FREE railway [?]Ckets for Evacu[?]es Sydney. Wednesday
The Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. [?]fron) announced to-night that full arrangements had now been completed for the issue of concession or free…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1942
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Excursion Fares For Railway Travel
The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain Scraps Whole Railway Enough Steel There for 384,000 Rifles
Britain is throwing a whole railway line into the mobilisation of iron and steel for war. Although it is an old railway, its rails alone will add…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Industry Cut. Washington. Dec 31
The Governe[?] has [?] the [?]stry to cut the monthly production for January to 100.00 [?] cor[?] with 400,000 in Ja[?] of 1941. The [?] for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Check Up On Motorists
Albury motorists who attended the [?] races yesterday were made [?] of the need for third party insurance required in Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Causes Road Deaths
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 have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The U-boat That Surrendered to a British Aeroplane
Just the outlines of a submarine. and an unimpressive looking ship standing by. And yet, this picture recalls one of the most thrilling maritime episodes of the present war, and certainly one unparelled in naval history. The submarine is the German U-boat that surrendered in the Atlantic to a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the British Coastal Command.-Dept. Inf. photo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Strikes Bridge Railing Young Man Dies From Injuries Driver on Charge of Manslaughter
A young man named William Ronald Bennett, aged 17 years, a well known resident of 109 Harfleur street, Deniliquin, died in Deniliquin Hospital yesterday morning from injuries to the chest received when a motor lorry in which he was a passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unique Incident Churchill Toasted 1942 During Train Journey Washington. Jan. 2
Mr. Churchill reached Washington from Canada yesterday morning. The Prime Minister, at a midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident in Railway Yard
While transhipping goods at the Albury railway yards yesterday morning, Mr. C. J. Rhyme, a casual worker, met with [?] accident in which he sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Tram Melbourne
James Thomas, aged 63, of Graville street, Prahran, was knocked down and killed by a tram when he was crossing St. Kilda road late last night with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured Melbourne
Charles Geoffrey Jones ([?]), of Dow Street, Port Melbourne, was seriously injured when his motor cycle crashed on the Hume Highway near Tallarook…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Edwardes Street Bridge Nears Completion
Although it will not be completed the Edwardes street bridge over the lagoon will be open, to traffic next Strength of structural work will in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Even Britain's Railway Embankements Are Dug for Victory
Britain's amateur gardeners are responding to the "Dig for Victory" drive by growing on their 1,600,000 garden allotments vegetables to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excursion Fares for Railway Travel
The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for January, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists W[?]l. Benefit Sydney
The National Roads and Motorists’ Association Insurance Limited to-day announced a special war discount of 25 per cent, on all insurance policies taken out, new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RACE - Goers Rush Trams. Melbourne
Trams to and from the Moonec Valley races on Saturday were again crowded. The chairman of the Tramways Board (Mr. Bell) said to-day that after the races…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work of W.v.s. Appreciated Letter From Railways Chief
The president (Mrs. C. H. Griffith), who presided at the monthly meeting of the Albury W.V.S. yesterday, reported that a hu[?]ted meeting of members had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transport in Europe Plight of the Railways
Transport has always been one of the major weaknesses of Nazi Germany and the approach of winter German armies are striving to extricate…
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