Shocking Fatality At Culcairn Soldier Mangled by Train
Just as a train had passed the Culcairn railway station on Tuesday last, Signaller Gayo Matesich, a Yugo-Slav, fell from a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 34
Culcairn Shire Council Heavy Rains Cause Damage To Roads And Culverts
The usual monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council took place in the Council Chambers, Culcairn, on Monday last Present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moscow Claims That Germans Are Giving in Everywhere Fields And Roads Wreckage Strewn “Nazi Motor Columns Melting Away” Tanks Hold No Terrors For Soviet Infantry LONDON, May 21
A despatch to Moscow from the Kharkov front this morning stales that the Germans are giving in everywhere, and that fields and roads of the Ukraine are littered with the Wreckage of their machines. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Austral Pictures "Waterloo Bridge" This Week-end Peter B Kyne Story Next'
Picturegoers are reminded that the week-end attraction at Austral Pictures will be "Waterloo Bridge" featuring Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Concession for Pensioners
An amended scheme of railway concession fares for pensioners living in country districts was announced by the Minister for Transport in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Era Terminating After 42 Years
A remarkable motor era of 42 years has practically terminated with the closing down of the world's automobile industries on the production of new motor cars for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Fuel New to Albury
Coal gas as motor fuel is increasing in popularity in Albury, and the sight of a gas bag surmounting a motor vehicle is a rapidly diminishing comment. Among the latest to adopt gas locomotion are Riverina Hauliers, who handle deliveries for Mate's Ltd, and two of whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Helps Victorian Railways MELBOURNE
Victorian railways revenue to May 14 amounted to £12.299.456, an Increase of £2,051,375 above the receipts for the corresponding period of last year, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Truck Disappears —Found Undamaged
One evening last week Mr. Reg McRae, of Water street, Hay, left his motor truck in front of the Maclure Pty.’s store, and when he went to get it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Ski Troops Train in Syria
During the recent European winter, specially selected units were formed from the A.L.F. in Syria, for training in the use of skis The school was situated high in the Lebanon ranges, and although, as this splendid series of photos indicate, the work was carried out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wednesday Train Wanted
Aid. McFaull asked the Mayor last night if he would write to the Victorian Railways and ask for reinstatement of the Wednesday train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Much Better Train Service 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago Deniliquin had a far better train service than to-day. The old D. and M. Railway Co. ran two trains daily from and to Echuca. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To the Editor. “Sock the Motorist”
Sir,—Mr. Bruxner, MLA., speaking in the Legislative Assembly recently, said : “Over the years my colleagues and I have always contended that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pilot Officer Killed by Train Sydney
Believed to have fallen from a train, the body of Pilot Officer W. S. Peake, Mt Gambier (SA) was found in a railway tunnel near Coff's Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train and Hearse Collide Accident at Crossing; Albury Residents Injured WANGARATTA
This afternoon at 140 o'clock, as Mr W Lester and his assistant, Mr George Hodge. both of Albury, were returning to Albury with an empty hearse, the vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Seek Say in Control of Railways SYDNEY
Removal of the control of the NSW railways from the Railways Commissioner and the vesting of It in the Minister for Transport and a railway board having equal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Needs First on Railways Prime Minister's [?] CANBERRA
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hard Road to Victory
A sub-committee of Cabinet Ministers representing all departments most vitally associated with the Australian, war effort has decided that no less…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Japanese Drive Along Burma Road. London, May 27
The correspondent of the United Press stales that the Japanese are concentrating large forces of mechanised troops near Winting, on the border…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Motorist Claims Damages Spirited Council Debate
A “peppery” debate was occasioned al last night’s meeting of the Albury council by a claim for damages by an Albury motorist…
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