Glider Pilots Train by Night
Photo taken at a RAF station during night training for glider pilots shows glider illuminated by a brilliant floodlight…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
565 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 29
Roads, West Of Voronej, Littered With Nazi Dead Red Army Closing in on Rostov-kursk Commandos Land Behind Trapped Germans LONDON, February 5
The Red Army is tightening its ring around the trapped German forces in the Voronej area, where all roads to the west are littered with German corpses. The trapped forces, according to captured German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Brings Prosperity to Railways Sydney
A forecast that for the year ending June next the NSW railways earnings would be £35,000,000 compared with €19.000,000 in 1939, was mode today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists’ Convenience Considered
In answer to his representations regarding the position of persons allowing registration of their motor vehicles to lapse and finding, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quarterly Motor Registrations
The NRMA advises motorists who contemplate registering their cars quarterly instead of yearly to investigate the position from all angles, as in addition to a good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Army Men Clear Snowy Roads Prior to Advance
Ked Army men, well wrapped up against the winter cold, clearing a road in the northern Caucasus ready for their comrades to advance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray Shire Council Barham Road Repairs Needed
Cr. F. Leetham (president) and Crs. T. White, W. G. J. Beer, G. T. Bayliss and W. P. Coppinger attended Murray Shire Council meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Threat on Train Soldier Fined On Two Charges At Albury
That he threatened a railway conductor with an army Issue table knife, was alleged of red-haired John Leonard, a soldier, aged 40, In Albury Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Railway Porters’ Ultimatum Sydney
Women railway porters and cleaners have Issued an ultimatum that they will strike unless their claim for men’s wages is considered within 14 days. At present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Army Motor Cyclists’ Success LONDON, February 6
Reuter’s Moscow correspondent reports that Red Army motor cyclists are repeatedly penetrating the enemy front lines. One party battered its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farewell To Popular Railwayman
A large number of railwaymen and members of the local N.E.S. gathered at the home of Mr. W. L. Hart last evening to say farewell to Mr. Leo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aims of Russians Cut Chief Railways Roads LONDON, February 9
The Moscow correspondent of British United Press says that the Russians are aiming to cut the chief roads and railways of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazis Machine-gun Crowded Train LONDON, February 9
London had a brief alert this morning, but no guns or bombs were heard bursting. The alert was due to the presence of German fighter-bombers over the south coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways Pillaging On Big Scale CANBERRA
Measures to stamp out pillaging on railways will be discussed at the next conference of the Commonwealth Railways Committee. This was stated today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan’s Road Back
Announcing the evacuation of their troops from Buna[?] at the end of last month, and from Guadalcanal at the beginning of this, Tokio radio, quoting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality Cootamundra Enginedriver's Tragic End
James Albert Kennedy, of 38 Willis-street, Cootamundra, one of the best known railway enginedriver's on the Southern Line, was killed under tragic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missed Petrol Ration System of Issuing Dates Robs Motorists, Says N.r.m.a
The commencement of the February issue of petrol ration tickets last Monday week produced more than the average number of cases of motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Freights Another Glaring Anomaly
Dubbo Chamber of Commerce, under the presidency of Mr. Phil McGee, prior to the war, brought to light many instances of railway freights…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Travel May be Rationed MELBOURNE
Because power plants are likely to become overtaxed in peak periods, the Tramways Board is considering plans to allow only workers to board [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed When Truck Hits Tram SYDNEY
Two persons were killed as the result of a truck striking the running board of a stationary tram at Glebe. An extensive search is being made for…
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