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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 66

Truck Crashes Into Telephone Pole Contractor Severely Injured; Wife & Employee Also Hurt Accident on Finley Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 1

When the utility truck in which they were driving missed a bend in the Deniliquin-Finley road and crashed into a telephone pole on Saturday evening, Mr. Hector King, aged 34 years, received very, serious injuries, while his wife and an employee, Mr…

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Tennis Railway Club Elects Officers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 5

The Railway Institute Tennis Club held its annual meeting. The balance sheet disclosed a satisfactory financial position. The following…

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Restoration of Train Services

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 2

A partial restoration of train services has been decided upon by the Victorian railways, but it means complete restoration for Albury as far as the…

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Cleaning of Railway Trucks

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 2

One Albury Chinese gardener has a source of garden manure that is little suspected by the public—the residue cleaned from the cattle and sheep…

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Motorist’s Tale of Woe

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 2

A tale of woe—which ended in a 15/ fine—was told by a motorist who was charged at Rugby (Eng.) recently, with obstruction on the Watling st. He ran…

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Motor Cycle Troops Played Part in “Blitzkrieg” Paris, May 21

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 1

Sixty thousand motor cycle troops constituted one of Hitler’s “blitzkrieg” weapons on the Western Front. French tanks mowed down large numbers of…

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Road Haulage Rates to Be Increased Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 3

Associated Motor Transport of N.S.W. has [?] to increase freight rates for road transport by [?] per cent [?] from June. This increase has been…

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Shire Council's Lengthy Session... Main Road Tenders-auditor's Report

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 3

The Jerilderie Shire Council had a lengthy session at its monthly meeting on Saturday last. Present:— Crs. J. H. Liddle (ch.), A. C…

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The Motorists Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon" Quantity, Quality, Price

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 4

Petrol has assumed a three-point interest for us of late—Quantity, Quality and Price. On the subject of quantity, no decision…

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Bright Prospects for the 1940 Motor Racing Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 4

The motor racing carnival at the Wirlinga Circuit on June 17 promises to surpass all previous efforts. The entries, although not closing till next…

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Hay Aerodrome Now in Permanent Use

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 4

Following a discussion at Hay between Council authorities in charge of the new aerodrome and directors of Victorian and Interstate Airways…

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Road Safety Is War Effort. (By the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 4

Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the number of road accidents due to carelessness or…

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Normal Train Services Soon Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 4

An announccement is likely to be made by the Commissioner for Rail says (Mr. Harligan) before the weekend. as to when normal passenger train…

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R. Ryan Wins First Road Race

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 2

There were eleven starters [?] Deniliquin Cycle Club’s openi[?] race over a 10 miles course on the Echuca r[?]ad on Wednesday afternoon. The…

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Railway Goods Traffic Normal Services Next Monday, SYDNEY,--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr, Hartigan) announced to-day that normal goods traffic on railways throughout the state would…

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New Scenic Road to High Plains

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 May 1940 · page 6

SCARCELY two years ago, Roper’s cattle track from Tawonga South to the high plains was a thing of hazard—to-day, at least as far as the junction of the Rocky and Pretty Valley streams, it is a safe highway. Ere another summer has passed the road will reach to the high plains themselves…

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Fourteen Hour Day German Railway Problems

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 May 1940 · page 6

A recent Nazi decree stipulated that every worker in transport companies must have ten hours off out of the 24. This fourteen-hour day, which has…

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Increase in Price of Motor Oil Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 May 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Customs (Senator McLeay) announced to-day that the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland I had authorised an…

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Says Some “Disloyalists” in Railway Department Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 4

The outdoor staff of the Railways Department contains many disloyalists, according to Mr. Hollway, U.A.P. (nallarat). who declared that he had…

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Sensational Motor Accident Driver's Narrow Escape Lorry Crosses Bridge Without Driver

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

On Saturday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a two-ton Ford lorry, owned and driven by Mr. Ron Isaac, got out of control on the road near the…

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