“I’m Going to Shoot You” Motor Driver’s Alleged Threat To Woman SYDNEY
Frederick Charles Gouldthorp, 67, motor driver, was committed for trial [?]len he appeared at Parramatta court today on a charge of having…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
873 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 44
Motorists’ Rush Causes Petrol Shortage SYDNEY
A rush by motorists at the end of each month to use their petrol coupons is causing temporary shortages of supplies at many suburban and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parallel Parking Begins To-day New Order for Albur[?] Motorists
From 7 o’clock this morning [?] “new order” comes into force [?] motorists in Albury. Whether [?] like it or not and many do not [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Kills Man Sydney
A man believed to be Bruce Dugaid Woddell, aged 23, merchant seaman, was killed by on electric train at Hurstville this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Kills Young Woman Sydney
Mrs Kathleen Kenny, 33, of King’s Cross, was killed when struck by a tram in Darlinghurst today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Parts Famine Thousands Of Cars May Go Off Roads
Motorists face the grimmest position in history because of rapidly increasing famine in spare parts, according to the NRMA…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverina Sporting Car and Motor Cycle Club
Monthly meeting of the Riverina Snorting Car and Motor Cycle Club will be held at 488 Kiewa st, at 8 o’clock tomorrow night. Following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wodonga Railways’ Win
Wodonga Railway Club party of [?] epresentatives visited Beechworth on Sunday and played a social match. Wodonga winning after an interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plea for More Railway Trucks “Movement of Super Held Up” SYDNEY
Mr Kendell (CP, Corowa) urged the Minister for Transport in the Legislative Assembly today to make trucks available for the moving of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees’ Picnic
No. 4 District South Amalgamated Railway Employees’ 23rd annual picnic, and sports will be held in the Narrandera Park on Monday, 31st March. As…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Road Promised
That it was the intension of the Department of Main Roads to link Albury and Corowa by a continuous bituminous surface, it was stated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grand Final of Wodonga Pennant Competition Railway Pronounced Favorites
On Saturday Railway and Melrose meet [?] the grand final of the WTA pennant competition. Railway, undefeated, are [?] for the 1947 [?] Melrose,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outcry From Motorists Against Parallel Parking
Introduction of parallel parking in Albury [?] from many motorists who claim that the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads in Crown Subdivision Dedication Before Available Grants
Before Government grants would be available towards road formation in the Albury Crown subdivision the roads would have to be dedicated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Million Pounds for Road Works CANBERRA
“A further amount of £1 million is to be made available to the State Governments from Federal Roads Aid Fund for road construction and maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →[?] Derail Train: 28 Killed Rangoon
Bandits who derailed a train near [?] about 25 miles from Thas[?] today shot and killed 28 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communal Rioting Spreading In The Punjab 192 Killed and 580 Injured in Three Days. Armed Raiders Make Second Attack on Express Train New Delhi
It is officially announced that the casualties In the Punjab disturbance from Wednesday to Saturday [?] totalled 182 killed and 680 injured. Reuter’s Lahore representative states that communal rioting has spread to Murree, where most of the [?] galows have been destroyed. Lahore had a quiet night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Wins 1947 W.t.a. Pennant Flag
Railway defeated Melrose hi (lie grand final of the WTA Pennant Competition on the Town courts on Saturday. Railway played good tennis and gave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →15 Hurt in Tram-bus Collision Sydney
When a tram crashed into a bus outside a theatre at Brighton Le Sands last night 15 persons were injured, one seriously. Theatre patrons were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wodonga—albury Road
In recent years Hume Highway between Albury and Wodonga, always more or less unsatisfactory from a safety point of view, has been gradually developing into what might reasonably be described as a bottleneck of death. It has a bad reputation for accidents, fatal and…
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