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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 61 of 66

New Traffic Regulations (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 2

Universal compliant has been made over the last few years about the danger and discomfort of glaring headlights from motor vehicles. The Road Safety…

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Gaol Term for Motorist Will Appeal Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 2

The maximum sentence of three months’ imprisonment was imposed in Brunswick Police Court to-day on John Leslie Mehegan, slaughterman, of…

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Road Accidents in Country. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 27 November 1940 · page 1

Although road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed an eight per cent decrease in the first nine months of…

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R.A.A.F. RECRUITING Train Arrives in Albury to Stay Here 10 DAYS

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 November 1940 · page 3

Welcoming officers of the R.A.A.F. recruiting train, which arrived at Albury yesterday, the Mayor (Ald Padman) pointed to the success of…

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Bridge for Bonegilla Settlers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 3

Here is tangible evidence of progress with the construction of the bridge over the Murray on The Island at Bonegilla, which will benefit isolated settlers in the area. Albury Council is contributing to the cost of the bridge, which is being constructed under supervision of Wodonga Shire,…

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R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Here

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 1

The R.A.A.F. recruiting train, which arrived in Albury on Tuesday, will remain until Wednesday. The train is docked at the defence transhipping platform at the railway station. It is under the command of Flight-Lieut. Roper and Flight-Lieut. Crick, medical officer…

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The Motorists Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon" Traffic Decline

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 3

Figures just released lend considerable colour to my expressed belief that petrol rationing has put the motoring industry well and…

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Railway Yards to be Re-modelled to Cope with Extra Traffic

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 2

Engineers of the Railways Department were here during the week, travelling by special train, making an inspection in connection…

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[?]Treasure Was Right ! No Cheap Road to Victory” Heavy Taxation Burden What You Will Pay Each Week £33 Million a Year From Incomes All Sections of the Community Hit CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 3

“There can be no cheap road to victory,” said the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) to-day, when introducing in the House of Representatives, the income tax measures complementary to the budget and designed to…

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Henty Railway Timetable

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 8

Albury Mail.—For Albury, 10.43 a.m. Mondays, 10.29 Tuesday to Saturday. For Sydney, 4.43 p.m. Melbourne Express.—For Albury…

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Aeroplane Construction Washington, November 28

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 5

It is understood that the Defence Priorities Beard, after a conference with Mr. Roosevelt, decided not to compel the air industry to give military…

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Wagga Road Entertainment

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 4

The R.S.S.I.L.A. Women’s Auxiliary and the Lavington C.W.A. Younger be held a successful concert, euchre party and dance at the Sacred Heart School…

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Phillip Island Bridge Opened Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 6

The new suspension bridge [?]king Phillip Island with the mainland at San Remo was opened to-day by the Premier (Mr. Dunstan)…

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Train Blown Up Shanghai. Nov. 28

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 7

A train conveying a number of foreign correspondents and Chinese and Japanese officials to Nanking from Shanghai for to-morrow’s ceremony of…

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Bridge Bombed Essential German Transport Hindered Concentration on Network of Railways (British Official Wireless) LONDON, November 28

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 1

The famous Hohenzollern bridge, over the Rhine, was an important objective of British bombers in an attack on Cologne…

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A Road for Ships Ottawa Nov. 30

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 5

A spokesman for the Defence Department stated to-day that an international joint commission had been delegated to investigate the feasibility…

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100 Killed in Train Wreck Chinese Guerillas Blamed Shanghai, November 30

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 1

Japanese sources reveal that 100 were killed and 293 injured when a train was blown up outside Soochow on Friday morning. It is…

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Strewn with Tanks and Lorries Mussolini’s Invasion Road Italian Planes Driven From the Sky London, December 1

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 1

The presence of British fighters on any part of the front in Greece and Albania ensures the almost automatic disappearance of Italian dive-bombers, declares the Athens correspondent of the British United Press…

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Electric Light For The Rock Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 2

Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., has been informed that electric lighting is to be installed at The Rock railway station…

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Chinese Train Wrecked Heavy Casualty List LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 December 1940 · page 2

A train was wrecked outside Foochow on Friday morning, and 100 persons were killed and 204 injured. The Japanese blame Chinese guerillas for…

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