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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] 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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Surplus Sy[?] T[?]day
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 3
A[?] the [?] of Main[?] [?] the [?] [?] year [?] the [?] [?] This [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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[?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →