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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,044 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 53

Railway Crossing Damages Fruit and Tyres

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 3

The railway crossing at Wattle Hill, on the "hill" side, is in a dangerous condition. The sharp edge of of the protruding rail is not only…

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Beacfighters Over Timor Devastating Raid on Aerodrome

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

Somewhere in Australia.—Beaufighters on Sunday made a spectacular return to the seme of their most devastating raid…

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Fall From Train

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

While travelling on the express train a soldier thinking that he was opening a door to step into another carriage. when between Junee and Wagga…

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Important Changes At Junee Railway Super's. Office

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

Important changes have been made in the district superintendent's office. Mr. S. H. Magill has gone…

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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area The Story of the M.I.A. Hillston-roto Railway Arouses a Heated Controversy

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 4

After many Tears of agitation on the part of the residents of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, the Government agreed in the year 1929 to go ahead with the construction of has Hillston-Roto railway line, the completion of which has exerted…

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Russians Take More Rail Junctions Plight of Germans Last Line From Caucasus Severed Retreat Towards Kerch Straits Kursk-orel Railway Also Cut

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—Sensational new gains have been made by the Russians in the Caucasus, the Donetz Basin and north of Kursk, states a special Moscow communique…

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Railway Fatality Well-known Enginedriver Killed

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

Mr. James Albert Kennedy, of 38 Wills street, Cootamundra, one of the best-known railway enginedrivers on the southern line, was killed under…

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Post-war Motor Cars No Early Model Changes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 4

It is the supposition of many motorists that the post-war period will see radical changes in motor engineering practice. This feeling arises from the…

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N.s.w. Railways All Records Broken This Year

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A forecast that for the year ending June next the N.S. Wales railways earnings will be £35,000,000, compared with £19,000,000…

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Soldiers Injured Truck Overturns on Road

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—When an Army utility truck overturned after swerving to avoid a car on Bunnerong road, Matraville, yesterday…

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Road Programme Approved Between Junee and Marinna

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 1

The Junee-Marinna road is to receive attention almost immediately. At Saturday's Shire Council…

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Cut to Pieces Man Falls From Train at Redfern

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Arthur Edward Jacobson, aged 29 rears, wharf laborer, of Hurstville, was cut to pieces last night when he…

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W.e.s.c. New Recruits Required to Train As Instructors

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 3

At a meeting of officers of the W.E.S.C., held last week, delight was expressed at the increasing number or pupils taking…

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Fine Crop of Ford Wheat Railway Staff Changes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

A crop of Ford wheat garnered at Illabo averaged 51 bushels to the acre. The straw from the crop has been sold to be pulped for Following are among the latest railway staff changes: Messrs. A. Schirmer and T. M'Kinnon, of Dubbo, telegraphists, have been…

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Australianalities Risks of Railway Travel

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 4

It was a snifter of a frost. We had discovered that in a somewhat mild fashion when we had proceeded barely fifty miles from…

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Railway Track Washed Away

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

Because parts of the railway line between Boggabri and Gunnedah had been washed away the north-west mail train from Moree…

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Crowded Trains and Uncomfortable Trips Brisk Railway Business at Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

The busiest, and what appears to be the most important place in Gundagai these days is the Railway Station. The Station-Master (Mr…

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Expensive Train Trip

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, John Leonard, aged 40 years, soldier, was lined £1 and ordered to pay the fare of £1/5/…

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Daily Train Service Progress Assn. Will Not Accept Refusal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 2

ALTHOUGH Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., informed members of the Progress Association during his visit to Leeton on Friday…

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Decline in Private Motoring

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

Accenting to the Federal statist private cars registered in the Commonwealth at last October show a decline of 18 per cent. as compared…

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