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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,044 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 53

Rail Passenger Hurt Article Protruding From Passing Train

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Saturday.—Antonio Thomas, aged 45 years, of Botany, had his wrist almost severed and his right arm fractured near the…

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Airman Injured on Train Admitted To Hospital

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 3

Corporal B. T. P. Bushe, an Air force man attached to the Narrandera Flying School met with a serious accident while returning from Griffith…

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Glass on Roads a Waste of Bottles and a Drain on Rubber Supplies, Says Cr. Waring

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 2

"I don't know why people go smashing bottles on the roads as they arts one of the scarcest things you can see these days, in addition to the…

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Motor Notes Spare Parts and Scrap From Old Cars

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 3

The annual junking or old automobiles in Australia takes comparatively few ancient motor vehicles off the roads, and provides little in the way…

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Owner for Railway Ticket Wanted

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 2

Any person or persons losing the return halves of three first-class railway tickets, Wagga-Sydney, issued In Sydney about January…

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Killed on Railway Wrong Identity Card on Body

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Because of an identity card mix-up, the body of Aloysius Kelly, aged 20 years, of Glebe, who was killed on the…

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Marseilles Murders Expelled Residents Pie on the Roads

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 2

ZURICH, Wednesday: "The Giornale d'Geneva'" says that more than 250 persons have been shot in Marseilles, including 75…

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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Airman Injured During Train Journey

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

Corporal E. T. P. Bushe, of the R.A.A.F., met with a serious accident while travelling from Griffith to Narandera by train on…

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Waste of Bottles Deplored at Council Meeting Glass on Roads

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

"1 don't know why people ro smashing bottles on the roads, as they are one of the scarcest things you can see these days. In addition to the damage…

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North Africa Eighth Army's Progress Roads Heavily Mined Enemy's Bases Pounded

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)—Although to-day's communique is very restrained speaking only of advance by our forward troops…

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Explosion on Truck Tram Conductress and Passengers Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A tram conductress, Miss Jean Trotter, and a tram passenger. Mrs. Kathleen Symes, were…

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Workers' Train From Narandera

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

The Leeton Communist Party addressed letters to the local State member, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, and to the cannery management, on the 21st…

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Airman Injured on Train

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Corporal E. T. P. Brushe, an Air Force man attached to No. 8 E.F.T.S., met with an accident while returning from Griflth by train on…

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Town May Benefit If Main Road Goes Via Lorne Street

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 4

Two reports to Wednesday night's meeting of the Junee Council regarding roadwork were of importance, and in one case there…

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Railway Traffic Continues to Grow

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Traffic in the Junee railway district continues to grow in cmparison with figures of the previous period…

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Fine of £50 Against Unlicensed Motorist

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A fine of £50 was imposed on Reginald Thomas Christle, aged 31 years. when he was convicted at the Central Police Court…

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Railway Women Protest Against Working Conditions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—As a protest against the wages and conditions, mort than 150 women railway cleaners and porters held a mass meeting to-day…

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Motor Notes Twin Tyres on Driving Wheels

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

Most modern motor trucks are equipped with twin tyres on the driving wheels, and in the event of a puncture in one of the twin tyres…

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Heavy Fines for Motor Fuel Breaches

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

At the Albury Court yesterday, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M Roy Berran Brain, a former taxi-driver, now employed on defence…

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Woman's Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—While patrolling his section of the railway line on Saturday, the ganger at Hughes, a small siding on the…

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