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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

676 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 34

On the Road to Alaska Tokyo

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 1

Top : Pte. D. E. Neff, of Detroit, shows where he would like to use his axe. U.S. Army engineers keep their sense of humor as they blaze a trail through 1200 miles of bleak Canadian wilderness to build vital military highway from the border to Alaka. Below : Trains rush…

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Spanning a Continent North-South Road is War Triumph

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 2

One of the most dramatic stories in Australia today is being written on the all-weather road that runs through the centre of the Northern Territory,…

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Woman’s Fatal Tram Fall Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 1

During last night’s brownout a woman was killed and three men were seriously injured in road and rail accidents. The woman was Mrs El[?]…

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Increasing Railway Facilities Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 1

In order to improve the present inadequate facilities for the increasing demands of war-time goods traffic, the Railway Commissioner (Mr T. J…

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Impounding From Roads a Question of Manpower

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 4

The question of impounding was again before the P.P. Board at its meeting on Saturday. The matter was raised when a letter was…

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[?] Cycle Rider Killed [?] Road Fatality

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 1

[?] McTAGGART, ROBERT [?]DER, R.A.A.F., died on [?] afternoon from head [?] received when he was…

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Chinese Successes in Chekiang Railway Rendered Useless for Japanese. Chungking. July 19

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

A Chinese communique states that after capturing the Important port al Wenchow, in Chekiang Province, which the Japanese took last week. Chinese forces…

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Football Maintenance Defeat Railways

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

Air Force Maintenance played the better football at the sports ground on Sunday and easily defeated Railways. With the advantage of a breeze…

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Main Roads Surplus Sy[?] T[?]day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 3

A[?] the [?] of Main[?] [?] the [?] [?] year [?] the [?] [?] This [?]…

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Road Transport Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 2

[?] providing f[?] the [?] of [?] in an em[?]ncy were [?] today. [?] the [?]tional Security Act…

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P.O.W. on Railway Work East-west Reconstruction Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 4

About [?]00 war prisoners have been carrying out reconstruction on the East-West [?]way for the past three months. The Minister for the Interior (Senator…

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Chinese Gains on Railway Chungking. July 21

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 2

The Chinese High Command has announced that the Chinese are continuing to map up the Japanese forces around Hen[?]eng and lyang, on the…

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Cars Going Off Roads Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 2

S[?] November, 1941, the regt[?]ons [?] owned motor enrs in Australia have been dropping at the rate of 9000 a mouth. Last May there were 448,7[?] [?]…

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Airman Killed: Road Accident. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 2

A member of the RAAF was killed and five other were injured when a RAAF tender in which they were riding overturned while negotiating a bend at…

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Women Tramway Conductors Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 4

If the [?] by the NSW [?] way Employee Union is [?] by the rank and [?] the employment of [?] [?] [?] may shortly [?] an [?]…

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Gunner Killed in Train Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 1

While attempting to [?]light from a paper train north of the Hawkesbury bridge this morning, [?] Cedric White (18), of an A-A battery. Was struck…

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New Road Transport Regulations All Vehicles Subject to Control Canberra

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

All vehicles in Australia are made subject to Government control in a road transport control order gazetted yesterday by Sir…

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Alice Springs—darwin Road

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 1

The construction of the 1000-mile road linking Alice Springs with Darwin constituted an engineering feat of considerable magnitude, and of great military importance, inasmuch as it provides direct and ready…

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Airman's Death Due to Tyre Blow-out Hay Road Accident Inquest

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 2

When the back tyre of [?] motorcycle on which he was riding on the [?]illion seat, blew out on Hay [?] July 18, Robert Alexander…

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Pedestrians on Roadways Menace To Motor Traffic

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 1

In view of the growing practice of pedestrians who will persist in walking on the main roads of Deniliquin instead of the broad footpaths…

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