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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

611 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 31

Accident on Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

Three men were treated at Albury hospital yesterday after a car accident near Union Bridge., Colin Strang, wodonga, was treated for heed injuries,…

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"Bithess" Road Surface

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 4

Engineering are literally putting mud "in the bug" to build monsoon proof aerodromes behind the Burma front. They are using a combination of…

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Train Collision in Surrey. London. Jan. 29

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

A Canadian soldier. Pte Spence. was killed and 20 to 30 other passengers, including a land girl, who had a hand severed, were Injured last evening when two…

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School Reopening Suggestions (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

Once more the school bells throughout the country will soon be ringing. Children will he called off the street for about six hours a day…

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Russians Only 100 Miles From Berlin Vital Railway Severed Pincers Around Koenigsberg Almost Closed LONDON, January 29

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

General Zhukov has intensified his push beyond Posen and his troops are now fighting under 100 miles from Berlin. Meanwhile the northern flank of this army has cut…

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Clearing Arakan Coast Road Bombing Aids Indian Corps From Advanced Seac Hq,) January 30

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

After four days of concentrated air effort, culminating in a 300-ton attack, one of two features dominating the Arakan coast road in the Kangaw…

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Death Took No Holidays, (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

Death look no holidays on the roads in New south Wales. Fortunately the preliminary reports indicate that fewer were killed in road accidents than…

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Railways Need Sleepers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

The Department of Railways, New South Wales, is urgently in need of additional sleepers. Men now engaged in rural industries, and who have…

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School Opening Suggestions (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

Once more the school bells throughout the country will be ringing. Children will be called of the street for about six hours a…

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“Waterloo Bridge” at Melba

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor formed the outstanding [?] learn of 1940 in Waterloo Bridge.” to be shown it the Melbn Theatre Wodonga on Saturday…

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No Restoration of Travel Services Coal Position Still Affects Railways

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Indications are that there will be no restoration of railway services or sleeping cars in N.S.W. until the railway coal…

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Railway Worker Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

A fettler, Dudley Cheney, of Wagga, was injured at Albury yesterday by a rail trolley. He was admitted to the district hospital by ambulance,…

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New Union Bridge ? Main Roads Board In Action

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 6

Main Roads Board has unearthed a the from archives where past ideas have been laid to rest. Because of this Albury and Wodonga may have…

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Mexican Train Disaster Mexico City, Feb. 2

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

United Press states that 96 were killed and 63 were injured in a collision between a freight train and a passenger train, crowded with Mexicans, making…

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Road Transport of Tomatoes And Government Control Of Crops MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

Transport of tomatoes by road to Melbourne was a deliberate demonstration by some growers of inequities of Government control of the crop,…

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Burma Road Open Again Kunming, Feb. 4

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

The Burma Road, China’s supply line, is again being operated by the Allies. First Allied truck convoy arrived at Kunming, today, 24 days after leaving…

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Shocking A[?]ed P.O.W. Death Roll During [?]truction Of Railway New York, Feb. 3

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

British survivors [?] have disclosed that [?]000 of a total of 30,000 [?] Dutch and Australian [?] of war…

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Traffic Rules Illustrations (Issued by the Road Safety Council of NSW.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 6

Fatal accidents in the last three months in this State illustrate all of, the instructions that could be issued on road safety. Here are some of…

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Reinstatement of A.I.F. SOLDIER Railway Commissioner Fined

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the judgment given in the special Federal Court to-day, Mr. Atkinson. S.M. convicted the Railway Commissioner…

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Work on Prefabricated Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 6

With levers and sledge hammers. Pie Jack Bales, Brisbane and Spr Fresh Beeton Wahroonga. work on a bridge over a river in. the Altape area of New Guinea. The bridge was prefabricated at Aitape and the pieces trucked to the river…

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