Injunction Claim Sequel ? Commission and Damage to Roads
At a special meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council it was stated that reports had been received from Sydney by responsible officers of the council…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 54 of 66
Start Made on Building New Road
Work was commenced yesterday on the reconstruction of the State highway in Cressy street, in the section between Napier and Edwards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Bomb Burma Road New York
Twenty-seven Japanese planes bombed, machine-gunned and virtually levelled Kunming, a key point on the Burma Road, and capital of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray Shire Council Meeting £500 Grant For Yallakool Bridge
Murray Shire Council met at Mathoura yesterday, when there were present: The president (Cr.W. Coppinger), Crs. T. F. White, F. Leetham, J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week-end Road Toll Five Deaths in New South Wales SYDNEY
There was an unusually large number of road accidents during the week-end, and five lives were lost. Wallace W. Ashworth was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pretty Fine Tragedy Murder Of Hawker On Hay Road 57 Years Ago
What is generally referred to as the “Pretty Pine murder” occurred 57 years ago—in October, 1883. The actual scene of the murder was, we believe, only seven or eight miles from Deniliquin, and about three miles or so from the Pretty Pine Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Railway Revenue Mr. Hartigan's Annual Report Coal Strike Causes Deficit
Tabled in Parliament during this session, the annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) for the financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London’s Underground Railway As Huge Air Raid Shelter
Daily a stream of London’s population dragging bedding and other comforts with it, flows into the underground railway tunnels which form an extensive protection from the dangers of air raids. Left: A mother lucks up her baby for the night on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dangers in New Driving. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
One of the tendencies of motorists, revealed since petrol rationing has come into operation, is the practice of coasting wherever possible. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bonegilla Camp Question of Road Transport Knotty Problem for Albury Council
Question of road transport between Albury and Bonegilla camp id frau[?] with difficulties because of State control of traffic. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motorists Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon" Petrol Rationing
It would seem that my forecast that there would be no petrol rationing this side of Christmas would probably have been more accurate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Burma Road New York
The Burma route to China, which was closed last July for three months by agreement between Britain and Japan, will be opened to-morrow with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burma Road Opens To-day London. October 17
It was learned in London that traffic over the Burma road will resume tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →J. Langman’s 2nd Successive Win In Road Race
In a splendidly contested finish on Wednesday afternoon, Jack Langman won the Deniliquin Cycle Club’s 15 miles road race by less than a length…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pretty Pine Tragedy Murder Of Hawker Road 57 Years Ago
THIS is the second and concluding story of the Hay Road Murder and the hanging of Cordene at Deniliquin gaol in 1884; What is generally referred to as the “Pretty Pine Murder” occurred 57 years ago—in October, 1883. The actual scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Raid Shelters for Sydney Railway Tunnels Considered Death Traps Sydney
The chief City Warden, Mr. F. McMullen, commenting on a suggestion by Dr. Lyle Buchanan that an air raid shelter programme be, put in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Motor Accident Death of Mr. Claude Taylor
Mr. Claude Hamilton Taylor, aged 55 years, was killed in a motor accident the Hume Highway three miles on the Wangaratta side of Seymour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen Know All About First Aid Sydney
At present 51 per cent of railway employes were effective members of the ambulance corps, said the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorists and Gas Producer Units Sydney
Replying to Mr. Burke (Lab., Newtown), the Premier (Mr. Mair) said in the Legislative Assembly to-day that if it became necessary for motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plastic Aeroplane Vancouver, October 17
A contract has been signed between a United States inventor, Mr. Harry Atwood, and a Vancouver construction company, for the manufacture of a…
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