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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 52 of 66

Warning to Motorists Petrol Claims Checked MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 6

Evcrv application for petrol licences will be checked by the State Liquid Fuel Control Board, and drastic action taken against anyone who has…

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Aeroplane Cockpit Found Near Maldon

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 4

When working out in dense bush on Tuesday at Walmer about, six miles out of Maldon, Leonard Burchell found the front portion of the…

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R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Arrives

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 3

There was a large gathering of citizens at Deniliquin railway station on Wednesday afternoon to welcome the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train, which…

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Langman Brothers Lead Field In 15 Miles Road Race

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 2

Making good use of their handicaps, the Langman brothers, Jack and Bill, together with W. Hall, never allowed the backmarkers a chance of getting up…

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10 Days on Road The 2/21 St Arrives at Bonegilla 146 Miles March

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 3

Ten days “out” from Rokeby, during which time they inarched for 146 miles, officers and men of the 2/21 Battalion swung jauntily up the easy incline…

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Original Correspondence. Speeding Motorists (To the Editor of the "Riverine Grazier")

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 2

Sir,—We, the undersigned, would deem if a favour if you would bring before public notice, a growing menace…

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Used Motor Vehicles

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 1

Deniliquin Used Car Co. to-day advertises a number of R. and G. cars at attractive prices. These vehicles are reconditioned and guaranteed and carry…

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Give Bonegilla Its Leave Train

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 October 1940 · page 2

Defence Department’s traditional policy of inertia and muddle may be [?]een in the lack of transport to and from Bonegilla camp for soldiers on…

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Bridge Repairs at Balranald

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 3

Long delayed repairs to the bridge over the Murrumbidgee at Balranald are in operation at last. Several old girders have been replaced with solid…

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Road Users Are Like Children (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 3

Children in the environment of the home or at school are happy and carefree, but change their school or remove them to a strange locality and…

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Road Users Are Like Children

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 1

Children in the environment of the home or at school are happy and carefree, but change their school or remove them to a strange locality and…

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Burma Road “Re-opening Would Not Affect Japan” Tokio, October 7

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 1

The Hanoi correspondent of “Asahi Shimbun” says that the British reopening of the Burma Road would not affect Japan, because, with the landing…

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Emergency Night Landing of Aircraft Co-ordination of Motor Owners' Services

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 2

The Rutherglen Shire Council at its meeting on Friday last, dealt with a communication from the Victorian Safety Council, received through the…

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Little Motor Traffic Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 5

Holiday motor traffic outside the metropolitan area was about 50 per cent below normal to-day. Traffic up to 15 miles from the city and to the…

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Road Users Are Like Children. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 1

Children in the environment of the home or at school are happy and carefree, but change their school, or remove them to a strange…

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Leave Train Is Theirs by Right No Gambling With Bonegilla Lives

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 2

TO the thousands of Australian parents whose flesh and blood are represented in the huge military encampment at Bonegilla:— The nation asked you in her hour of trial for those magnificent…

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Burma Road to Be Re-opened Britain Tells Japanese Grave Decision Taken China Will Welcome News LONDON, October 8

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 1

The British Ambassador to Japan (Sir Robert Craigie) to-day informed the Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka) that the Burma Road Agreement would not be renewed. It was due to expire on October…

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Motor Purchase Restriction London, October 7

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 4

The Ministry for Transport has decided that only persons engaged in work of vital national importance will in future be able to obtain a licence…

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Shot Fired! Near Assistant Railway Chief Man Gravely Wounded “Carry On,” He Tells Meeting SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 6

A shot fired near the assistant Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C. Garside) while he was presenting railway ambulance…

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Main Roads Work

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1940 · page 3

A commencement was made on Monday with tarring the Main Roads Department's portion of the main street, but owing to a few…

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