30 Drowned When Motor-boats Collide St. John (N.f.). Nov. 11
Thirty out of the 34 passengers were drowned when two motor coats collided during a snowstorm in Three Mile Strait, between Bell Island and the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 66
Tramways Choir to Sing Here
Members of the Preston Tramway Workshops Male Choir, winners of the male chorus contest at Ballarat in 1939, which is to give a performance in Albury. Reading from the top (left to right), the choristers are:—…
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Mrs. A. T. Pratt, the pianist accompanying the Preston Tramways Choir, which will visit Albury on November 23, give a conceit in the Plaza…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Looking Behind the Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Behind cach of the 28 fatal accidents already reported In this State for October, there is probably a [?] story of anguish and desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Roads for the Country Development of the Rural Areas Minister's Statement
"Since Lang and Labour were ousted, the Government has revolutionised the transport system of New South Wales," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motorists Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon" Bushed!
The entire motoring industry has got itself so thoroughly "bushed' over petrol rationing, that it is now extremely difficult to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Motor Accident Near Finley Young Woman Killed
A fatal motor accident occurred near Finley early on Saturday morning last as a result of which a young woman, Miss Jeannie…
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THERE is general satisfaction expressed by motorists and others concerning the work now in .hand which means the permanent improvement of the State highway through Deniliquin. It is part of the scheme to make an all-weather road so badly needed from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed by Train Sydney
Falling from a crowded platform at Erskineville railway station to-day as a train was entering. Leslie Matterson Voughan, aged GS, was killed. The…
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Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation. Some that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Killed by Train Fell Off Platform SYDNEY--Thursday
Leslie Matterson Vaughan, aged 52, machinist, was fatally injured to-day when he fell from a crowded platform at Erskineville railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Force Recruiting Train at Wahgunyah on Friday, Nov. 22
Flying-Officer T. T. Shipman, of the R.A.A.F., was in Corowa this week for the purpose of making arrangements in connection with the visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conargo Shire Council Meeting Permission Refused For Gate On Road
Conargo Shire Council met yesterday when the president (Cr. J. H. Patterson) and Crs. J. Service, . A. C. Bradford and N. F. Armytage were…
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Support was given by Murray Shire Council on Tuesday to a request from Berrigan Shire Council that action be taken to bring under notice of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. at Home and Abroad Country Post Offices Train Wireless Operators
Scores of provincial and country telegraph offices throughout Australia have recently become training centres for the R.A.A.F., their job being to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traffic Regulations New Rules for Motor Drivers Horn Must Not Be Sounded Needlessly SYDNEY
Important traffic regulations, which provide for the dipping of headlights and other actions designed to reduce headlight glare on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greeks Reported to Have Launched Attack Along Whole Front Italians Driven Back in Kalpaki Region From Gateway to Janina Greek Guns on High Plateau Shell Korca—koritza Road London, November 14
Messages from Athens state that the Greeks are reported to have launched a heavy offensive at dawn along the entire front of 120 miles, between the sea and the Yugo-Slav border. The Evzones are prominent. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed in Road Smash Melbourne
Private Donald Campbell Barclay, aged 20. of Puckapunyal. was killed at 4 a.m. to-day on the Geelong road, near Laverton. when his car crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Additional Train Service Thursday-Friday Train
As from Thursday of this week Hay will have an additional train service, in and out each week. On Thursday a rail motor will run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclists Hurt Machine Crashes Through Barricade on Road
Two men were injured, one seriously, on Friday evening when a motor cycle and sidecar crashed through a barricade across the…
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