Work on Corowa Aerodrome to Begin This Month
It was decided at a special meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council this week that work on the aerodrome would begin on Tuesday, January 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 66
Formation of Roads at Albury Common
The Department of Works and Local Government has asked Albury Municipal Council that consideration of the proposal to form roads on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists' Corner OFFICiAL R.A.C.A NOTES by "Carbon" Sunday Petrol Ban
The topic every motorist is discussing at the moment is, of course, the proposal to close garages on Sundays. It is by no means…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany and Russia Agree on Use of Railway from Rumania LONDON, January 21
Although Berlin and Moscow have definitely denied movements of troops near the Rumanian frontier, it is learned, however, that Germany and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →328,000 Motor Vehicles in N.S.W. SYDNEY
Motor vehicles registered In N.S.W. at the end of December last totalled 328.554 an increase of 1.7 over the total of 322,940 at the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Offer of Aeroplane Factor
A Sydney firm has offered to convert portion of its motor body building factory into a workshop for the production of low-wing monoplane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Falls From Train
When Roy Winnell, 43, fell from a train between Wagga and Uranquinty on Tuesday evening he had a remarkable escape from death. Winnell,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads and Path[?] Maintenance Allocation For 1940
Details of the allocations of £[?] available, for maintenance of var[?] roads and footpaths during this y[?] were submitted to Deniliquin Cout[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Council Special Meeting Construct of Corowa Aerodrome Work to Commence on
A special meeting of the Council was held on Monday night last, January 22, 1940, at which there were present: His Worship the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety During Holiday Week-end
Following the formation of a branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. there has been considerable activity in regard to the safer use of roads in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Midsummer Madness (Issues by the Road Safety Council)
A holiday is the average person’s opportunity to get away from the job — from office, factory or kitchen — to take to the highway and become mentally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Firemen Injured, one Fatally, in Road Accidents SYDNEY
Five firemen were injured in two different road accidents to-day at Lane Cove and Mascot. At Lane Cove four firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Pack Train" Economy A.s.c. Training Square Meals for Our Troops
A saving of £200 a day for each 10,000 men in training was made by the military authorities when they introduced the daily "pack train" from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Now Dead As a Result of Road Crash. Melbourne
Leo Nelson, aged 28, of Hood st. Yarraville, died in hospital to-day from injuries received on Sunday night when a taxi in which he was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£2,000,000 Loss on N.s.w. Country Railways
The Railways Department of New South Wales is trying to reduce the £2,000,000 annual loss on 63 run lines. A line between Booyong and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclists Injured SYDNEY--Thursday
When a motor cycle rider Reginald White, aged 22 years, and his passengers, Bessie Jones, aged 14 years, who was riding pillion, were thrown to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Speaker's Views on Motorists
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Mr. R. W. D. Weaver) has penned his forthright view of motoists. He writes:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nazi Request to Belgium 9000 Railway Trucks
Germany has requested Belgium to loan or hire her 9000 railway trucks. Official dries consider that such a loan would be a breach of neutrality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thefts From Railway Yards Alleged Sydney
An allegation that there was no doubt that some railway yard employes had stolen goods was made in the Campsie police court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Campaign to Make Roads Safer in Albury District Meeting Here on February 1
The importance of Albury in the State-wide campaign for road accident reductions is shown by the fact that a strong delegation from the Road…
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