Fires At Railway Stations SYDNEY, May 11
Damage by fire to suburban railway stations for the second time in 24 hours has lead the police to the belief that a fire bug may be responsible. Fires now…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
507 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 26
Silverton Tramway Employees Reject Offer Result Of Conference And Meeting
At a meeting of the Silverton Tramway employees (all unions) last night it was almost unanimously decided to reject the offer of the directors made yesterday afternoon. This means that the dispute will go before Mr. Rowlands this morning, when he will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference On The Tramway Dispute Again Adjourned
AFTER resuming at 10.30 o'clock this morning in the Town Hall the conference between representatives of the directors and the employees of the Silverton Tramway Company adjourned at 12.40 p.m. until a date to be fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accidents Sydney, May 12
In the first quarter of this year 94 persons were killed and 1,086 injured in 1,667 rood accidents in New South Wales. The Commissioner of Road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silverton Tramway Trouble Conference Adjourned Indefinitely
Although no statement was available when the conference of parties in the Silverton Tramway dispute adjourned yesterday, it is considered that there is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local N.e.s. Pictures at Railway Town
Mr. J. W. Hoare, technical adviser presided at a well represented meeting on Sunday morning, the main business being to consider the future activities of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Motor Driver Convicted
In the Police Court this afternoon Robert Johnson was convicted of a traffic offence. He was fined £2. with 5/6 costs, and ordered to pay £3…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Transport War Brings Great Changes
Throughout the world there has been and still is a bottle to keep highway transportation lines open, and that mostly means transport by automobiles…
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MELBOURNE.—The Minister for Supply and Shipping (Mr. Bensley) has issued an order under which spare parts for motor vehicles are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Town Trophy Winners
Railway Town Cricket Club held their wind-up social last Saturday. Toasts for the evening were: "The King." "Premiers." "Runners-up" and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.m. and Party Have Trouble on Wet Roads
WESTERN district hospitality is a memory cherished by some city dwellers, and the many acts of kindness to men who have travelled the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Narrowly Escapes Disaster When Rocks Fall on the Line Near Woy Woy
GOSFORD.—Hundreds of passengers on a special train narrowly escaped disaster yesterday afternoon when hundreds of tons of rock and earth crashed on to the main railway line about 100 yards north of the mile long Woy Woy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drastic Cut Of Motor Vehicles Likely In Future
MELBOURNE—The chairman of the Victorian Liquid Fuel Committee (Mr. A. J. Fraser). presiding at a conference of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Disaster Averted Landslides Block Rails SYDNEY, May 20
Carrying hundreds of passengers, a special train narrowly escaped disaster in the main northern railway line yesterday afternoon when two landslides,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Food for the Train Traveller Services by the R.r.r
Fowls must lay 2,000,000 eggs, cows must produce 364,000 gallons of milk and orchards must grow 64,000 cases of fruit to keep the New South Wales train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move to Stop Bus and Tram Overcrowding
CANBERRA.—The rationalisation of bus and tram transport in the capital cities to check wartime overcrowding is being considered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Communal Use of Motor Cars
MELBOURNE.-- Land Tansport Board officials said today that the communal use of motor vehicles offered the best prospect of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Afternoon
Another important event in the Fighting Forces Comforts Fund drive for funds will be the bridge afternoon to be held at the New Masonic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicles Taken
A utility truck reported stolen to the Central Police on Friday night was recovered in the early hours of Saturday morning. The utility, which was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fines in Railways May Cause Unrest
SYDNEY.—The State president of the A.R.U. (Mr. W. M. O'Neill) said today that, the proposal of the Railway Department to introduce a…
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