Returned Soldier Killed by Train
ADELAIDE.—A 21-year-old soldier home on leave from New Guinea was fatally injured by a train at Burra. The victim was Pte. Alfred Harold…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
507 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 26
Australian Motor Industry Big Effect of War
The serious effect of the war on Australia's automobile industry it shown by the fact that the sales of new motor vehicles in the Comomwealth have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Menindee Trip Costs Motorist £12/16/8
Joseph Dinham, a rabbiter, in the Police Court in Broken Hill this week pleaded not guilty to a charge of having used fuel, obtained for business purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Railways Record Earnings
SYDNEY.—A forecast that for the year ending June next the New South Wales Railways earnings would be £35,000,000 compared with £19,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]ap Road Convoy Bombed In Burma
LONDON.—A New Zealand pilot, who was leader in a recent attack against Japanese road convoy in Burma afterwards said: "For…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Killed In Train Smash TOWNSVILLE, February 5
When the engine of their train was derailed last night the driver, Melville Hartley, and the fireman. John Carvelth, both of Charters Towers, were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Year for State Railways Sydney, February 5
A forecast that for the year ending June next the N.S.W. railways earnings would be £35,000,000 as compared with £19,000,000 in 1939, was made today by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Air Victory Attempt to Blitz Wau Aerodrome Fails Forty-one Enemy Planes Shot Down or Damaged Somewhere in Australia, February 7
In one of the most complete air victories of the war, Allied fighters, supported by ground fire, yesterday smashed a Japanese attempt to blitz the Wau aerodrome, and shot down or seriously damaged 41 fighters and bombers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women Railway Porters Threaten Strike
SYDNEY.—Women railway porters and cleaners have issued an ultimatum that they will strike unless their claim for men's wages is considered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed In Train Collision MELBOURNE, February 8
James Patrick Howard (59), of Shepparton, an engine driver, was killed today when a goods train and special train collided bead on at Murchison Fast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Travelling with the East-west Convoy Unvarying Roads, Constant Heat, Eternal Flies, Unending Monotony
The convoy moved off in that indeterminate period between dawn and sunrise. The air was still comparatively cool, but a cloudless sky gave an unmistakeable promise of heat. Normally, the convoy by this time would have been on hour on its way, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aerodrome Essentials
There is a perfect unanimity of opinion on the contention that after the war all branches of mechanical flying will show remarkable vitality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Losses on Railways
"Figures published from time to time showing the number of animals killed or crippled during railway transport appear to have created the impression that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Fire City of Rostov Red Army Battering Forward Over Hitler's Hordes Fighting Increasingly Bitter for Key Railway Junctions London, February 13
German forces in Rostov are reported to hove set fire to the whole of the city. This report, which comes from the Moscow correspondent of the Columbia Broadcasting System, is but part of the dramatic news which still continues to pour from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Private Motoring May Be Banned
CANBERRA. — It was authoritatively learned here yesterday that unless the rubber position in Australia improves private motoring may be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Men Wanted to Train As Munition Workers
More men are wanted to undertake a course in training for munitions work. The course begins on March 1, and the selection committee will meet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Planes Carry More For China Than Burma Road
WASHINGTON, February 15.— Mr. Franklin Ray, chief of the China section of Lend-Lease, has announced that more Lend-Lease goods had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Advance 18 Miles in Southern Tunisia Road Cut And Town Gravely Menaced Advance Costs Rommel Considerable Number of Men and Equipment London, February 15
American troops fought grimly against the German drive in Southern Tunisia, but at 6 p.m. yesterday both Nazi attacking columns had advanced about 18 miles, the upper one making to the west within 15 miles from Sbeilta, and the other thrusting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Tickets to Sydney Identity Cards Essential
It was pointed out yesterday by an official the Crystal Street Railway Station that all people desirous of buying railway tickets to Sydney must show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicles
Despite petrol and tyre shortages, the number of motor vehicles registered in New South Wales has shown a slight upward trend during the past three…
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