Could Cut Journey by 200 MILES Suggested New Railway Line CANBERRA
Proposal to construct a railway line from Hay (NSW) to Ouyen (Victoria) to shorten the rail journey from Adelaide to Sydney by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1945
611 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 31
“Death Railway” Cost laves of Many Australians
Australian Pioneer Corps Colonel, J. M. Williams, [?] NSW, told an army observer how with 884 biggers he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Campaign Against Road Speeding SYDNEY
Following the sharp increase in road accidents, the Police Traffic Departments have started a drastic campaign against road speeding. Already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Killed MELBOURNE
When riding a motor cycle along Kambrook road, Caulfield, today, Michael John Moore, aged 23, of Glenorme avenue, Bentleigh,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Services Reduced
If there is anything more remarkable than the coal miners' war effort, it is the enthusiasm with which they are throwing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioners Don’t Agree
In a letter to Wodonga Shire Council at its meeting yesterday the Victorian Commissioner for Railways indicated that they did not agree with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →400 Dancers at Railway Ball
There were 400 dancers at the railway ball in the Palais Royal last evening. and over 190 is expected for the ACF as a result. The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conference to Discuss Roads
Acting upon the suggestion of A. C. Bradford at Conargo Shire Council meeting yesterday, a request is to be made to Windouran and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Map Out Programme" Carrathool Shire Roads
Mapping of a programme of road work in Carrathool" Shire in anticipation of replenishment of plant was advocated by the President…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accelerated Running of Rail Motor
The Secretary for Railways draws attention in this issue to the earlier running of the 5.25 a.m. rail motor leaving Wagga for Albury on week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heartrending Story Hardships of Men Who Built Bangkok-Moulmein Railway SINGAPORE
A heartrending story which for the first time exposes the hardships suffered by men who built the Bangkok-MouImein railway was told by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge’s Sympathy with Tram Conductor SYDNEY
It is out of all proportion that a man with 20 years’ service should lose his job and forfeit his superanuation because he had a few drinks one night,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Train This Week
Albury and Border League team selected to play in the Corowa Knock-out competition next Saturday will train at the sports ground on Tuesday and Thursday of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Road Home; Happy Liberated P.o.w.’s
By sea, land and air happy liberated Allied prisoners are streaming towards Yokohama from Honshu detention camps on the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Russian Expenditure on Railways LONDON
[?] experts are buying new railway equipment, worth many millions of pounds In England America The purchase are intended to assist the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Asked to Train
All North Albury footballers, Junior and senior, wishing to play In the match on Sunday at Culcairn are asked to train on the showground today and Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Discuss Road Transport Canberra
The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr Dedman) said tonight that a conference was projected in the immediate future with the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Control Over Railways to Cease PERTH
After September 30 over-riding control which the Commonwealth directorate had over State railways and other forms of transport under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramwaymen Not to Stop Work MELBOURNE
A proposal to stop work on Saturday was rejected by Tramway Employes’ Union today in a ballot of members. Voting was 1829 against a stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World’s Fastest Aeroplane
This photograph at the P-80 “Shooting Star,” the world’s fastest aeroplane, reveals unique features that have been concealed by strict army secrecy since the first flight in January, IBM. Faired into the Lockheed jet fighter’s wing tips are auxiliary droppable tanks for added range,…
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