shot. Bendigo, Monday
With a bullet wound in his head, and a pea-rifle lying beside him, Walter Benjamin Murley, aged 24. of Miller st., Quarry Hill railway fireman was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram-men Seek Better Conditions Adelaide
Claims for a 44-hour week, elimination of excessive overtime, and employment of more men were advanced to-day by representatives of the…
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