Veterans Embark :: Rain-soaked Road
Top : Five-year veterans boarding a barge which will take them from Bougainville to a homeward-bound troopship. Lower: Passing is quite a difficult job for traffic on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1945
611 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 31
“Appalling Toll of Road Accidents” SYDNEY
Immediate action was needed to reduce road accidents’ appalling toil, said the Minister for Transport (Mr O’Sullivan) when addressing a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Travel Priorities to Be Abolished
Railway, travel priorities are to be abolished as from, Sunday next This was announced during the week by the Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams Collide 13 Injured, Many Narrow Escapes SYDNEY
Thirteen people were injured, more than 100 narrowly escaped injury, and thousands were delayed on their way home late this afternoon when two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motored to Liberty
Far from trudging on foot out of enemy countries into friendly areas, many prisoners of war left in comparatively grand style, travelling in modern and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Services May be Further Curtailed MELBOURNE
Referring to the announcement by the Metropolitan Gas Co. that their reserves of coal were so small as to cause serious concern, the Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Loading Facilities for Motor Transport at Hay
Facilities for loading sheep on motor transports at Hay are to be provided by the Department of Railways, following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Officials’ Visit
Mr. W. G. Wishar[?] Victorian Railways Commissioner), accompanied by server other officials, arrived in Deniliquin yesterday afternoon. They…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accident Prevention Mayor and Cr. Bell Take Action to Stem Tide
Concerned with the safety of children in Albury and district, the Mayor (Ald. Padman) and Cr. Bell (President of Home Shire) have convened a public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Urana Road Deviation Urged Repairs to Rain Damaged Road
The rains of the past two months or so produced numerous requests from councillors at last Saturday's meeting for attention to minor washaways, work at culverts, etc. A proposal to press for the deviation of the Urana Road was unanimously supported, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surplus Army Motor Vehicles Thousands Soon for Civilians SYDNEY
Early release of surplus motor vehicles and other materials from the services anticipated by the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Over Railway for Pedestrians
The new steel pedestrian bridge spanning the network of railway lines in Albury goodsyard at Wilson st has been opened for pedestrian traffic. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leg Cut Off by Train Melbourne
George Chiver, aged 40, of Point Nepean road, North Brighton, fell fro[?] the Sandringham train tonight and had his legs severed by the wheels. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian P.O.W. Killed by Train MELBOURNE
Luigi Fornaroli, aged 29. Italian prisoner of war, was decapitated by a train [?] Seymour railway station this morning. Fornaroli was being taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Famous Railway Coach Misting PARIS
The Mayor of Compiegne has revealed that the Germans after removing to Germany the famous French railway coach in which the 1918 armistice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety
The public meeting to re-form a branch of the Road Safety Council In Albury, which was postponed owing to the peace holidays, will be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Hurt in Train Smash KATOOMBA
Three persons were injured today when an engine which was being switched from one line to another at Katoomba station crashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Premiers Not Enthusiastic Railway Gauges Unification CANBERRA
Tasmania, only State not , directly concerned In the plans for unification of Australian railway gauges, was the only supporter of the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£10 Million Railway Project SYDNEY
A £10 million Eastern Suburbs railway project will be one of the first Items on the NSW Government’s list of post-war works. At the Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still Up in the Air! Railway Gauges Standardisation CANBERRA
Two committees are to be appointed to determine what section of Sir Harold Clapp's report on rail guage standardising should be…
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