2020 Motorists “Booked” Sydney
No time is being lost by the police in giving effect to the special instruction issued by the Minister for Transport (Mr O’Sullivan) to see that all…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 34
Death of Motor-body Pioneer. Detroit. March 16
Fisher, aged 76. founder of the Fisher Body Company and pioneer motor-car manufacturer. In 1903 he made the first motor body for Henry Ford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inland Doctor and Wife Killed in Motor Accident
Dr. Walter Straede, 23, who left Melbourne in July to become Government doctor at Tennant Creek and his wife, aged 20, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Gunboats London, March 18
The motor gunboats mentioned for the first time in yesterday’s Admiralty communique are understood to be a variation of the motor torpedo boats. They are armed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trans-continental Railway Passenger Traffic Suspended MELBOURNE
After the west bound train leaves Port Pirle for Perth to day passenger traffic west on the Trans-continental railway will be suspended until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Motor Derailed, 25 Injured
Twenty-five people were injured near Pyalong. (V.) : on .Tuesday when a rail motor was derailed at a level crossing. It fell on its side and slid 40 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazi Ammunition Train Wrecked by R.a.f. Fighters
During recent offensive patrols over northern France Hurricane Fighters of the British Royal Air Force set of fire an ammunition train at point-blank range and de-railed it, Respite the barrage put up by anti-aircraft guns mounted on the train.—Dept. Inf. photo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier's Fatal Fall From Train
An AIF man Dvr Jack Joseph Ryan was fatally injured on Friday morning when he fell from a military train at Kuburra siding , between The Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Fall From Train Newcastle
Martha Helen Drew, aged 59 of Kota, was killed instantly late yesterday afternoon when she slipped and fell while attempting to board a train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victim of Hit-run Motorist? Sydney
Edward Charles Turner (43), well-known Sydney sporting radio commentator, was fatally injured by in alleged hit-run motorist at stamore late on Saturday night or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Catering At Tocumwal Aerodrome
The catering at the Tocumwal aerodrome had been a big problem for about two weeks, when, the manager of the N.SW. Railways Catering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tyre Prices
A study of motor tyre prices in Australia for the third year of the Great War and those current in the Commonwealth in the third year of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Tyre Production
A heavy cut has been made in the production of motor tyres for civilian use in U.S.A. In addition, under the U.S.A. Governmental control of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New “Burma Road” China Has 30 to 40 Months’ Supplies in Hand
Supplies of all kinds are now moving Vin a [?] overland [?] between [?] and the [?] which is [?] present China's [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concrete Sleepers Are Being Made by Women for Britain's Railways
Concrete sleepers are being tried out to replace some of the 2,000,000 timber sleepers which railways in Great Britain need each year to maintain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier's Fatal Fall From Train
An A.I.F. soldier, Driver Jack Joseph Ryan, was fatally injured on Friday morning, when he fell from a military train at Kuburra siding, between The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney-Melbourne Express Afire Rescues From Blazing Train Two Carriages Destroyed
Men who had leapt clear lifted women and children from two blazing sleeping carriages on the Sydney-Melbourne express at 5.30…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Signs to Go
All locality signs deemed to be visible from low–flying aircraft are being removed from railway stations within. The metropolitan area, while all signs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Railwaymen Think
Albury railway wen upon whom the war has thrown an enormous strain are among the most courteous in the community, according to a visitor who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Express Train on Fire Newcastle
Little damage was caused last night when the undercarriage of one of the cars on the Brisbane express caught fire when the train was nearing…
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