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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

587 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 30

Motor Insurance Rates CANBERRA

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

The Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, professor Copland, is to examine motor insurance rates in the light of conditions created by petrol rationing…

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The Motorist Official R.a.c.a. Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

No doubt the majority of motorists will there my opinion with regard to the physical gloom which prevails at eventide. The screened windows and…

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Motor Cycles Compulsory Sale

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Under the National Security Regulations all motor cycles of British manufacture ranging in horse power from 3½ to 4½, single cylinders, must…

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Motor Vehicles for Council Employees Opposition Motion Defeated

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

At this week's meeting of the Municipal Council, Ald. J. M. O'Connor moved that the Council rescind it decided to pay £104 a…

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Race Trams To be Restored SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

His decision to restore special race trams did net mean he disagreed with the Prime Minister's view that the Japanese threat to…

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Sold Beer on Train

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

At the Junee Police Court Roy Harold Woods, employed on the railway construction works between Cootamundra and Junee, was…

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Whole Railway Scrapped in Britain Steel For 384,000 Rifles

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

Britain is throwing a whole railway into toe mobilisation of iron and steel for the war. Although it is an old railway, its rails alone will add to the…

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An Aerodrome for Glen Innes "A Vital Necessity"

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

Mr. H. R. Chessher writes to the editor:— The war moves ever nearer to us and we are preparing in some…

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R.A.A.F. RESERVISTS Some Will Train With Militia MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 5

It was officially stated last night that Royal Australian Air Force reservists who were actually on the Air Force rolls on December 31 last…

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Shelved The Aerodrome Project

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

A meeting or the Joint aerodrome Committee of the Severn Shire and Glen Innes Municipality on Tuesday decided that the matter of the…

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"BROWN-OUT" Conditions in Glen Innes Warnings to Road Users

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

Glen Innes, formerly known to travellers as probably the best lighted town in New South Wales, has assumed, under lighting…

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Unjust Strikes Government Policy Train Strikers For Defence Canberra

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 1

The Federal Government's policy towards unjustified strikes was to-day defined by a senior…

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Motor Tax Reduction Probable SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 1

It is believed that the New South Wales Cabinet will shortly grant a substantial reduction in the taxation on motor vehicles…

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Woodward & Purkiss' Motor Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 6

Cars leave Armidale 6.45 a.m. for Inverell daily return the same day. [?]ar leaves Armidale 7 a.m. for Kempsey on [?] returns on…

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Tram's Plunge Down Slope Into Harbor Passengers Escape SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 1

Twelve passengers, the conductor and the driver, escaped injury yesterday when a tram crashed 45 feet down a builder-strewn slope…

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Road Crashes Reducing War Effort

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 3

"Many valuable experts, whose work is directly or indirectly connected with the war effort, are losing their lives on United Kingdom roads,"…

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A.I.F. Prepares for Fight for Johore R.A.F. In Malaya Blocks Jap Roads With Wreckage SINGAPORE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 1

The latest information from the front is an indication that "Bennett's Boys" are no longer thinking in terms of delaying actions, but at present are bent on holding up the Japanese in preparation…

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Jackadgery-Glen Innes Road "Question of Finance"

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

Mr. K. M. McCallum, hon. secretary, Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce, has received the following letter from the State…

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Private Motoring Provision Made in U.K.

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 6

After Great Britain has battled through more than two years of war, the quest on was asked in the House of Commons recently whether the…

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Motor Insurance Rates

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

All insurance premiums on motor vehicles payable in future will be subject to reduction. The amount of reduction will be announced shortly,…

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