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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Railway Excursions in February

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

Word has been received from the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, that the next general series of excursion trains will be run…

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Woman's Death Follows Train Crash SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 1

Mrs. Clara Ibell, aged 34, died from injuries which she Recived when the Thallon mad train crashed into a landslide near Toowoomba on Sunday…

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Train Crash Landslide at Tunnel On Toowoomba Range

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 4

Owing to a land side between two tunnels at Rangeview, 5 miles from Toowoomba, the Thallon mail train crashed head-on into…

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Narvik Heavy British Raid Docks and Railways Hit

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—It is reported from Norway that R.A.F. machines carried, out a heavy raid on Narvik…

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Train Jumper

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

Charged before Messrs M. Penfold and R. Watson, J's.P., at Uralla Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Ernest Evans pleaded guilty to having…

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Train Crash Remarkable Escapes Passenger's Description

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

In a letter to relatives, published in the Toowoomba "Chronicle," Mr. John Thompson, a passenger In the Thallon mail train which…

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Road Death Coronial Inquiry Lengthy Evidence Taken

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

A finding that deceased met his death from injuries accidentally received when thrown from a car after it had been in collision with…

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"Off the Road" What Happened the Car?

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 6

Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "The car ran off the road" and end with such phrases as it…

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U.S. SURVEY Of Industry's Needs Points for Motorists

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 8

The following question, at the request of the Advisory Commission to the U.S.A. Council of National Defence, was recently put…

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Railways Union Condemns Official Labor "Sold Out" on Budget, is Charge SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 4

A meeting of fifty metropolitan sub-branch officials and representatives of the Australian Railways Union carried a motion, on the…

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The Motor Cycle In British Army Even Brigadiers R1de

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 6

In certain branches of the British Army, all officers up to the rank of Brigadier, must now learn to master the mysteries of…

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Guyra Shire Council Tingha Items Cope's Creek Bridge

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the Guyra Shire Council the Main Roads Department advised of its approval of council's application for maintenance and…

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Small Slips, Serious Accidents Motorists Fail to Signal Intentions (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 6

The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their…

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Traffic Breaches Drove, But Did Not Dave Licence Motorist Fined 10/, And Costs Statement Investigated

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 8

Harry Bray did not appear at Armidale Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to answer a charge of having driven a motor vehicle while not being in…

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Charged with Speeding in Marsh Street Guyra Motorist Fined

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 8

In Armidale Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Lionel Gordon Moore pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on December…

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On Dude Ranch "Road to Reno"

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 2

Expert horsemanship was required from a number of the principals in Universal's "The Road to Reno," gay comedy satirising divorce, which…

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Train Crash Remarkable Escapes Passenger's Description

The Inverell Times · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

In a letter to relatives published in the Toowoomba "Chronicle," Mr. John Thompson, a passenger in the Tha[?] mail train which crashed into a…

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Ben Lomond Flower Show Preparations the Inn Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 5

The final pre-show meeting of the Flower Show committee was held on Monday night, Mr. H. Coleman presiding over an attendance of 16…

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Dangerous Speeds Two Motorists Charged Ex Parte Headings

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 3

Charges of having driven at dangerous speeds were preferred against two Queensland motorists in the local Police Court…

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Traffic Court Motorists Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 8

A number of motorists appeared before Mr. P. T. Scroope, P.M., in the local Police Court yesterday on charges involving breaches…

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