Freezing of Motor Parts
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The general secretary of the Service Statices Association (Mr. Gregrey) said to-day that Government orders freezing 78…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
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The "Old River" Road Discussion by Councillors President Supports Repair Works
At the January meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council almost an hour was spent in the discussion of the river road between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With the A.I.F. Battle for Roads Flanking Moves by Japanese Being Fiercely Resisted
The present struggle in Western Malaya might well be described as a battle for roads. The Japanese flanking move in the Muar-Batu-Bahat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Railway Workshops Men Who Should Be Making Aircraft
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The Minister for Aircraft Production (Sena. tor Cameron) said to-day that there were men still employed in railway…
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John Stevens was fined £3 at the Junee police court this week on charges of trespassing on the railways and leaving a carriage on the wrong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide-perth Road
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) announced to-day that the £250,000 road linking Adelaide with Perth was now trafficable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →sENEMY Aim at Burma Road?
RANGOON, Thursday: It is officially" announced that new Japanese thrusts' into Burma are expected almost certainly within ten days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Restrictions Coal Gas Fuel Recommended For Wagga Council's Motor Vehicles
The Warn Municipal Council, in common with other local governing bodies in the State, has been advised that the Liquid Fuel Control Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Goulburn Fire £8000 Damage to Goods in Railway Trucks
GOULBURN. Sunday.—A clgaretta butt dropped in a horse-box used to bring horses to Goulburn for the big Anniversary Day trotting gala Is believed to have caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Transport
Motor road transport in Australia is faced with an urgent problem akin to that of endeavouring to force a quart into a pint pot. Never before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The [?]Ance of Roads
The importance of roads is em[?] and illustrated to the fact that, in spite of the spread of the war, the United States last year was the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Delays at Coolamon
The South-West mall train travelling to Griffith was delayed about 1½ hours at Coolamon yesterday morning, when it was found that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Payroll Train Murders Police Seek Letter Writer
Though detectives have worked night and day they have so far been unable to obtain any definite clue that might lead to the identity of the two men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Payroll Train Murderers Police Seek Letter Writer
Though detectives have worked night and day they have so far been unable to obtain any definite clue that might lead to the identity of the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange, But True. Measured for Their Railway Tickets
When travelling by train in China one often sees the strange and amusing spectacle of child passengers being carefully measured with a ruler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists' Interests a Special Appeal
I endorse the appeal of Mr. Curtin to all motorists to keep their cars in roadworthy condition and available, in the national interests, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Goulburn Fire £8000 Damage to Goods in Railway Trucks
A cigarette butt dropped in a horse box used to bring horses to Goulburn for the big Anniversary Day trotting gala is believed to have caused a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorised War Colossal Land Armies
Out of the pioneering horseless carriage era of 50 years ago has come to-day's colossal armies that are engaged in a motorised war in which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polish Railwaymen Executed Announcement by Gestapo "Systematic Pillage of Transport'
LONDON, Sunday—Thiry-two Polish railwaymen were collectively executed on January 14, according to a Gestapo communique published in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Value of Motor Transport
The maintenance of Australia's goods-carrying motor vehicles in good order is of the utmost importance, for in the event of a national emergency…
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