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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

1,275 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 64

Australian Built Car Soon to Be on the Road

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 4

The first Australian designed and built car may be on the roads within 18 months or two years, according to Mr J. Hartnett, managing director…

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Search for A.i.f. Graves on Burma Railway

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

An Australian War Graves Group and a Contact and Inquiry Company are co-operating in the task of tracing the graves of Australian service and…

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Cricket Railway Rovers at Wallendbeen

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

The Railway Rovers were beaten outright at Wallendbeen on Sunday. The visitors made 84, and the home team replied with 183. The Rovers…

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Discussion by Griffith Residents Railways and Liquor Facilities

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

At the recent meeting of Griffith Ratepayers and Progress Association, reference was made to the published report of an…

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Large Crowds Use Sydney Railways

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The city enjoyed perfect weather for the Australia Day holiday to-day. A vice range of sporting fixtures…

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Defence Railway to Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Using an R.A.A.F. Transport Command aircraft, the Director-General of Transport (Sir Harold Clapp)…

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New Road Passenger Service Will Connect the South and the West

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

From Monday, February 11. South-Western Bus Lines will operate a service between Goulburn and Bathurst, providing for the first time a direct…

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Railway Thefts at Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2
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At the Junee Police Court yesterday, Roy Reginald Sloan and William George Newburn, shunters employed at the railway yards, Junee, were each…

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Train Travelling Conditions Strongly Attacked

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

"Crawling through train windows to get seats, and the suffering of other discomforts were expected when the war was on, but now that…

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Aborigine's Fatal Jump From Train

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

PORT AUGUSTA, Sunday: An aborigine was killed and another seriously Injured when they jumped from a troop train this week…

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"God Help the Railways" When Cars Are On the Road

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

"God help the Railways when cars are able to come back on the roads. They'll have plenty of spare accommodation then and it will…

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Temora Residents Injured in Road Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

When an Army truck crashed into the rear of a float in which racehorses were being taken from Cowra to Bathurst, following the Cowra…

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The Terrible “Through Carriage” Railways Should Improve Standard Immediately

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

The continued use of the antiquated ‘through’ carriage and the positively ‘ghastly’ stories of human an suffering from travelling in…

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Second-class Railway Sleeping Berths

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

At a largely attended meeting the Dubbo ALP it was decided request the Railway Dept. to install second-class sleeper on all…

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Train Services

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

The South-West mail arrives at Leeton every day (except Sunday) at 11.35 a.m. and departs at 6.30 p.m. The day train arrives from Sydney…

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Latest in Road Transport

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 4

This huge saloon trailer bus was displayed in Melbourne last week and will be used in inter-city and long distance Country runs. The bus seats more than 50 passengers in comfortable, upholstered seals…

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Temora Residents Injured in Road Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

When an Army truck crashed into the rear of a float in which racehorses were being taken from Cowra to Bathurst, following the Cowra races last…

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BOWLS Pennant Teams to Visit Griffith by Special Train

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

On Sunday next, 10th February, Narandera A and B pennant teams will journey to Gri[?]th to play their second match of the pennant series…

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Liquor at Railway Bars

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

Repealing of Orders which preclude the sale of liquor to women at railway refreshment rooms is a matter of Governmental policy, said the secretary…

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