Australians Astride N.G. Motor Road (From Our Correspondent on the Finisterre Ranges)
Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1
Australian patrols on the forward slopes of the Finisterre Ranges have probed almost to the coast and are now astride the motor road about 20…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Falls of Train in April Says Inigo Jones
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1
Mr. Inigo Jones, of the Bureau of Seasonal Forecasting, Queensland writes: "The dry season was the result of the repetition of the 84 year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Standard Railway Gauges Estimated Cost Over 57 Million
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1
The standardisation of railway gauges envisaged in the Federal Government programme adopted by Cabinet would now[?]t much more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.g. Strategic Road Feat by Army Engineers Melbourne
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 1
General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of the A.M.F., has announced that Australian engineers had constructed a strategic road from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saw His Wife And Children Killed Tragic Inquest Story; Train-Bus SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 3
With two broken arms and a broken leg, Raphael Italian, aged 63, laborer, of Brooklyn, was carried into to the Coroner’s Court on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Level Crossings Recent Heavy Loss of Life
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 6
Mr A. Mair, MLA., writes that he has received a letter from the Minister for Transport answering representations made on behalf of the Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railwaymen Are Resentful SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 3
Strong resentment was felt by the 25,000 members of the NSW branch of the Australian Railways Union at the manner in which the 25 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Commissioner Visits Albury
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 2
For the purpose of viewing the progress made in connection with the work of the remodelling of Albury railway goods yards, the Commissioner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Casualties Greater Than War Toll LONDON, April 7
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 April 1944 · page 2
Mr Noel Bakee (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for War Transport) disclosed in the [?] of a speech that the [?] of killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Safety Zones
Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 4
The NRMA reports that, except in a few places, tramway safety zones in Sydney are again functioning at night, following discussion between, the NES…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Tyre Supply No Hope of Further Releases
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The special representative of the Ministry of Production in Great Britain, Mr. H. C. Chapman, who recently visited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Had to Sleep on Railway Station SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 1
Unable to obtain accommodation a number of holiday makers, after spending last night in Katoomba railway station, returned to Sydney by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Berths and Seats Extended Booking Facilities
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 3
From now on, applications for sleeping berths for travel to stations in New South Wales, except by inter-State expresses, may be made 14 days in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams Crash: 12 Injured. Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3
When two trams carrying city-bound workers collided at an intersection at Coogee this morning. 12 people were injured. though not critically. A double tram…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Traffic Act Alleged Driving Under Influence Two Defendants—Grazier Acquitted
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2
Two defendants were before the P.M. at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, charged with alleged driving of motor vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pleasure Motoring
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5
The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that pleasure motorists is not permitted unless a private fuel allowance is given by the authorities Holders of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by Railway Trucks Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 6
While working on the wharf at Pyrmont today, Edward Hughes, aged 54, wharf laborer, of Darlinghurst, was killed instantly when knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Died on Train Kiama
Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 1
While travelling by train between Albion Park and Berry yesterday, Charles Victor Johnston, aged 66 of Marksville Albion Park, collapsed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety in Wartime
Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 3
Commenting on the cabled statement from Britain that the total number of people killed and injured on roads in the old country since the war began was over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio Used by Train Crew Salt Lake City. April 17
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 3
Radio communication throughout a 70-car Diesel goods [?] was used for the first time [?] a test run from Denver Conductors and [?] were kept almost…
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