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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

583 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 30

Burma-Thailand Railway Lines Construction Took Heavy Toll of Life

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 1

CHUNGKING, Monday.—The Ministry for information said that a Korean named Chung Chihping, a former translator…

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"The Old Greys" Going Off the Road A £25,000 Load Recalled

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 4

Mr. Colin McAlpin, or Went-worth Street, Glen Innes, who has piloted a pair or grey horses in a lorry in Glen Innes for the…

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Red Army Advance Cuts Vital Railways London

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 1

The Red Army has forced the Prut River and is fighting in the streets of Cernauti. The capture of Kolomyia,…

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Motoring an Adventure in Britain

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 4

Motoring in England is an adventure to-day. Not in the way it was two or three years ago, when there were no road signs and every…

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Football Armidale Season Starts Sunday Uralla v. Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 11

Football will get away to a good start on Sunday afternoon, when a strong Uralla team will play Railway at Rugby League Park. The…

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Red Battle For Gateway To Hungary Soviet Forces Take Cernauti Railway to Danube Valley Cut LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1

An Order of the Day announced the capture of Cernauti, which is the ancient capital of Bukowina and the first town across the Prut River to fall to the Russians. Marshal Stalin's Order of the Day described Cernauti as an important…

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Upper Manilla Bridge

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 4

The Upper Manilla bridge is now completed and ready for traffic. The structure, which is of six spans, reflects great credit to the builders and…

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Big Easter Train Rush Feared

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 7

An Easter holiday train rush worse than that or last year is feared by railway officials. Compulsory seat booking for trains Ieaving…

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Alleged Illegal Use of Motor Car Two Men Remanded at Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 4

At the Armidale Police Court to-day two young men, whom the police believe to be brothers, were remanded until April 5 by…

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Railway Travelling "An Exhausting Experience"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 4

Jethro J. Bell (Mann-street, Armidale) writes to the Editor: Sir,—I wonder how long the intolerable conditions existing in trains on the…

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League Football Railway Wins First Game of the Season Uralla Beaten 12 to 6

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 8

Giving an unexpected display of fast and open football for the first game of the season, Railway defeated Uralla by 12 points to 6 at Rugby…

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AFTER 40 Years' Service Mr. F. F. Fault Leaves Railway Department

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 7

Mr. F. F. Faull has [?]tired from the N.S.W. Railways after 40 years service. That he has won the esteem and respect of his colleagues…

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Warialda Railway Madhatters' Ball

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 3

The most successful function held in the Railway Hall for a long time was the Madhatters' Ball on Friday night, there being a large attendance…

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Pleasure Motoring

The Inverell Times · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that pleasure motoring is not permitted unless a private fuel allowance is given by the authorities. Holders of pink…

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Double Collision in Wentworth St Girl Injured Motor Truck Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 1

Poor visibility during a rain storm was responsible for a motor track coming into collision with a guide post at…

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Poles Derail Nazi Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 15

The Polish underground forces at the beginning of March caried out one of the war's greatest, acts of sabotage when they derailed a train…

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Pleasure Motoring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 5

The N.R.M.A reminds motorists[?] that pleasure motoring is not permitted unless a private fuel allowance is given by the authorities…

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Severe Penalty Motor Trader Penalised SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 1

Cecil Stanley Crouch, motor trader of Woolstonecraft. was fined £103 and ordered to forfeit an additional £100 to the Crown in a special Federal…

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Seats on the Glen Innes Mail Train

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Colonel M. F. Bruxner. M.L.A., from Mr T. J. Hartigan. Commissioner for…

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Brooklyn Level Crossing Inquiry Train Driver's Evidence SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 6

The inquiry into the level crossing smash at Brooklyn on January 20, when 16 persons lost their lives was resumed to-day…

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