Escapes From Germans Earl Tramps 300 Miles; Strolls Into Club
Captain the Earl of Cardigan walked into the bar of a West End club recently and quietly ordered a drink. Friends who were standing there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1941
869 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 44
Heavy Storm Litters Road-way with Logs
Monday's storm was particularly heavy in parts of the district. For instance, the waterways at Maitland Point were soon running bankers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road "Skimming" a Menace To Pastures
Concern was expressed by members of the Armidale Pastures Protection Board yesterday at the growing practice of "road skimming" for gravel for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dumaresq Shire Council Blackberries and Briars in Shire Area Tenders For Destruction on 10 Roads. Eradication a Big Job Say Councillors
Tenders have been called for the destruction of blackberries end briars on 10 roads within Dumaresq Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Attacks Great Damage Inferno of Fire Docks, Oil Refineries, Railways LONDON
In new raids on Germany the Royal Air Force subjected dockyards, the railway station and aircraft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists Trapped As Creek Bursts Banks Marooned on Top of Car For Three Honrs GOULBURN
Crouching in water and on the root of a small sedan car four women and a man were marooned in the middle of a flooded creek for three hours on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Motor Buggy Days
Mr. J. H. Young, of West Avenue, writes to the editor: In reference to the history of the Emmaville district published…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Railway Service Commissioner Appreciates Men's Co-operation
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has issued the following Christmas and New Year message to 42,000 men and women in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bardia Falls; Australians, in to the Last, Complete Mop-up Outstanding Acts of Courage by A.I.F. Patrols Before Offensive 25,000 Prisoners Already Taken; French Marines Cut Libyan Coast Road From Border to Tobruk (Australian Associated Press.) London
BARDIA HAS FALLEN. WITH THE FORT'S DEFENCES SMASHED FROM LAND, SEA AND AIR, THE ITALIAN FLAG WAS HAULEQ DOWN FROM THE MAST OVER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND THE GARRISON SURRENDERED…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Markings
Few motorists are familiar with the new method being adopted of marking double lines on sections of road where, because of restricted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Christmas Road Safety
A marked decline in road accidents over the Christmas holidays has been noted by the N.R.M.A. Progress reports throughout the State definitely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Crashes Through Bridge Railing One Man Taken To Hospital
One man received facial injuries and two others had remarkable escapes when a sedan, crashed through a bridge railing and fell 14ft. on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Graziani Loses 94,000 Troops Tobruk's Main Aerodrome and 40 Machines Fall to British (Australian Associated Press.) London
Italians in Libya have abandoned the main aerodrome for Tobruk at El Adem, where British troops to-day captured 40 planes, which had been left unserviceable as a result of heavy Royal Air Force bombings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traffic Law Questions Applicants For Driver Permit. Must Answer Appreciate Road Obligations SYDNEY
The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale) exp[?] to-day the system of [?]amination of applicants for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doctor Disappears Wife Last Heard of Him From Tenterfield Motoring to Brisbane to Buy Practice. SYDNEY
Police are trying to trace Dr. Patrick Clarence Miskle, of Hurstville, who disappeared last week while travelling by car to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Motor Traffic Breaches
Kevin Ross Whiteg, of Dumaresq-street, Armidale, was charged before the Police Magistrate (Mr. G. J. Johnstone), at Uralla Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Crashes Through Bridge Railing
One man received facial injuries and two others had remarkable escapes sedan a sedan crashed through a bridge railing and fell lift, on Guyra-Tingha…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive Work Red Range and Furracabad Roads
The Municipal Council at its meeting this week decided to carry out extensive work on the Red Range and Furracabad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Rains Road Closed Boy Washed Away Tragedy at Yeoval Feared (Continued from Page 5). Road Closed
The Werris Creek-Tamworth road has been closed to traffic until such time as the weather clears sufficiently to enable workmen to commence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Damage Shire Roads Engineer's Report
In the course of his report to the meeting of the Macintyre Shire Council, held to-day, the Engineer (Mr. A. E. Richards) made extensive reference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →