WAHGUNYAH Road Seats Appreciated
Many are the appreciative remarks by Wahgunyah people of the recently erected seats on the roadway connecting Wahgunyah and Corowa. They…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
591 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 30
Manhunt Following on Two Road Deaths Sydney
An intensive search is being made and extra squads of detectives have been sent from Sydney and Parramatta to assist in the search for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traffic Toll Up Bad Country Figures (Issued by Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
In provincial towns and country areas of NSW road accident causalities [?] I In the first three months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thieves’, Big Hauls From Railways Sydney
Organised groups of thieves are concentrating on pillaging railway consignments of articles, particularly those in short supply. To date their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racecourse Train Travel. Melbourne
According to Railway Commissioners, racegoers should have little Inconvenience through the cancellation of race specials to Mentone and Moonee Valley, nor with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-war Roads Suggestion by R.a.c.v
The annual report of the R.A.C.V. puts forward a suggestion that a most useful post-war activity would be the construction of roads. The report says:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Keeping Cars Road-worthy
The NRMA engineers [?] that many cars are going to [?] death because of [?] of various essentials, [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several Killed; Ammunition Train Explosion . LONDON. June 2
Several persons were killed and injured when an ammunition blew up in East Anglia at 2 a.m. today with a force that was felt 20 miles away. The train caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs Holding Out Grim Struggle For Aerodrome (From Axel Olsen, at General Mac-Arthur’s HQ.)
The determination to contest every Inch of ground that remains to them in Dutch New Guinea has been so firm that after nearly a week’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fear Breakdown of City’s Tram Transport SYDNEY
The running staff of Sydney’s trams fear complete disorganisation of the tram [?] if bad weather continues. They say urgently-needed repairs to lines are being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorists’ Losses
The NRMA has received reports from motorists of their loss, either by theft or misadventure, of tyres, tubes and spare parts from their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fined £30 for Railway Theft
“Defendant is a man who is well thought of in the Railway Department. and is a most reliable Transhipper,” said Detective Neville, at the Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frontier Railway Blown Up LONDON, June 4
The Ankara correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” states that a force of Greek guerrillas and Bulgarian Communists have blown up the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Train Thousands of Skilled Workers Melbourne
A gigantic plan for the training of builders and other workers for the postwar period was now being prepared by the Federal Government, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men for Tram Services Sydney
The Manpower Director (Mr Worth) said today that provided power of direction could still be exercised, 95 additional men would be made available…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mokmer Aerodrome Captured by American Troops
American troops on Blak island off the east coast of Dutch New Guinea, have captured Mokm[?]r acrodrome. This is announced in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hole in the Road Gas Company Offers Cooperation
At its meeting on Tuesday evening, the Hay Municipal Council received a letter from the Hay Gas Works in relation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Officer For Trial ADELAIDE
Finding that the train controller at Quo[?] John Archer Hudson was guilty of [?] to a collision between a goods train and troop train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Platform Ban Chamber of Commerce Discussion
Mr R. H. Carter presided over the monthly meeting of the Albury Chamber of Commerce last night. When a telegram received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Aeroplane Crash Inquiry to be Held
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Ministry for Aircraft Production, Senator Cameron, said yesterday that an inquiry would be held into the aircraft…
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