Ice Holds Up Train
An incident that occurred at Blayney lends colour to the assertion that "Chilblaney" is the coldest spot west of the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1944
591 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 30
U.S. Soldier Killed by Train. Sydney
When two U.S. servicemen returned to look for another friend who had fallen off a city-bound train tonight, one of them was struck by another train and instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improved Train Travel Post War Plans Sydney
The electrification of the main lines to Newcastle and Lithgow, and possibly to Goulburn, are among vast plans envisioned by the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Gates
A letter was received from the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., in reply to the proposed alteration of the railway level crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Parts Stolen Theft at Corowa Heard in Tocumwal Court
At the Tocumwal police court last week, Bruce Kenneth Randall plended guilty to a charge of stealing Diston rings and a connecting rod of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Trams Not Wanted SYDNEY
Only way to solve the transport problems of Sydney and Newcastle was to make them cities without trams, said the secretary of the Bus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed by Tram. Sydney
An elderly man, B. Hutton, of Queen road. Brighton-sands, was fatally injured tonight when he was run over by a tram in Bay st., Bright[?]-le-Sands. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage to Motor Train
One day last week several airmen from a school in another centre who were travelling to different localities became boisterous in the motor train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by Train. Melbourne
Joseph Locke, aped 65, of South Caulfield. was killed by a train at Caulfield station today. Locke was employed at the Spotswood railway workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Remanded on Murder Charge Alleged Shooting In Train SYDNEY
A remand to Parramatta Police Court to July 20 was granted at Liverpool court today when Victor Pressick, aged 18, laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“The Old Wodonga Road”
I visualise the days of old, And watch the varied scenes unfold; The years were long since first he came, From whom the “Highway” takes the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Faulty Brakes and Lights. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Motor vehicles are getting older, and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be expected until the war has ended. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Crash Inquest at Narandera R.A.A.F. Authorities Taken to Task in Coroner's Rider
The District Coroner (Mr. John A. Dikson) conducted an inquest at Narandera on Friday last into the aeroplane crash near Elaroo on 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drove on Waong Side of Road
For failing to keep his vehicle on the correct Side of the road, Norman Patrick Rochford. soldier, was fined £1 10 in the Wodonga court yesterday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the Train Came to Hay Some Notes on an Eventful Week
In the seventies, when the township of Hay was rapidly expanding, the pioneers of the district began to look forward to rail communication…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Shooting; Youth For Trial SYDNEY
Victor Pressick, aged 18, laborer, of Granville, was committed for trial on a charge of murder by Parramatta District Coroner (Mr Williams) today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Man Killed by Tram. Melbourne
Trying to dodge [?] car in Collins St.[?] William St. this afternoon Dudley Hamilton Finney, an aged inmate of the Mount Royal Home, Royal Pork, was killed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Bridge
The Bailey bridge, named after Donald Cameron Bailey, of Britain's Ministry of Supply, who pioneered its design, is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Misbehaviour in Train
One day reecntly several airmen from a school, who were travelling to different localities, became boisterous in the motor train between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Train Victim SYDNEY
Victim of the 19th train fatality in the metropolitan area since January 1. is Norman Patrick Morris, aged 26. who was run over near St. Peter’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →