Fire Protection for New Railway Department Electrical Depot
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2
Provision of adequate fire-fighting equipment in the new Railway Department electricity undertaking at Lithgow will be arranged as a routine matter according to the Minister for Transport, Mr. M. O'Sullivan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Application for £4000 for Roads
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 18
The Department of Public Works requested a recent meeting of Gulgong Shire Council to submit an additional programme of works not…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Railway Defeats Wollar
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 18
Gulgong Railway Cricket team had a narrow win over Wollar in a non-competition game last Sunday, Railway complied 133, K. Large 36,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Melbourne Tram Strike Melbourne
National Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2
A mass meeting of tramway men and women decided in Melbourne tonight to stop work after the last all night tram finished running about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Paymaster Acquitted Parkes
National Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5
A railway paymaster. Thomas Arthur Coughlan, was today at the Quarter Sessions. acquitted by direction of Judge Shortland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Trams Not Running City's Transport Chaos
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2
MELBOURNE, This Afternoon-- Melbourne government tramway and busmen went on strike this morning, throwing the city's transport into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Standover Tactics Alleged To Lithgow Railwayman's Widow
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Railway investigating officers had "stood over" the widow of one of the figures in the Lithgow power house theft cases for the recovery of £12, Mr. James. Chalmers, Member for Hartley, said in the Legislative Assembly…
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Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5
The Treasurer, Mr. A. W. Fadden, said in the House of Representatives yesterday that the Government intended to borrow £250 million over a period of five years (under the control authority of the Department of Development) to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appeal For Train Accident Victim
Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1
An appeal has [?] launched to assist Clarence Norman Rogers, a 24-year-old signalman of 46 Sale Street, Orange, who had a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →11 Injured in Train Smash Adelaide
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5
Eleven people were injured today near the siding at Kilburn, a ten miles from Adelaide. The accident occurred when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Transport Of Superphosphate Now Permitted
Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 2
Wheatgrowers who are experiencing delays in the delivery of superphosphate can obtain from the Commissioner for Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Aerodrome Move Gains Fresh Heart Orange Council May Have Trouble Resuming Land at Spring Hill
Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3
Molong Municipal Council now believes it has an excellent chance of having an aerodrome established west of Orange because it has received information that Orange City Council has not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fear of Fatal Smash on Road to Emmco Factory Traffic Rush
Central Western Daily · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1
Dangerous traffic congestion in Edward Street, Orange, at starting and knock-off times at Emmco…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shovel Still Valuable Item in Road Drainage Equipment Big Machinery "Useless" for Drainage
Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
A shovel could be more effective than heavy mechanised equipment in doing some drainage work throughout the shire, councillors stated at Monday's meeting of the Boree Shire Council at Cudal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst Railway Robbery
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 2
Some time during Wednesday night or early yesterday morning the stores shed at the Bathurst Railway Per Way yards was broken into and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of the Road Heavier Than War
National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2
CANBERRA, Friday: Figures quoted by the Federal Minister for Transport, (Mr. Beale) in Parliament today show that Australia's road casualties last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General News Railway Football Club
National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2
Members and intending members of Railway Football Club are reminded that training will take place on Sunday morning at 9.30 sharp. Players…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three More Road Deaths at Weekend; Cycle Crash Struck Fence
Central Western Daily · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1
Two youths and a man were killed in road accidents on the Mitchell Highway over the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Killed—another Injured Fatality at Dunkeld Truck Crashes Through Bridge; Topples Into Creek
National Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2
A Sydney Morning Herald newspaper delivery truck crashed seven miles west of Bathurst on the Orange Road at Dunkeld yesterday morning, killing the driver instantly and seriously injuring a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorcycle Accident
National Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2
When a motorcycle he was riding got out of control on the Great Western Highway near Kelso at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, Pte. K. Milne (20)…
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