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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Motoring Wartime Value of Motor Cycles Rider-training Scheme Adopted By Military Authorities

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 7

In certain branches of the British Army, all officers up to the rank of Brigadier must now learn to master the mysteries of riding a motor cycle. This War Office order has rendered it necessary to devise it special training course, warranted to make pupils proficient…

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Batlow Railway Returns Improvement in December

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 3

Railway business at Batlow for November was somewhat slacker than in the preceding months. The number of tickets sold was 28, for £36, the lowest…

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Falls of Earth on Railway Near Toowoomba Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

A third fall of earth occurred on the Toowoomba range railway to-day. Railway gangs had excavated the fateful Thallon mail wreckage, which was…

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British Railways Carry On

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 1

Railway work in Britain has become a hazardous front-line job. A dozen bombs fell on an eastern suburbs station in London one evening. The…

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Henty Farmers and Settlers Seat Bookings on Trains Railway Hatters Discussed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 7

The president (Mr. W. O. Jones) presided at the recent meeting of the Henty Farmers and Settlers' Association. A letter was received from the Minister…

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Jump From Train Soldiers Elude Guards

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 2

Passengers on the Melbourne Express received a shock on Tuesday morning when two soldiers returning to Sydney under escort eluded their…

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Soldier Jumped From Train Injuries to Tongue And Face

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 1

BOOAOWA, Monday: When returning on leave to his wife at Boorowa on the Melbourne express on Saturday morning, Sergeant Charles Dick, of the…

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Soldier Injured Jumped From Train Injuries to Tongue and Face

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 3

When returning on leave to his wife at Boorowa on the Melbourne express on Saturday morning, Sergeant Charles Dick. of the A.I.F., and until his enlistment…

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Three Youths Injured Train Hits Ice Lorry West Mattland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 2

Three youths were injured when a train hit the ice lorry on which they were travelling at a railway crossing on the Morpeth road this morning…

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Important Progress in Eritrea Agordat Road Severed Fierce Italian Stand Heavy Raids on Tripoli London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 1

British motorised units have severed the 15-mile road linking Agordat and Barentu, in Eritrea. Two Italian divisions retreating from Kassala are reported to have been split…

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Young's Postman Has Tramped 135,408 Miles

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. Ack Speer, Young's postman, has a job which would hardly suit a man with tender feet. "Ack," who, incidentally, is also Young's bandmaster,…

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COAL Railways Huge Consumption

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

The New South Wales Railways, spend annually on materials about 16,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent, of the this amount is spent locally on…

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Railway Station Bombed London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 1

A communique declares that the bombing of the Alcha railway station for the third time since the beginning of the British offensive in Abyssinia…

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Wagga Troops Leave Farewell Scenes at Railway Station

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 2

Early tills morning, large crowds of parents, wives and friends farewelled a batch of troops from the Wagga A.I.F. camp as they entrained at the…

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Railway Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 2

The following railway transfers and promotions have been announced: R. Golledge, fireman, Albury to Junee, as driver; H. Holt, driver, Junee to…

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Can Obtain Petrol Ration Tickets Any Day Motorists in the Country

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. G. Wilson, M.L.A., Country Party Member for Dubbo, advises that, although the public recently was requested not to…

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Water Catchment Danger on Yanco Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

AGAIN recent rains have drawn attention to the lack of drainage facilities provided for the Leeton-Yanco road…

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Important Progress in Eritrea Saturday. Agordat Road Severed Fierce Italian Stand Heavy Raids on Tripoli

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 3

British motorised units have severed the 15-mile road linking Agordat and Barentu, in Eritrea. Two Italian divisions retreating from Kassala are…

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Motorists' Interests I Learn to Drive

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 1

When you have held clean licences in six different countries over a period of 20 years you are [?] to hang looking for crack [?]…

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Railway Construction Big Programme Fob Three States Loan Council Decides Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 3

A big programme of railway construction will be undertaken in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia as a result of decisions reached…

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