Story of an Aerodrome. Great Engineering Feat
One day late last February, an Australian farmer, who had spent three months building a dam, saw a great mechanical thing looking…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 34
More Train Cuts Likely Sydney
The Railway Commissioner (Mr [?] ) today that services for special trains imposed a [?] [?] on the department Mr Hart[?]gun said that in addition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Killed in Train Geneva, July 27
“Tribune de Geneve” says that 40 were killed when a mine exploded recently under a train carrying German soldiers to Paris on leave from Cherbourg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reopening Burma Road London. July 27
The Secretary of State for India (Mr [?]) in a special today. said : “We [?] intend as soon as circumstances permit, to reopen the Burma road to bring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Will Beat Subs Washington, July 28
The State Department announces that the United States is-financing the construction of a 625-mile pioneer road from the southern Mexican border to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fighting for Railway Chungking, July 27
The Chinese High Command has announced continued fighting is proceeding in eastern Klangst Province, where the chinese are [?] to expand their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →21[?]0 Women in Nsw Railways Sydney
Since the beginning of the war nearly 700 women have been added to the NSW railways personnel, bringing the total number of women,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Must Be Kept Off Trams—buses Sydney
As from August 3, the carriage of push carls and strollers will be prohibited on trams, trolley buses and omnibuses between 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. This was announced…
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To [?] of the shorage of [?] staff d[?] the war the NSW Railways Commissioner (Mr. T. J. Harrigan) int[?]ds employing female ta[?]or to the fu[?]st poss[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leap From Enemy Prison Train N.S.W. Conner’s Exploits in Balkans
Taken pris[?]r in Greece, and [?] with 2000 other Acc[?]llen[?] and New[?]ders for prison camp[?] in Germany, Gunner C. Bar[?], of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Women On Railway Work Still More Required
Recently the Department of Railways put on twenty women as booking clerks. These are performing their duties satisfactorily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways Short of Skilled Meta MELBOURNE. Thursday
Having lost about 1400 men by enlistments and the call-uds for home defence, the Victorian Railways Commissioners have applied for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football Supply v. Railways
Good football should he seen at the sports oval on Sunday, when Army Supply will engage Railways. The ground is in good order and judging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fall From Train Melbourne
A nine-year-old boy was fatally injured yesterday when he fell from the Bendigo to Melbourne train near Woodend. The victim was Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Tightens Up Road Traffic LONDON, August 1
The Government has decided that no road vehicles shall he allowed to operate except for purposes of notional Importance, no matter what type of fuel they are using…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pedestrians On Roads
A note to the “P.T.” from a subscriber: “A subscriber complained to you of pedestrians being on roadways, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waaaf Killed by Bit-run Motorist Melbourne
Miss Wanda Lawless (18), a WAAAF. was knocked down in St Kilda road by a hit-and-run motorist. She died shortly after she had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Women on Railway Work Still More Required
Recently the N.S.W. Department of Railways put on 20 women as booking clerks. These are performing their duties satisfactorily at city and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amusements “Waterloo Bridge” at the Regent
“Waterloo Bridge.” Vivien Leigh’s second American film, starring her with Robert Taylor, opens today at the Regent. Miss Leigh and Taylor are perfectly teamed as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Trampled to Death. Montreal, August 4
An 6-year-old girl and a woman, aged 64. were trampled to death and 30 were injured in a panic after a small fire broke out in an open-air stadium. Two…
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