Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

894 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 45

£200,000 Flood Damage to Railways

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

The breaking of a long drought almost inevitably has its repercussions. The State's latest experience, while greatly benefiting the man on the land,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Unclaimed Property on the Railway

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 4

It is amazing what some people leave in trains or fail to claim when consigned to them. For instance, the following articles have come up for sale…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Girls Train For Empire Duty

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 8

A long pull and a strong pull by girls of the Women's Mechanised Transport Corps in Britain, members of a party of 58, training for Ambulance duties in Kenya…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Clearing Road to Benghazi

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

The capture of Tobruk will be a more important success than that at Bardia, because it will clear the way for the British drive…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

167 Pedestrians Killed In Road Accidents

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

Pedestrians killed in road accident in New South Wales last year t otalled 167. and of these nearly four-fifths were either…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Excursions

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

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

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

State's Part in War Effort Railways Forge Weapons

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY: The Deputy-Premier and Leader of the Country Party, Colonel Bruxner, said recently that the basis of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

February Railway Ecxursions

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways, MR.T. J. Hartigan, has announced that the next general scries of excursion trains will be run during…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Unclaimed Property on Railway

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

It is amazing what some people leave in trains or fail to claim when consigned to them. The following articles have come up…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Frogs Hold Up Motor Car

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1

LAUNCESTON: Following heavy rain in the Deloraine district, hundreds of frogs migrated from hiding places across the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Railway Excursions In February

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3

Word has been received from the Commissioner for Railways that the next general series of excursion trains will be run during the second…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Damage by Storms to Shire Roads

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 11

According to Cr. Chittick at the last meeting of Terania Shire Council, practically every roadway within the shire was damaged by…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

New Method Double Lines on Main Roads

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 12

A new method of marking double lines on dangerous sections of road is being commenced in New South Wales. This involves the use of…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

"The Car Ran Off the Road"

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 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…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Car Ran Off The Road... [?] the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 12

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

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Motorists Fined Casino Court Cases

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—At the Casino court Reginald Jas. Reeves, of Fairy Hill, was fined £3 on a charge of negligent driving…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Train Crashes Into Landslide

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday:— The Thallon mail train, which left Brisbane at 6.50 to-night with 80 passengers, crashed into a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

At Casino To-day R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

The R.A.A.F. recruiting train will be at Casino to-day. The authorities ask intending recruits to note that the train will be at the old Casino station…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Girls Injured in Head-on Collision on B'wick Road

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

Two Lismore girls, Miss Kathleen Butters (20) and Miss Marjorie Dunster (22). were admitted to hospital at Mullumbimby on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Q'land Train Smash. Woman's Fatal Injuries

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday:--When the Thallon mail train, which left Brisbane at 6.50 on Sunday, crashed into a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →