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Railways, roads & transport, 1940

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10-Ton Cannery Cooker Headache for Railwaymen Transhipped by Break-down Crane; Special Truck Secured Will Be Installed During Break

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 6

TRANSHIPMENT of a large cooker, weighing 10 tons 18 cwt., destined for the Leeton Co-operative Cannery, created a problem for the railway authorities at Albury, where, owing to the break-of-guage this new unit of the factory's plant had to be transferred to another truck on…

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Baby Born on Train Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 1

A young woman living at Woy Woy gave birth to a child in a Sydneybound train this morning. The mother was on her way to hospital when she…

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Leeton Police Court (Before Mr. T. E. Wright) Train Scalers Caught Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 8

Alan Randall (28), Sydney Raymond Chidgey (22) and Ronald Elliott (21) were charged at the Leeton Police Court with trespassing on the railways…

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Parking of Motor Lobbies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 6

Prosecutions will be launched against all owners of long motor lorries which, when parked in the main business streets of Wagga, project into the…

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Railway Helps Telegraphs Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 2

The Director-General of Posts ana Telegraphs (Mr. M'Vey) this afternoon received reports which indicated that the early restoration of telegraphic…

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Nazi Drive to Balkans Next? Significant Reports From Hungary Improving Roads For Heavy Traffic Alleged Russo-german Plan to Partition Rumania Hitler's "Lightning War" Still Awaited LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 1

The German Army authorities have ordered the Slovak Government to have all roads to Hungary ready to cope with heavy traffic by March 15, states the Budapest correspondent of the "News-Chronicle." Bridges are to…

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Motor Car Manufacture Full Debate Promised Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 4

The Minister for Customs (Mr. Dawson) announced to-day that a full debate on the agreement for the manufacture of motor cars in Australia would…

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Bomb in Tram Excitement at Burwood Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 2

The finding of a small Mills bomb in a tram created excitement at Burwood to-day. A man in the tram left a brown paper parcel behind him and…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 5

William Grills, aged 20 years, of Maroubra, was fatally Injured when his motor cycle struck a cow in St. Peter's to-night…

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Mitchell Shire Roads

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

The roads surrounding Wagga may be classified as good, bad and indifferent, with a few of them outside this classification and more entitled to be…

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New Road to Willans Hill

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

The Wagga Municipal Council has authorised the forming and grading of four chains of road from Railwaystreet, linking up with the new road…

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New South Coast Road Opened

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

The new South Coast scenic drive from the top of Bald Hill through the National Park, is now opened to traffic…

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Preparations at Griffith for Surfacing Roads Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 6

In preparation for important road surfacing work in the Wade Shire, 9900 gallons of bitumen, and 2250 gallons of pruning oil for the same work, have…

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Sydney Stormswept Father and Son Injured Train Put Out of Action Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

Lightning injured a man and a boy near St. Mary's to-day during a severe electrical storm which swept over the city and suburbs shortly before noon…

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Driver's Arm Broken in Four Places Elbow Struck by Passing Car Road Accident Last Night

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

STRUCK by a passing car on the right arm, which he was resting through the driving window of his sedan car, Mr. Geo…

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The War Nazi Drive to Balkans Next? Significant Reports From Hungary Improving Roads for Heavy Traffic Alleged Russo-german Plan to Partition Rumania Hitler's "Lightning War" Still Awaited

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

The German Army authorities have ordered, the Slovak Government to have all roads to Hungary ready to cope with heavy traffic by March 15,…

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Motor Notes Correct Hand Signals Essential

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

One of the most important things that should be taught people learning to drive automobiles is to Rive correct hand signals when turning to the…

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Motor Imports. Federal Government Decides on Restriction Quota Reduction of 30 Per Cent. CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

The import quota of motor car chassis and engines from North American countries will be reduced by 30 per cent. in the trade year…

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Broken Hill Railway Strike Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

There is every indication that the Broken Hill railway strike will be prolonged and that the men will remain out until their claims have been…

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'Easiest in State in Which to Scale Trains" Leeton's Vulnerable Railway Premises

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

HE had been told by other "bagmen" that Leeton's railway yards were the easiest in the State in which to "Jump the…

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