"Fight Along Straight Road to Tokio"
NEW YORK, Thursday: "The enemy is in full retreat on all fronts and we cannot now be halted," said Admiral Halsey,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Motor Vehicle Care
N.R.M.A. engineers advise motorists to take extra precautions in driving in order to avoid breaking some part which cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Year Motoring Prospects
Discussing motoring prospect[?] for 1044, the General Secretary of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. H. I. Johnson) said despite persistent rumours, it would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Hits Truck at Level Crossing Driver Escapes with Bruise
BRISBANE, Monday: When travelling at 40 miles an hour, the second division of the Sydney mail train express to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Railways Not Nearing Standstill
LONDON, Sunday: Any idea that Allied air attacks are bringing the Nazi railway system to a standstill is corrected by the London Times…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—Investiating allegations that many thousands of pounds worth of goods had been stolen recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ruins of Enemy Aerodrome at Lae
Only burned and twisted framework of the Japanese airplane hangars at Lae, New Guinea, remain standing after the capture of the important base by Allied troops on Sept 17, 1943. In the harbor a bombed Japanese supply ship lies half submerged. Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Coast Mail Train Substitute No Extension to Mur-bah
Several Murwillumbah public bodies recently requested, through Mr A. E. Budd, MLA, that the 12.50 pm train from Casino to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Thefts From Railways
Investigating allegations that many thousands of pounds worth of goods had been stolen recently from the railways of the…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). —Bitter lighting around the crossroads from Tollo, about five miles inland from Ortona,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Extension of Substitute Train to Murwillumbah
Several Murwillumbah public bodies recently requested, through Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A., that the 12.50 P-m. train from Casino to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Acetylene As Motor Fuel
While Australia has had to turn to the producer-gas outfit to help overcome the petrel shortage. Switzerland has successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Dead in Car— Tram Collision
BRISBANE, Thursday.— Following a head-on collision between a motor car and a tram on Bow en Bridge at Lutwyche last night, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle Racing for Rome Railway Link
LONDON, Friday AAP). — Fierce battles are raging in snow covered mountains at the northern end of the 5th Army…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Despite heavy falls of snow last night the American First Army launched a new thrust at the northern end of the Ardennes salient at the first light of day this morning. This is reported by Router's correspondent with U.S. forces, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.E.S. Notes Train to Combat Epidemics
ARP authorities have been presented with a new wartime problem. Toward the close of the last war a severe form of influenza swept over the world,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Hold Up of Qld. Railways
BRISBANE. Sunday: A move to bring the Queensland railwaymen and railways to a standstill to press claims by the engine men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rains Caused Considerable Damage To Shire Roads And Bridges
The recent heavy rains caused considerable damage to shire roads and bridges, the overseer (Mr A. Olssen) reported to yesterday's meeting of Kyogle Shire Council. The damage is estimated to run into several hundred pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Powerful New U.s. Plane Motor
Workmen at a U.S. aeronautical plant put protective wrapping paper abound one of the newly perfected 2200 horsepower airplane engines, most powerful disclosed thus far by the U.S. War Department, for shipment to a fighting front. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East—west Railway
The North Coast Vice-President of the North and North-West Better Communications League (Mr. E. Granger) stated last night that…
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