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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

676 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 34

Aif Men’s Experience May Help Train Others MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 5

The suggestion that experienced AIF men should be used as an aid to train Americans in [?]live service methods was commended by the Minister for the Army (Mr Forde)…

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Train Collision in Sydney In Underground Tunnel Traffic Disorganised Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 3

When an electric train crashed into the rear of another train in a tunnel at St. James station today, six people, including the…

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Motor Car Cemeteries

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

For many years automob[?]es have been junked or dumped into motor vehicle graveyards in America at the rate of nearly 3,000,000 a year. The…

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Gift of Motor Ambulances

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

On Saturday, February 21, Private Stenner presented two fully equipped, motor ambulances to the Defence Department on behalf of the staffs of O…

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“The Great Train Robbery.”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 4

A new type of action drama comes lo the Regent today, when “The Great Train Robbery” will show patrons just how an entire train can be literally stolen. The…

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Is Then a Train Fire Bog? SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 6

Concern In authoritative quarters at the fact that then have been two outbreaks of fire on Interstate trains within the last week to-day resulted In a Brisbane mall…

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Concrete Sleepers Are Being Made by Women for Britain's Railways

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Concrete sleepers are being tried out to replace some of the 3,000,000 timber sleepers which railways in Great Britain need each year to…

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Adelaide to Sydney by Motor Cycle

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Four soldiers who have just returned from overseas are travelling by. motor cycles from Adelaide to Sydney. They called at the "Pastoral Times" office…

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Railway Firebug Causes Third Train Fire Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 1

While a train was stopped on the Hawkesbury River bridge early this morning, a 15-ton truck of merchandise for Gosford was burned out and…

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Fall of Toungoo Mandalay Road Threatened London, April 2

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 3

The fall of Toungoo has, enabled the Japanese to throw, more strength into their efforts to break through the Chinese lines across the road to…

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Raaf Road Crash Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

James Gill was also injured in the accident between Werribee and Laverton, When a RAAF panel van overturned. The names of the four killed…

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Smashing German Factories Two-Night Raid on Motor Works More Powerful Bombs Now Used London, April 3

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

The people of France saw. more evidence last night of Britain's determination to smash every war factory that is working for Germany. For the second night running RAF bombers attacked the Matford motor works…

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Four RAAF Men Killed Motor Van Somersaults MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

Eleven members of the RAAF were injured, four fatally, last evening when a panel van containing 12 members of the RAAF and one member of the…

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Baby Boy Killed by Train Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 3

Kenneth Bell, aged IS months, was killed yesterday, when, having wandered from home at Toongabbie, on to the railway Hoe, he was struck by a train. His…

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Hit-run Motorists Man Dead; Boy Badly Hurt" MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 2

Two bit and run accidents, ore of which proved fatal, were reported to the police late last night. The body of Victor Edward Davidson,…

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Trucks Collide on Granya-Walwa Road

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 3

Yesterday two heavy trucks [?]ollided [?]oad [?] abou[?] two miles beyond the [?]rauy[?] [?] but [?] injured. The accident occurred on the Murray V[?]…

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Amusements "Road Sho[?]" at [?]Ots Today

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 4

Hal Roa[?]'s latest comedy production, "Road Show," which opens at Hoyts today, has [?] which boasts no fewer than [?] of the [?]op-[?]ght names in the film…

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Truck Hit in Railway Yards

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 2

Yesterday Mr F. M. Es[?]er, carrier, of Albury, was in the Wodonga railway yards with his truck[?] unloading goods. The truck was across the line…

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Enlarge Albury Railway Yard How Co[?]gestion Could be Relieved

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 2

The more Australia puts into the national war effort, the greater becomes the importance of Albury. It is the busiest inland town in Australia, and…

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Train the Public Dynamic Propaganda SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 2

Mr Frank Goldberg, governing director of Goldberg Advertising Agency Limited, said today that Australian propaganda was not…

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