Car Overturns on Holbrook-culcairn Road
On Sunday morning last two members of the Holbrook unit of the V.D.C. were injured when a car in which they and others were travelling to attend…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
565 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 29
Car Overturns on Pleasant Hills Road
On Sunday afternoon last a sedan car, driven by Miss Elsie Hall, of Pleasant Hills, overturned on the Henty-Pleasant Hills Road, about two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Problems Irrigation, Closer Settlement Development Means More Roads Conference Discusses Many Subjects
Delegates from eight Western Riverina local government bodies accepted the invitation of Deniliquin Council to the conference held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday to discuss post-war problems. Many subjects were dealt with, but it was evident at the outset…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Begged Food to Save His Money. Man Slept in Railway Carriages
A man who won’t work, who had over £10 in cash In his possession, yet begged for food, was given one month’s imprisonment on Wednesday when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Derail Train Sydney
For the fifth time within three months efforts were made last night to derail a suburban electric train, giving rise to the belief that either a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Casualties Higher Than Armed Forces Sydney
“Unless there is a marked improvement in the behaviour of pedestrians, motorists and cyclists, it is likely that [?] throll will pass 2000 this year”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Problems for Council . Road Repairs in Hume Shire
Roads urgently requiring attention, material and equipment, to say nothing of manpower, not available for the work, once again figured in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Benghazi Trent Bridge Penalised Melbourne
Benghazi, winner of the Port Phillip Hurdle, at Flemington on Saturday, has been penalised 6 lb for the Grand National Hurdle, making his weight now 104. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jumping Double to Benghazi—Trent Bridge Winterset Loses Rider MELBOURNE
Benghazi and Trent Bridge enhanced their Grand National prospects brilliantly winning the jumping double at Flemington today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No End to Deadlock France Again at Cross-roads LONDON, June 14
There has been no further meeting between General de Gaulle and General Giraud in Algiers, although both have been in contact with other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen’s Butter Protest SYDNEY
A mass meeting of railway workers was held at Thirroul yesterday to protest against butter rationing and its effect on train crews. Speakers said…
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Mr. James Robert Murray, a member of an old-time Kay family, was found dead at Rosevale, on Hay-Jerilderie road. He was a native of Hay aged 76…
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In the Court or Petty Sessions, before the P.M. Mr. Grugeon, yesterday, James Glen Stevenson was charged for that on 12th June in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →90,000 Fewer Motor Cars Registered Canberra
Registration of motor cars in April. 1943. showed an increase of 867 over March. 1943, the acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr Carver) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bad Motor Fuel
A further warning against the use of bad fuel in motor vehicle engines is given by the NRMA engineers. Use of kerosene is prohibited, but even if it were not,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train V[?] Melb[?]
Last Saturday [?]d 19, tell [?] and South Y[?] sta[?] from which he [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flag Bridge Party Successful
At a flag bridge party arranged by the CWA and held in the association's rooms in Kiewa street last night, £[?] 8 was betted. This will [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.f. Gets Former Enemy Aerodrome in Algeria Ready for Action
Withing an hour or two of an airfield being abondoned by Rommel's forces in their headlong flight, R.A.F. mechanics are on the spot, preparing the drome for use by the R.A.F. Picture shows R.A.F. mechanics servicing aircraft at full speed on Maison Blanche Airfield at Algiers a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Entrance, Subject of Contention
When considering acceptance of the offer by the Railway Department to surface the entrance to Albury railway station provided council undertook all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Truck That Moved an Office
This Victorian railway truck yesterday morning jumped the buffers at Albury station and moved the newly erected RAAF RTO’s office about 12 feet, blocking the double gateway to the station. A member of…
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