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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 58 of 59

Road Accidents Are Sabotage

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 1

Road accidents to-day are destructive national [?] and therefore cannot be tolerated. An avoidaole road accident is virtually…

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Train Service to Melbourne. Request for Alteration Refused

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 4

Some time ago the Graziers’ Association of Southern Riverina approached the Victorian Railways Commissioner with a request that…

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Interstate Motor Traffic

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 2

Unification of the motor traffic regulations, for long months advocated by motorists, has come at a time when it is of least use. Now that traffic has…

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Pleasure Motoring Attacked Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) to-night again referred to the necessity for conserving petrol. Strangely enough, he said, although we were facing the…

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Pay Train Wreck

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1941 · page 4

It has been revealed that £2,500 is missing in connection with the wreckage of the railway pay train at Bargo on Monday of last week…

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Austral Pictures Special Programme for Holidays "Night Train to Munich" To-night

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 1

The special programmes which have been booked by the Proprietors of Austral Pictures, for screening, over the holiday period…

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Tennis Women's Pennant Games Kendall 1. Forfeits to Railway

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 4

Kundall I will forfeld in Railway Reds In the women's Demand tennis To-morrow and only four matches will be played These will be as follow: St Matthew's…

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Road Accidents Are Sabotage

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 4

Road accidents to-day are destruetive of national fitness and therfore cannot be tolerated. An unavoidable road accident is virtually in act of…

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Court of Petty Sessions Thursday, 18th December (Before Mr. I. Beavers, P.m.) Motor Traffic Act

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 3

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Increased Pay for Railway[?]men Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 5

An increase of [?]d a day was granted by judge Drake-Brockman in the Arbitration Court to-day to goo[?]s and [?]assenger guards, [?]unters and special…

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Motor Boat Destroyed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 6

The motor cruiser “Nauwai" owned Mrs may palmer, was totally destroyed by fireat Newport early to-day—only the char[?] balk remained…

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Road Accidents are Sabotage

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 4

Road accidents to-day are destructive of national fitness and therefore cannot be tolerated. An avoidable road accident is virtually…

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Enemy Causes Road Deaths

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 4

(Issued by the Road Safety Council) The Christmas appeal to the people of England about road accidents is to remember that though there have been…

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Enemy Causes Road Deaths. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 3

The Christmas appeal to the people of England about road accidents is to remember that though there are flower cars on the roads there…

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Enemy Causes Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 4

The Christmas appeal to the people of England about road accidents is to remember that though there have been fewer cars on the roads there…

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Britain Scraps Whole Railway Enough Steel There for 384,000 RIFLES

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 1

Britain is throwing a whole railway into the nobilisation of iron and steel for tie war. Although it is an old railway, its rails alone…

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Australia's Railways Controlled by Federal Government

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 4

The Federal Government has taken control of all State railways. This was announced last week by the N.S.W. Railway Commissioner…

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Italian Railway Accident: 25 Killed Rome, December 22

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 2

Twenty-five persons were killed and several hundred injured in a railway accident at a station five miles to the east of Naples- All traffic has been…

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Motor Tyres Rationed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 4

Restrictions in exports of rubber from the Dutch East Indies, from where Australia normally obtained the bulk her supplies, has caused the…

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Unpatriotic Motorists Mr. Curtin’s Warning CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 December 1941 · page 4

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said to-night that he had received information that despite appeals for the conservation of petrol a large number of…

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