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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

523 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 27

Guyra Road Fatality Inquest on

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 6

The District Coroner (Mr. R. L. Blake) wiil conduct an inquiry into circumstances surrounding the death of Private Thomas A. Morgan and…

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Train Derailed, Two Men Killed Town Sville

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 9

When a locomotive was derailed near here last night the driver, Melville Hartley and the fireman, John Carvolth, were killed, Carvolth…

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Railway Revenue Record SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

The forecast that for the year endinig in June next the N.S.W. railways earnings would be £35,000,000 compared with…

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Railway Fatality Driver and Fireman Killed TOWNSVILLE

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

When a locomotive was derailed near here last night Driver Melville Hartley, and Fireman John Carvolth, were killed…

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Motor Accident M.R.B. Lorry Overturns

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, January 28, a lorry belonging to the Main Roads Board, driven by Mr. Les Conlon, of Moree, overturned at the junction of…

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Railway Income Great Increase SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

A forecast that for the year ending June next, the N.S.W. Railways earnings would be £35,000,000, compared with the £19,000,000 in 1939,…

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Railway Wash Away TRAIN 12 Hours Late

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 3

Because parts of the railway line between Boggabri and Gunnedah had been washed away the north west mail train from Moree to Sydney was…

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Strike Threatened by Women Cleaners and Railway Porters Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 4

Women railway porters and cleaners have issued an ultimatum that they will strike unless their claim for…

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Quarterly Motor Registrations

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists who contemplate registering their cars quarterly instead of yearly to investigate the…

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Double Fatality On Guyra Road Investigated By Coroner

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 8

The story of how he vainly tried to regain control of a military truck when it ran wide into loose gravel at the bottom of The Pinch on the Armidale-Guyra road on January 29 was told to the Armidale Coroner (Mr. R. L…

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Armipale Ctty Council Butler Street Crossing A City Council Job, Says Railway Department

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 6

After sending persistent complaints to the Railway Department against the dangerous condition of the Butlerstreet railway crossing, the Armidale City Council on Monday night received a reply, the effect of which was…

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Owner of Railway Seat

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 3

When a traveller secures a seat in in a railway carriage it is his by right until he completes his journey, or if he leaves something to mark he has…

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Upper Manilla Bridge “Someone Had Blundered”

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 7

Not an extract from the description of a famous battle fought nearly a hundred years ago, but a simple fact relating to the construction of Upper…

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Two Killed Truck Hits Train Driver Failed to Stop SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 1

Police believed that the motor truck involved in a double fatality at Glebe last night, when two persons were killed as the result of a truck hitting…

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Dumaresq Shire Danger of Accident on Grafton Road Complaint Lodged With Council

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 13

A compliant that danger to traffic on the ArmidaleGrafton road existed at a point a mile this side of…

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Inventor of Motor Car

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 11

In 1884-5 Karl Benz; son of an engine-driver and grandson of a blacksmith, invented a three-wheeled motor vehicle with differential gear…

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Stock Losses on Railways Not High

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 15

"Figures published from time to time showing the number of animals killed or crippled during railway transport appear to have…

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Truck Hits Tram. Killing Two Persons Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 8

The police believe that a motor truck involved in a double fatality at Glebe last night, when two persons were…

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Jennings Railway Crossing Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 8

Returning a verdict of accidental death after an inquiry into circumstances surrounding the tragedy at a railway crossing between Jennings…

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The Motor World News and Notes Quarterly Motor Registration

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists who contemplate registering their cars quarterly instead of yearly to investigate the position from all angles, as…

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