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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

882 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 45

Burma Road Japanese Resistance Breaks

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 1

KANDY, Friday: Japanese resistance broke on the Ru[?] yesterday and Chinese troops are now only 90 miles from Lashio,…

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Air Attacks Tenth Night Raid on Berlin Fortresses Bomb Railway Centres

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): Following up violent air blows in daylight yesterday, when 2300 Allied planes blasted railway…

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The Motor World Tyre Destroyers on Roads—

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 6

The NRMA continues to receive complaints from motorists of the presence on roadways of broken glass steel turnings and similar tyre…

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Railway Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

The following transfers in the railway service have been announced: Mr. N. C. Pound, Orange to Junee: Mr. R. Pivetta, Sydney…

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Status Of Ex-Servicemen In N.S.W. Railways

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

The Secretary for Railways writes:-In a special Federal Court recently the Commissioner for Railways was fined on two charges involving the…

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Yanco Railway Station Electric Light to Be Installed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 7

After many years of representations on the part of the residents of Yanco, the railway station is at last to be electrically lit at night…

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People Missing Flood in Queensland Train Trapped on Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down on a bridge across the Burdekin River, two people are…

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Huge Trap Threatens Germans Along Rhine Front Allies Closing On Bonn Millionth Prisoner Taken Many Germans Drowned When Bridge Collapses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Gen. Patton's 4th Armored Division reached the Rhine north of Coblenz yesterday after driving 65 miles in 58 hours, the…

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Railwayman Fined at Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

Following a case before the Junee Police Court recently, when a railway employee was lined £10 for stealing tyres, rims and tubes from a…

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Pillaging on Railway

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The State secretary of the A.R.U. (Mr. L. Ferguson) said to-day that well-organised pillage gangs, not…

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Electric Light Supply [?] Yanco Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

After years of persistent representations on the part of residents of Yanco, the local railway station is a [?] be [?]ted with electricity…

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Owner Required for a Motor Tyre and Wheel

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

The police are anxious to get in on touch with the owner of a Ford Motor lorry tyre and wheel which is in their possession. The tyre is…

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Bridge Opened at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 6

The vehicular and pedestrian traffic bridge over the main trunk railway line at Junee was opened to traffic on Thursday. A drover…

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Heavy Traffic Over Railway Foot Crossing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 6

Consequent upon statements made at the Wagga Municipal Council meeting of January 5, regarding the necessity for the…

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Train Service

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 2

We have been advised by the Railway authorities that on and after to-morrow (Tuesday), the Riverina Express will run to and…

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Gundagai Man Hit by Train Accident At South Gundagai This Morning

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 4

Well-known Gundagai identity Mr. Jack Tutty, aged 78 years, was struck by a goods train at South Gundagai this morning, receiving…

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Railway Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 2

The following transfers in the railway service have been announced:—Mr. W. J. Casey, Junee to Roslyn; Mr. L. R. Bodle,…

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Mitchell Shire Discussion on Roads Re-sealing of Uranquinty Road

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 3

Councillor D. Hamilton, president of the Mitchell Shire, presided at the monthly meeting of the council held in the shire office,…

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Gundagai Man Hit by Train

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 1

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday: Well-known Gundagai identity Mr. Jack Tutty, 78, was struck by a goods train at South Gundagai yesterday morning…

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MR. L. D. Maitland Injured Knocked Down By Motor Truck

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 2

Mr. L. D. Maitland, Tumut's senior dentist, was involved in an accident on Friday last when he was knocked down by a truck and,…

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