Roads' Red Roll
LONDON, Saturday.—Announcing the figures for road deaths in Britain during March, the Ministry of Transport slates that the total…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
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Train Kills Storeman
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—Vincent George Davidson. 31, a storeman employed at the Australian Iron find Steel Works, Port Kembla, while…
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ON a combined R.A.A.F. and A.I.F. recruiting drive, the R.A.A.F. recruiting train left Sydney yesterday for an…
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Diminutive 18-year-old Noel Evans, in his second road race, ran away from the field in South Sydney's three…
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Vincent George Davidson, 31, was killed instantly to-day, when he attempted to board a moving train at Cringila…
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JUNEE, Saturday. -- A man who put a headlock on a strange young woman in a carriage of the Albury mail train was fined today in the Junee Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Good News and Bad
DURING the week there were two news items of special interest for motorists. One was good. The other bad. The good news was that N.R.M.A. Insurance Ltd. had reduced its premium rates. Because, explained the company, a large…
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THE Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has authorised a General series of excursion trains to coincide, as nearly as…
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A chain-letter campaign on behalf of "oppressed motorists," is being conducted by Mr. L. O. Bailey, of Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, as part…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Wanted
A picture screening showing the work of the R.A.A.F. in Canada will be among the attractions at the fair in aid of the Kuring-ga[?] Training Aircraft…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fall From Train
Henry Charles Joseph Mackeson, 37, a soldier, fell from a train passing through Denistone station on Saturday morning. He was admitted to Ryde Hospital with…
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Road racing conditions were unpleasant on Saturday afternoon. A southerly gale made the going very hard on most of the courses. Ray Brooking, the six days' race winner and country champion,…
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The R.A.A.F. recruiting train left Sydney ou Saturday for an extensive tour of the North Coast For the first time the train carried also a staff to deal with inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Fell Under Train. Wollongong
Vincent George Davidson, 31, a storeman employed at the steelworks, tried to board a moving train at Cringila station to-day, but fell on to the rails. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Hunt by Plane, Train and Car. Nyngan
Two detectives flew from Brisbane to Sydney by plane, went by train to Nyngan, and motored 60 miles to Mundadoo to arrest a man who was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Boating. Rear-commodore's Cup
St. George Motor Boat Club celebrated [?] Rear-Commedore's Day [?] Kogarah Ray, Port Hacking, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. B. [?] Osurey won the Real-Commondore's Cup, with a…
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Thieves gained entrance to the stationmaster's office at Brewarrina Railway Station during' early yesterday, and carried away a safe which contained. £21/12/8…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Defence Work Held Up. General Motors. Mediation-ordered. Washington, April 27. (A.A.P.)
The New York "Herald-Tribune" reports that the employees of 61 General Motors Corporation plants voted authorising a strike, whereupon the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, April 29, 1941. the Hard Road Ahead
Mr. Churchill spoke yesterday morning to an Empire aroused as never before to the realities of the life and death struggle in which it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Said Car 'Weaved' Over Road
When William Lowe, 38, a city business manager, appeared in Central Court to-day charged with traffic…
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