Serious Train Accident MELBOURNE
An electric train and a goods train collided at South Kensington, Melbourne last night, when some carriages of the passenger train were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
565 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 29
Dashing Deeds Of Our Commandos In Timor Bitter Fight for Dilli Aerodrome 100 Japs Killed; Fighting In Capital’s Streets
For six hours in the early morning of February 20 this year, 20 A.I.F. commandos in Portuguese Timor fought off 500 Japanese who were storming the Dilli aerodrome. For the loss of three men, they killed off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Can Junction Be Stopped ? Americans Racing to Cut Road LONDON December 31
American troops are Teeing southeast across Tunisia in order to cut the coast road linking the Axis armies of Rommel in Tripolitania and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Train Crash Near Melbourne Passengers Have Narrow Escape Many injured But None Lose Lives MELBOURNE
The Chief Feature of a railway collision which occurred tonight on a high embankment between Footscray and South Kensington was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sabotage of German Train CAIRO, January 3
It is reported from Greece that over 250 out of 500 Germans who were aboard were killed when a troop train hurtled down an embankment [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Railwaymen Killed Parkes
Two men were killed and three injured In railway accidents on Friday night and yesterday. A power van crashed at 7 a.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Collides with Bridge Soldier Killed, Others Injured
When a truck skidded and collided with a concrete bridge over a channel three miles from Tocumwal on December 30, one soldier was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corowa-culcairn Railway Service (To The Editor)
Sir,--I read with interest and hope a short time ago, in your progressive journal that there was a prospect of an improved train service on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Women For Railways MELBOURNE
Another 40 young women, who have been attending special classes for three weeks, will take up duty as railway portresses on Sunday next, while on Thursday 14 will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Hits Tree One Killed, One Injured
When a motor car struck a tree on the Cemetery road last Tuesday night A.C.I. KEITH STILLWELL WILSON received injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Motor Tragedy. Kieth Wilson Killed
As the result of [?] accident at Deniliquin on Tuesday night of last week, a local member of the Air Force, Kieth Wilson, had the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Road to Victory
Not since the beginning of the war have the United Nations been able to face a New Year with more confidence and conviction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Transport of Yearlings MELBOURNE
Rail transport of yearlings, which are not registered as racehorses, to the annual yearling sales in Melbourne and Sydney has been approved by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road to Victory
NOT since the beginning of the war have the United Nations been able to face a New Year with more confidence and conviction of eventual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compulsory Motor Insurance to Commence on February 1
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) has announced that a proclamation was gazetted on December 24, 1942, fixing February 1, 1943, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclist and Motorist Fined
At Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Kenneth Hone, of Wodonga, was fined for having riden a bicycle on December 9 without a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Roads to Continent From Britain Envisaged In Port-War plans. LONDON. January 8
A post-war plan of reconstruction fro Britain envisages high-speed motor ways by-passing all we big towns-It is suggested that the roads should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Silver Spoons Racing a Hard Road to Traverse
To any who can walk the "broken bottle track" and finish In a "bed of roses," I doff my hat. So in this story the palm Roes to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australians Train For Handt-o-Hand Fighting MELBOURNE
Commenting oil reports from Papua regarding hand-to-hand jungle fights between individual Australians and Japanese, the Minister for the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Jumps From Train Near Culcairn Long Search Fails to Locate Him
An American [?]dier, by jumping from A train travelling between Albury and Culcai[?] on Sunday night, [?]caped from American…
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