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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 66

Week-end Accidents Several Motor Crashes Occur Woman Seriously Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 6

Suffering from o fractured base of the skull, and fractured collar bone, Mrs. Olive Blackford. 26 years, of Neerim road. Carnegie, was admitted…

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Fires Cause Train Delay

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

Fierce bushfires near Euroa on Saturday were responsibly for both divisions of the Melbourne express striving Sydney six hours behind schedule…

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Train Service Curtailed Because of Strike

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

Because of the coal strike, there will not be any trains leaving or arriving at Deniliquin railway station on Saturdays, it was officially…

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Young Man Killed by Train Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

The mutilated body of George Samuels, aged 18. war. found on the railway [?] near Redfern to-day. He was last seen alive in the locality last…

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Car Strikes Tree on Fineey Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

A motor accident occurred on the Deniliquin road, about ten miles from Finley, when a car collided with a tree. It is understood that one of the…

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Maude Tenders Called for Bridge Some Notes on the Weir and District Development

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

Saturday's "Sydney Morning Herald" contained an advertisement of the Main Roads Department calling for tenders for two contracts in…

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Dead on Top of Railway Carriage Discovery Near Manildra SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

The police think that the man killed yesterday on the top of a railway carriage, near Manildra, may have come from South Australia. Near an…

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Motor Racing at Albury on King’s Birthday Increased Support to be Sought

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 5

At a committee meeting of the Riverina Sporting Car Club last evening IT was decided lo again hold the annual motor races on the…

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Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

Mr. C. Lea had a very lucky escape from serious injury on Wednesday evening whilst driving his mail car from Deniliquin to Hay (states the…

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Fewer Train Services Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

Owing to the necessity to conserve coal supplies for essential services, the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) decided to-day to curtail…

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Sydney Road Fatality Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

A finding of occidental death was recorded by the Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.), at an inquiry at the City Mogue to-day into the death…

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Relief for Hospitals Report of Select Committee Increase the Burdens of Wage-earners Tax Beer Drinkers and Road Users Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

A report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Hospitals, tabled in the Legislative Assembly to-night by the Chairman (Mr. N. Thomas, M.L.A.)…

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Arms and Exports Census to be Taken on Industries Concentration on Motors, Shipping and Aircraft, London. April 1

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 2

The first census of workers encaged in arms and export industries will begin to-morrow and will end on April 10…

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Seduced Tram Services During Quiet Hours Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

All tramway services in “off peak” hours in the metropolitan area and in Newcastle will be reduced by 50 per cent, as early as practicable. Some…

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Bush Fire Damage on Roads

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 2

The damage to bridges and culverts on Rat’s Castle road, in the Wodonga Shire as a result of the bush fire earlier in the year, has been estimated…

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Restricted Rail Services Carriage by Road Will be Allowed Announcement by Department of Road Transport Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 5

In view of the embargo placed on the despatch of certain classes of goods by rail on account of the coal strike, approval has been given for…

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There is Motor Fuel in the Bush Charcoal Gas for Combustion Engines

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 3

Surely some more virile and resourceful attitude towards the future of motor transport in Australia should be adopted than mere…

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Railway Disruptionists

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, says the unrest in the railway services had been brought about by "a few…

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The Motorists Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon" Achievement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 3

Thanks in a very large measure to the splendid support accorded to the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, and the Road Safety…

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Railways Take Precautions Against Fighting Fires. MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 2

The precautions token by the Victorian Railways Department to guard against fires being caused by sparks from locomotives may be divided…

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