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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

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Retiring Railway Inspector

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: That he had trekked or trolleyed over every mile of the railway system of NSW, is the claim of Mr. George King, chief…

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Railway Appointments

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Following on the retirement of Thomas Crouch publicity and advertising manager for the Department of Railways. Mr. C. L…

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Heavy Rain Washaways on Northern Railways Many Trains Delayed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

CASINO, Sunday: Because heavy rain had washed out the main north-south line hundreds of train passengers were…

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Lost Aeroplane Native Runner Helps Vaoc

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

In the far north, where no ordinary means of communication exist, an outpost of the Volunteer Air Observers' Corps keeping…

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Belated Travellers Reach Sydney by Special Train

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Travellers from the North Coast, who spend Saturday night on Casino station owing to washaways which…

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Railways' Institute Annual Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Narandera branch of the Railways Institute was held on Thursday evening, 23rd December, there being an attendance…

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Railway Appointments

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 3

Following on the retirement of Mr. Thomas Crouch, publicity and advertising manager for the Department of Railways, Mr. C. L. Newman has been…

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Motor Car Stolen From Tarcutta

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

A motor car. the property of Mr. Roy Alexander Murray, was stolen from Tarcutta between 4 and 5 p.m on Saturday. The vehicle was a…

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Baby Falls From Train

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A five months old baby boy escaped serious injury when he fell, strapped in a stroller, from an…

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Train Alterations on Corowa Line

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

Advice has been received from the Secretary for Railways that the 11.40 a.m. rail motor from Cuicairn to Corowa and the 2.5 p.m. rail motor…

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Stolen Motor Car Recovered

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

A motor car, the property of Mr. Roy Alexander Murray, which was stolen from Tarcutta on Saturday was found yesterday…

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Busy Month at Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

December was certainly a busy month at the Leeton railway station, as can be gauged from the following returns, which are from the…

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Injured When Fell From Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

A railway bridge [?]anger. Charles Ticehurst, of North Wagga. while working on a bridge near Borambola yesterday. stepped backwards off the…

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Well Known Soldier Fractures Skull Fails From Train At Cootamundra

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

Well-known in Gundagai, Sergeant Ken French suffered serious injuries on Tuesday morning last, when at Cootamundra he fell from a train on…

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Murdered Baby Left in Railway Train

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

The body of a newly born female; child which, according to the Government Medical Officer (Dr. Percy) had been strangled, was found under the…

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Car Crash Into Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A Dodge sedan motor car. No. 60824. which was allegedly stolen from Morrow street. Wagga, shortly after 7 o'clock last night, was driven at a…

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U.s. Airline "Better Than Burma Road"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed.—An American Associated Press despatch from a US air base in India confirms a report that the 600 mile "hump" airline is…

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Disrupting the Ukrainian Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

MOSCOW, Thursday: Moscow correspondents dwell on General Vatutin's concentration on disrupting the Ukrainian railway network, stretching…

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Red Army Forces the Pace Westward Drive Threatens Odessa Railway Great Tank Battle Vast Nazi Retreats Forecast From Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. (A.A.P.)—The first official intimation that General Vatutin's forces had crossed the old Polish border is contained in last night's communique which announced the capture…

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