“The Ghost Train” at Hoyts
“The Ghost Train.” now at Hoyts, is a comedy thriller and an expertly balanced story of gun runners who use fiction of a “ghost train” to cover anti-government…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
1,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 55 of 59
Burma Road Traffic Americans to Undertake Supervision Honolulu, November 19
Skilled American workers are en route to the Burma Road to supervise the trucking of war supplies. The first group of 46 mechanics, despatchers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visit of Railway Commissioners Sewerage at Station
Two Victorian Railways Commissioners, Messrs. Canny and Wishart, came by special train to the Deniliquin Railway Station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improvement on Bridge Road
Motorists will be glad to know that at last the bump at the approach to the first bridge at the southern end of Sanger street has been removed…
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Should war come to Malaya, battles will be fought mainly in swampy, roadless jungles. The Urge force of Australian and other Empire troops stationed in Malaya is equipped and trained to fight in such conditions. An officers’ corps training unit, the members of which are mostly Australians, demonstrate methods of crossing a stream by small portable boats, and pontoon bridges, which are quickly assembled from portable parts. Here the men are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amusements “The Ghost Train” at Hoyts
“The Ghost Train,” which ends its run at Hoyts to-night, is a crackling new screen version of famous play, invigorated by topical twist, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horses Are in Road Accidents
Six-persons have been killed and 23 others injured in road accidents caused by horses during the last three months accident New South Wales. All of these…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Crash at Point Cook Two R.A.A.F. Men Killed MELBOURNE
Flying-Officer Harry T. Green (23), and Leading Aircraftsman John C. Small (23), a trainee, of RandWick. lost their lives when their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Stalls in Tunnel[?] Three Die. Van Nuys (Cal.). November 19
A [?]-car Southern Pacific freight train stalled in the 7000-ft Ha[?]sen tunnel to-day and caught fire, transforming the tunnel into a [?]nace and preventing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Salvage Scheme Waste Metal Dump at Corowa Railway Station Yard
Near the main entrance to the Corowa Railway Station, there is a "dump" for the receipt of waste metal just over the picket fence, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sewerage At Railway Buildings
When. She .Victorian Railways Commissioners were here last week Mr. A. j. Chant (town clerk) asked that the properties of the department here be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alteration in Train Service
We have been advised by Mr. W. Wicks, local, station master, of the following alteration in the train service from Balranald to Echucar[?]—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Builders of Britain's Army
Royal Engineers of the British Army are seen rowing into position a section of a pontoon bridge. Replacing [?] up bridges and building new ones is their special task, and they do it with amazing speed and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Train at Albury Baths
Men of the 2nd Corps Troop Supply Column, camped at Bandiana, undergoing physical training on the lawn of, the Albury baths…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trent Bridge at 50/1 MELBOURNE
R[?] were held at Flemington to-day, Res[?] ORM[?] HANDICAP, About [?] N[?] 7.6. ed. 6.13 (3. Ne[?]le) 1 ; Croil[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Wrecker Confesses Susanville (Calif.), November 23
Clarence Alexander, 24, of Cleo Springs, California, has confessed “in detail” to the wrecking of the streamlined express, “City of San Francisco.” which caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway “Blues” Tennis Team
Railway “Blues” tennis team, which completed in the pennant tennis at Arnold's courts on Saturday. Left to right: Mrs. W. Browne, Mrs. L. Stewart, Mrs. W. Sinclair, Mrs. W. Lees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Commission
The finance committee of the Deniliquin Council made a recommendation last night that commission on main and trunk road works should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Burma Road Is China’s Lifeline
Recent press reports have suggested that Japan is toying with the idea of attempting to end the five-year-old China incident by attempting to cut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lessons of Recent Accidents Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales
Last week's road accidents, in which motor vehicles were involved, could have been avoided had the following points been observed:…
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