Motorists Must Hold Third Party Cover
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Owners of all motor vehicles will now be obliged to take out a third party risk policy under…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
730 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 37
Woman Killed When Road Tanker Overturns in Nz
WELLINGTON, Friday: A woman was killed and several hundred gallons of petrol were lost when a large road tanker got out of control in…
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SYDNEY; Friday: The heavy demands being made on manpower through the absorption of men into war service is leading to the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The heavy demands being made on the manpower of the country through their absorption into war services is leading to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amusements Roxy Theatre "Ghost Train"
Comedian Arthur Askery leads the players in the mystery comedy. "Ghost Train," at the Roxy Theatre to-night and to-morrow night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling Kyogle Road Race
Kyogle Club's five miles road race, in which there were 11 starters, on, Saturday resulted: I. Fraser, 4min. 10secs., 17min. 28secs., 1: C…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jap. Threat To Mandalay Road
LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Despite the recapture of Taunggyi, the capital of the Shan State, the general position in Burma is believed to have become more serious in the last 24 hours…
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MELBOURNE. -- An answer to two of our problems -- the charcoal shortage and the disposal of 6,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat -- is visualised in a car powered by wheat. The grain-gas device has been in…
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NEW YORK, Monday (AAP).—There are now five dead as a result of a collision between two trains in the Hudson River railway tube at…
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NEW DELHI (AAP).—By-passing Chinese positions in the Shan State, Japanese armoured forces made a lightning drive to Kong Haipong, 60 miles from Hsipaw, which is only 30 miles…
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LONDON,, Tuesday: The Burma Road, the supply route to China, is seriously menaced by a new Japanese thrust through the Shan States. The Chungking spokesman announced today…
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TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday: Two railway workers at work on a line within a mile of Toowoomba station were run down and killed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Service Cut Express Connection Only Thrice Weekly
The passenger train connecting Murwillumbah with the Sydney-Brisbane express will run only three times weekly…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Figures released today by the Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways (Mr Neale) on road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japs. Reported at Burma Road Base Wedge Divides Allied Lines
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—In the absence of official news today from Burma there is no confirmation in London of a report that the Japanese spearhead in north Burma had reached Lashio, the starting point for the Burma road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Battle for Burma Road Critical "Seems at Point of Being Lost"
LONDON, Tuesday: With Lashio to-night in flames and Japanese ground forces drawing nearer, the battle for the Burma Road has become extremely critical, and, according to the military correspondent…
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JERUSALEM, Wednesday: Australians and South Africans are among engineers who, aided by thousands of natives, are breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Leave for Tram Employees
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—'Bus and tram employees in New South Wales have been granted additional annual leave and long service leave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fate of Burma Road in Balance Allied Forces In Desperate Battle
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—Covering 100 miles in two days, the Japanese have made a wide outflanking movement and are now fighting in the outskirts of Lashio. The position in the Burma battle is officially regarded in London as very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Win Battle for Lashio Burma Road Terminus Falls After Desperate Battle
LONDON. -- Lashio, the terminus of the railway from Mandalay, temporary capital of Burma, and the southern terminus of the Burma Road has been captured by the Japanese. This was announced in a Chungking…
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