London’s Old Tram Lines Wrenched Up to Build Battleships
Britain’s old tram rails, tons of which are going into the melting pot every day, will soon roll out of war factories all over the country m the shape of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 34
Fewer Road Deaths in Britain LONDON. October 29
Fewer people were killed on roads in Britain last month than in any September since the war began. The total of 553 less than half Die number killed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Train As Army Butchers
British soldiers being instructed in the art of boning and cutting meat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Refreshment Rooms Record Business for Past Year
The N.S.W. Railway Refreshment Rooms broke, all records during the year ended June 30, 1942. Their' turnover exceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fears Railways Breakdown SYDNEY
A breakdown In railway transport was feared unless railwaymen were released from the army to relive staff shortages, said the State president of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Road to Buna Japs Worried by Our Progress
Allied troops, some of whom have earned battle honors in the Middle East, marched into Ko[?]da this morning, occupied the village and continued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Want Men From Army MELBOURNE
Although the Railways Commissioners are not as badly off in regard to manpower shortage nor are they faced with transport difficulties to the degree pertaining in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed Every Three Days on Roads. Sydney
Two people were killed every three days and 16 injured every day in road accidents in NSW during July and August, according to figures released by the Road Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Valuable Timber Lost to the State Work on Road Stopped by Army?
Cessation of work on the highway between Glen fortes and Grafton had resulted in the loss to this State of valuable timber just at a lime when it was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SElZURE of Railways
The Moscow correspondent of "The Times" says that the chief German preoccupation in the Caucasus is to secure winter positions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1400 Florins Left on Railway Station
A passenger on d Newcastle-Sydney train left a suit case containing £140 in two shilling pieces on the platform at Gosford railway station, on Sunday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roads in Womboota Township
At yesterday’s meeting of Murray Shire Council, in reply to Cr. McKindlay, the shire clerk (Mr. Dyer) said he did not think the roads in Womboota…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Transport of Horses Banned 25-Mile Limit is Fixed CANBERRA
Carriage of racehorses by road transport far more than 25 miles has been prohibited by the Director-General of Land Transport (Mr H. W. Clapp). A National…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Railway Accidents
At Table Top yesterday Claude Smythe; railway employe, of 791 David at, fell from a train and received serious head injuries and shock. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stiff Fighting On Road To Koroda (No. III.)
The final [?] in the [?] Own Stanley Range [?] on October [?] [?] selected by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Travellers Inconvenienced SYDNEY
The Minister for Transport (Mr O’Sull[?]van) stated today that there was congestion and inconvenience to train travellers At country railway refreshment rooms as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Commissioners to Control Railways Sydney
It was the intention of the State Cabinet to set up a board of three Hallway Commissioners, subject to Ministerial control, to administer the State railways. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hit by Train and Killed. Melbourne
William Albert Tomlison, aged St, line repairer, was killed near Hawthorn station today when he was struck by a train running express from Box Hill to Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Popular Railway Employee Retires Presentation to Mr. Peter Hynes
Mr. Peter Hynes, well-known locally, and a brother of Mr. Pat. Hynes, of Jerilderie, recently retired from the service of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political Control of Railways Sydney
State Parliamentary Labor Caucus [?] night referred to a committee of the party the basis of the bill to set up a board of three Commissioners under Ministerial…
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