Train Services at Easter Govt. Orders Curtailment
CANBERRA.--Federal Cabinet this week instructed the Director-General of Transport to take action to restrict train services during the Easter…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
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Motorists' Lights Interstate Confusion Denied
CANBERRA.--In the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the Minister for Home Security. Mr. Lazzarini, denied that there was…
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By the sudden death of Mr Alexander Taylor, aged 72 years, at Murwillumbah on Wednesday there was severed probably the last…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—In announcing that new regulations had been gazetted for the control of rail and road transport throughout…
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Highest score at Saturday's meeting of Kyogle Patriotic Bridge Club were registered by Mesdames E. B. Shirley and G. Wilson…
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The Premier of New South Wales (Mr W. J. McKell) has advised Mr A. E. Budd, MLA, that the military authorities have advised that the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The concern which is felt in authoritative quarters following two outbreaks of fire on interstate…
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LONDON, Wednesday: The Geneva representative of the "Evening Standard" says that the Germans have invented a new…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A third train fire in this State in less than a fortnight occurred at the HawKesbury River bridge this morning…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Because of war requirements, the suspension of public services on the Transcontinental Railway line is to continue indefinitely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Star Published at Lismore. N.S.W. Monday, April 6, 1942. Supply Roads
IN this war of supplies and supply routes huge armies must be maintained thousands of miles from their sources of…
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LONDON, Sunday: The Archbishop Designate of Canterbury (Dr. Temple), in a speech at the Co-operative Education…
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GRAFTON.--Berthold Herman N. William Schaeffer, 56, Garden-street, Grafton, was killed on Friday, when the Brisbane express collided with the…
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A very enthusiastic meeting was held at Mr. W. Adams' residence, Back Creek, on Saturday evening, some 15 prominent residents of that…
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William Frohmuller (85), of South Gundurimba, received serious injuries when he was knocked down by a baker's delivery lorry…
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BYRON BAY...Tuesday.—General evacuation of. livestock from the coast is not at present contemplated, and the military…
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A general evacuation of livestock from the coast is not at present contemplated, and military authorities are of the opinion that…
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LONDON, Monday: More goods and fewer passengers were carried this Easter by the British railways than eer before, and the Minister of War…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: An official of the Department of Home Security stated today that the question of a uniform lighting…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Premier (Mr McKell) announced tonight that a Bill would be introduced during the session, which…
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