Vandalism Railway Signals Broken
Suspected of being the work of wayward youths, the red and green glass in two railway signals south of Uralla railway station was broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,047 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 53
An Amazing Road
Rome news says that following the tradition of their ancestors as the great road builders of the Old World, modem Romans are at work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chinese Train Destroyed by Enemy Planes Bombed Rail Bridge Many Killed New York, Friday Russian Plan Fails Finns Are Again Victors Russian Bombers Destroyed LONDON
Japanese planes bombed the bridge over the Hanoi Kunming railway, causing a hundred casualties Despite new tank strategy under which the Russians pounded the central section of the Mannerheim Line and then launched an attack in which armoured sledges were pushed by tanks, the plan failed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accidents In Holiday Period 25 Per Cent Reduction
The Minister for Transport. Col. Bruxner, at a meeting of the Albury branch of the Road Safety Council on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Better: Cheaper More Trouble-Free Present-Day Motoring
Not only is motor travel so much belter these days, but it is vastly cheaper and more trouble-free. Only those who owned or drove…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Obstruction Main Road and Railway NEWCASTLE
The Hetton Bellbird Colliery's large coal conveyor, which crosses both the main northern railway line and the main northern highway at Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Deaths in Country. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 per cent, of the fatal accidents are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Main Roads Origin and Achievements Establishment of Act (ARTICLE l.)
'Without good roads, industry can scarcely proceed, and agriculture barely exist," wrote the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lady Teachers State of Collapse Result of Railway Strike SYDNEY
After travelling by a bus 300 miles from Ivanhoe to Broken Hill, young women among a party of school teachers were in a state of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists Held Up
Several motor cars travelling from Moree were held up at the Warialda Creek crossing on Thursday night after the heavy rain. Although the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Near Railway Line Young Man's Body SYDNEY
The body of a young man was found alongside the railway line about six miles north of Kempsey badly injured about the head and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist Charged Driving Under Influence "Benefit of Doubt"
In the local Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., Ralph Miller Hunter Magill was charged with having in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Main Roads Work Classification Scheme Advantageous to Councils (ARTICLE 2.)
The original Main Roads Act of 1924 provided for the Central Road Authority and the councils to share equally the cost of main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Deaths Higher Percentage in Country "Too Much Carelessness," Says Safety Council (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than, 65 per cent, of the fatal accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Walcha Fatality Motor Lorry Accident
Maxwell Hutchinson was killed and his mother. Mrs. Frederick Hutchinson, his sister Margery (11) and his brother Fred (15) were seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day's News. Japanese [?] bing—Pacific Po[?]—Railway Strike— Labour War Policy—A.I.F
Twenty-seven Japanese bombers are reported to have participated in a further raid on the, French owned Hanol-kunming railway on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists Held Up Warialda Creek Nearly a Washaway
Several motor curs travelling from Moree were held up sit the Warialda Creek Crossing on Thursday night alter the heavy ram Although the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boggabilla Graziers Grafton Railway Noxious Insects Act
At a meeting of the Boggabilla Graziers' Association the following were among the resolutions carried:— That the secretary be asked to write…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Washaway
Heavy rain near Milguy and Croppa Creek on Thursday night caused a washaway for a distance of 35 chains on the Moree-Boggabilla line. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists' Corner Not the R.A.C.A. Policy To Pick Holes In Motorists
It is not the policy of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia to pick holes in motorists, and demand that they shall be subject…
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