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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

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More Highways for Post-war Motorists

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 4

When motor touring is again permissible in the Commonwealth, and tyres and petrol are in adequate supply, motorists will have the use of a…

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Evading Railway Fares

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 2

When they pleaded guilty at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. Byrne and H. D. Moulang, J.P.'s, to charges of…

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Motor Lorry and Cyclist Collide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 2

When & motor lorry, laden with pigs, and a cyclist came into collision at the intersection of the Esplanade and Thorne-street…

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Aerodrome Built on Islam for U.s. Army

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday,—The Premises (Mr. M'Kell) announced last night that Australian workmen recently built an aerodrome for the…

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Holbrook Shire Monthly Meeting Road Works

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

Those present at the monthly meeting of the Holbrook Shire Council were Councillors J. F. Nyhan (president), F. R. Scott,…

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Cologne Bombed for 130th TIME Railway Targets Attacked in France

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.)—Another cycle in the Allied air fleet raids against German targets was completed last night when…

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Melbourne Tram Crash Sixteen Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat—Sixteen passengers, the driver, and a woman conductor were injured in a train smash in Collins-street…

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Mail Not Train

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 2

Mr. S. P. Dart writes to the "Murrumbidgee Irrigator" as follows:—"In your last issue you report the Shire Council as discussing a letter…

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Aerodrome Built on Island for U.s. Army

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced on Sunday that Australian workmen recently built an aerodrome for the U.S. Army Air Force which was…

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Motor Notes 6000 Miles of New Highways

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

When motor touring is again permissible in the Commonwealth, and tyres and petrol are in adequate supply, motorists will have the use…

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Tyre Shortage May Force Ban on Private Motors Minister Warns That Position Is Serious

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

Unless the rubber position improves, private motoring in Australia may be eliminated. This was learned from an…

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Terrific Fight FOR Donetz Basin Rival Armies Entwined in Deadly Grapp[?] Gains by Both Sides German Attempt to Regain Railway

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)—Although Marshal Timoshenko's rigorous drive in the north-western sector and the liquidation of heavily fortified Semyansk salient possessed various…

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Swung by Legs From Harbour Bridge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

An elderly, naked man swung like a pendulum over the Harbour Bridge as a soldier and a civilian held him by the legs, shortly after 8 a.m. on…

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Narandera A.L.P Daily Train Service Wanted

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

A meeting of the Narandera branch of the A.L.P. was held on 28th February. Minutes were confirmed…

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Political Control of Railways

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

Were it possible to attach any serious importance to apparently reliable reports, the M'Kell Labor Government has decided, after many months of cogitation, to so amend the Railway Act so as to take complete control of railway administration. The suggestion…

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Railway Staff Changes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

Among the recent changes in railway staff are: Mr. P. C. Burdus. shunter, transferred from Enfield to Junee: Mr. R. N. Wain, clerk, district…

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—V— the 75 Miles Per Hour Railway Engine

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

Hundreds of school children were among those who went to the Cootamundra railway station on Monday at 12.45 to see the big streamlined…

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Major Soviet Advances Vital Railway Line Cleared Bitter Struggle on Long Front Smolensk Threatened by Russian Armies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. (A.A.P.)—The Russians are continuing to press on to the west from Rjev., Special communiques to-night announced the capture of Olenino, to the west of Rjev, also Chertovino, which is between Olenino and the Rjev…

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N.r.u. Attitude on Ministerial Control of Railways

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

We have received the following statement by Mr. William Fletcher, general secretary, National Union of Railwaymen in Australia:…

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Railway Board Proposal Opposition Attack

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 4

The State Government's proposal to bring the Railway Commissioner under Ministerial control and to create a Railway Board of five members…

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