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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 59

Germans Cross Danube Bridge in Military Exercise Then Return to Rumania LONDON, Feb. 21

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 4

It is reported from Budapest that all shipping in the Danube was stopped yesterday, while the Germans threw pontoon bridges across…

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Motor Insurance Much Confusion Persists

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 3

"Motorists," the Insurance Commissioner of the State Motor Car Insurance Office, writes: "would assist insurers and registration officers by…

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Fatal Tram Tall Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 3

Following a fail from a tram on February 20 when she received a fractured skull, Eva Donovan, 27, Peninsular Golf Club. Frankston. died in…

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Municipal Council Meeting. Cut In Main Roads Grant

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 4

A meeting of Deniliquin Council was held last night. There were present The -Mayor (Aid. J. E MeFaull). Aid. Hynes, Brown, Bradford, Edwards, and…

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Edwardes Street Bridge to Be Dismantled for Inspection

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 3

THE council’s engineer (Mr. Shields) reported last night that it was found necessary to barricade the roadway owing to the Edwardes-street…

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To Save His Brother a Man's Fast Motor Journey WAGGA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

While a party of men were drugging a lagoon on the Murray for carp, William Anderson, of Wagga, was bitten by a tiger snake. His…

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Visiting Motorists

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

Following the passing of the Victorian compulsory third party insurance act, special cover must be taken out by motorists visiting that State,…

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Lodging the Railway Staff Commissioner Acts As "Mine Host"

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 4

The uninitiated must wonder what happens to the driver, fireman or guard of a long-distance train at the end of his outward…

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Missed Death by Inches Private’s Fall from Tram SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 1

[?] Kenn[?]h Ainsworth, 34. of [?] A.I.F. camp of at Cowra, escaped [?] by inches this afternoon in the [?]y He attempted to board a moving…

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“Motor Drivers Up To 45 Years

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

Men between the ages of 35 and 45 years are required tor reserve motor transport unite of the A.I.F. Practically all the personnel enlisted mil be motor,…

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Corowa Motor Cyclists Hurt

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 2

Travelling by motor cycle [?] Corowa to Messrs. Pullars Ltd., [?] [?] of Cobram, where they were employed grape-picking, Bruce Ro[?]…

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Railway or Road? Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 4

The Casino to Bonalbo Railway Repeal Bill was read a second time and taken through without amendment in Parliament to-day. Mr. J. T. V- Reid…

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Wagga Road Function

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 4

A successful function was held by the Women's Auxiliary R.S.S.I.L.A., at Wagga Road, on Monday. The net profits amounted to £4 15/…

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Special Train From the Rock

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 3

A SPECIAL train will run from The Rock lo Albury [?] calling at all stations [?] route. l[?] is scheduled to…

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R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train Arriving at Jerilderie To-night (Thursday)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 3

The R.A.A.P. Recruiting Train will be arriving at Jerilderie tonight (Thursday) at 8.26 o'clock, and will be stationed here over…

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Private Motorist's Petrol

The Independent · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 3

The new petrol rationing schemer while necessitating reorganisation by private car users, need not cause the slightest panic, Bald the acting…

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Railway Employes' Annual Leave Sydney. W[?]

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 2

The State Government [?]tention of giving effect [?]o the [?]cion passed some [?] to draft legislation prov[?]…

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Cost Of Harbor Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

The capital cost of the Sydney Harbor bridge at June 30, 1940, was £9.871.600. During the year the earnings were…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the State, but…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 4

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the State…

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