Approach to Railway Station Commissioner’s Accepted Offer
When an offer from the NSW Commissioner of Railways regarding improvements to the entrance to Albury railway station came up for discussion at last night’s…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
591 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 30
Railways Out of Pskov Cut by Russians LONDON, March 1
All railway lines leading out of Pskov, with the exception of one, have been cut by the Russians and several big groups of Germans retiring from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury’s Aerodrome Civil Aviation Department’s Opinion
While the Department of Civil Aviation considered Albury Municipal Council’s suggested scheme, as shown on its plan, in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Accidents on Union Bridge
Whether there was a white line down the centre of the road on the [?]end on the Victorian side of the Murray prior to the Union Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →400 Germans Killed in Train Derailment Greek Patriot Efforts CAIRO. March 1
Greek patriots, led by a British of [?] detailed a German troop train on February 22 near Mount Olympus, Four hundred Germans were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Motor Torpedo Boats
Now that Hamburg, Germany's main port has been put out of action the Germans are forced to use more coastal shipping in order to maintain supplies to their northern based armies and are priority targets both for the R.A.F. and the last dead motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Train Disaster LONDON, March 6
Router’s correspondent in Naples says that 501 Italians were killed, mostly by asphyxiation, and 49 were injured when a train broke down while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mail Train Crashes into Car. WAGGA
While he was driving a motor car across a level crossing near Wagga trucking yards this morning, John Tier, aged 38 failed to see the approach of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Russians’ Latest Drive the Most Decisive of the War” Reaching Out for Vital Railway Disaster Worse Than Stalingrad Threatens LONDON, March 6
After having driven a huge wedge into German positions in the western Ukraine, General Zhukov’s troops from the First Ukrainian Front are now reaching out for the vital Odessa-Lwow railway, which is the Germans’…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bus and Five Motor Trucks Collide SYDNEY
Five motor trucks and a double decker omnibus were involved in a crash in Palmer st., City, today, but only one person was injured— Ethel May Reside. 29. of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pleaded Guilty to Stealing Railway Property
Arthur Lloyd Smith, aged 18. pleaded guilty in Wagga court yesterday to stealing railway tickets and other railway property valued at £9 10/, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road-working Plant to be Released SYDNEY
Road-making and repair machinery will be made available to country shires and municipalities immediately it is released, from other work said the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cuning of Lw[?]dessa Railway LONDON, March 7
Dramatic news arrived in London from Russia to the eject that the Lwow-Odessa railway had been cut by the capture of Volochysk railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hume Shire Engineer’s Report Improvements to Road
General improvements and gravelling of roads in the shire were reported by the shire engineer (Mr R. V. Welsh) at the monthly meeting of Hume Shire Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Koringal Road Improvements
Hume Shire councillors last week decided not to co-operate with Coreen Shire Council in carrying out work on Koringal road, except the resumption…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australians Blast German Transport on Road to Rome Flying-Officer Burchfield Gels Two Troop Carriers
Following the announcement made in the “Pastoral Times” that F/O Bruce Burchfield, R.A.A.F., of Deniliquin, had shot down two German troop-carriers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guard on Train Killed MELBOURNE
Willie signalling the driver of his train at Frankston late tills afternoon, William John Thomas, 50, of Fawkner St., South Yarra, was killed. The signals were against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Gauges Cabinet De[?]sion to Standardise
Full Cabinet [?] a plan subtilised by the Minister for Transport Full Ward) for standardisation of Australian railway gauges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Jet-propelled Aeroplane
Jet-propelled fighter for Britain and US.—A remarkable step forward in aero-engine design was announced in a joint statement by the RAF. and US. Army Air Force. Jet propulsion has come to stay. As a result, without a propeller and without the conventional internal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Roads Finance and Machinery for Shires
Canberra, Wednesday.—Stating that the acquisition of coastal boats had thrown excessive weight on to many country roads because goods formerly…
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