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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

591 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 30

More Motor Vehicles Registered SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 4

There was an appreciable monthly increase in the registration of motor vehicles in NSW. said the Commissioner for Road Transport. (Mr Neale)…

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Road Grazing Abolished Rutherglen Council Acts

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 4

Cr Grah[?] in accordance with notice given moved of the Last meeting of Rutherglen Shire Council that the resolution fixing the [?] for grazing horses…

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Two Men Killed Near Milvale Railway Crossing Tragedy WAGGA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

When a stock train-crashed into a motor car at the Tubbul road-railway crossing near Milvale, yesterday morning, two well known stock and…

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Railway fettlers' Escape When Hit by Express. SYDNEY,Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 3

Two railway fettlers had remarkable escapes when a rail cycle was amashed to pieces by the second division of the…

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Tram Trouble Possibility Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

The secretary of the Tramway Employes’ Union (Mr Brock) said today that there was a possibility of a new tram dispute following the…

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Railways and Coal Economies MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

After a two days’ meeting of the War Hallway Committee, the Minister for Transport (Mr Word) announced tonight that all State railway systems…

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Pre-Invasion Air Onslaught Resumed Airfields and Railway Centres Hammered LONDON, May 21

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 1

In one of the most strenuous day’s operations in their history, British and American bombers and fighters on Saturday resumed their…

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18 Hurt When Trams Collide Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 3

When a tram crashed into the rear of another in Anzac Parade, Malabar, last night, 18 people, including several children, were injured…

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Record Train-Busting Attacks LONDON. May 22

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 1

Second Tactical Air Force and Air Defence of Great Britain fighters and fighter bombers joined forces on Sunday to make the war’s biggest attack…

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Railway Tennis Club Annual Meeting Held

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 5

Railway Tennis Club held its annual meeting, and the following were elected office-benicrK : president . Mr E. R. Gill ire-elected; vice-president. Mr W. Brown…

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Albury Feels Heavy Hand of Officialdom People Barred From Railway Platform Indignation and Confusion Reigned Last Night

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 1

Last night at Albury railway station I found indignation and confusion arising from officialdom’s latest order. This order, slipped quietly into force, prohibits any member of the public from stepping on a railway…

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Chinese Cut Old Burma Road LONDON, May 23

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 3

A communique issued at Chungking says that Chinese forces driving for the Burma border from the Salween river have cut the old Burma Road…

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The Railway Service

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 4

Sir,—I notice in your paper of recent issues that an army of sleuths has been pestering interstate passengers on the trains and threatening decent citizens with…

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Woom[?] Road

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 6

Sir,—I have noticed in your columns where Mr King made a statement at Lavington that Mr Mair was Instrumental in having £90,000 spent on a road to…

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Check to Train Scalers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 4

Following raids by special squads of railway checkers, more than 370 train “scalers” have been apprehended in one week travelling between. Sydney and…

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Arrest Follows Road Crash SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 4

When the bus in which they were travelling was hit by a military truck, about 65 children and 10 adults had a narrow escape from serious injury. The bus, which…

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Rail Motor for Papers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 3

A test made on three days of last week of a rall motor between seymour and wodonga for the purpose of expediting metropolitan…

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Troops Refuse to Board Train BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 3

Complaining about conditions in a train which was to take them on a long journey, troops today refused to board it. The men said there were no…

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A Hole in the Road Gas Company's Right to Excavate

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 1

At last Tuesday's meeting of the Hay Municipal Council, a notice was received from the manager, Hay Gas Works to the effect that there were to…

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On the Road to Rome

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 1

Deep Allied penetration from the Anzio beachhead sector m the direction of Highway Six. which is now under fire, is shown on. this map. Highway Six is main escape route for the Germans retreating before the 8th Army in Italy…

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