Motor Transport Cracking in U.S.A.
According to one of America's leading automotive joumnls, motor transportation in that country is cracking up, and is already affecting the movement of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1944
504 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 26
Wentworth Road In Bad Condition
Several sections of the Wentworth road constitute a menace to motorists, and the road generally is in the worst condition for many months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Landing In New Guinea Harbor and Aerodrome in Possession No Source of Supply for Enemy, Who Face Destruction New Guinea, January 3
Taking the Japs completely by surprise, Americans of the 6th Army landed at Saidor in New Guinea on Sunday morning, and by night had taken possession of the harbor and aerodrome. Considerable Jap forces are now trapped between the Americans…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Train Travel
SYDNEY.—Figures released by the Railways Department reveal that 288,000 people left Sydney in the two weeks ended on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Men Return On Special Train
A special train which arrived from Adelaide this morning, brought 220 passengers, most of them mineworkers and members of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby's Escape in Fall From Electric Train Sydney, January 4
A five-months' old baby boy escaped serious injury when he fell, strapped in n stroller, from an electric train on the North Shore line today. When…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BOGGED Hill-Mildura Road
On Sunday last two cars Were bogged in the vicinity of Popiltah on the Broken Hill-Milldura rood, and were sot out of their difficulties by road Samaritans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allies Fighting For Road To Rome
LONDON, January 6.—Allied troops of the Fifth Army are within five miles of Cassino, the German stronghold barring the road to Rome. While one force has completed the capture of the village of San Vittore, the defence outpost of Cassino, an Allied wedge is being pushed forward into the mountains west of Venafro, and, threatens to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Defence Line for Germans Enemy's Counter-Attacks Beaten Back Red Army Approaching Main Railway at Rate of Ten Miles a Day London, January 6
Although Russia has not yet officially announced that the Red Army has crossed the Polish border (presumably because Russia-only recognises that fixed in the Russo-German pact), Berlin radio tonight tacitly admitted that the Russian forces had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Belgians Told to Keep Off Roads
LONDON, January 7.—At the request of the Allied High Command, the British Broadcasting Corporation today broadcast the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men for Queensland Railways Sydney, January 11
The co-operation of the Munitions Department, the Director-General of Manpower and trade unions is being sought with a view to facilitating the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram-Truck Smash Girl at Inquest Brisbane, January 1[?]
The girl who was injured in a tram and US. military truck smash at Moorooka in September, in which five were killed and 22 injured, appeared at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Trespassing Action by Commissioner Sydney, January 12
Railway employees who trespass on portions of railway property where they are not required to be in the performance of their duties are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Repairs
On Wednesday a party of Main Roads Board men took in hand the very bad part of the Broken Hill—Mildura Road on Poplitah country, where the Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram-Truck Collision Driver Gets Six Years Not Now in Australia Brisbane, January 13
It was stated in the Coroner's Court today that the driver of the American truck, Pte. High James Copeland, of the U.S. Army, which collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cars Damaged
Two cars parked in Blende Street near Chloride Street suffered slight damage at 11.45 o'clock last night. A report made to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicles Collide
Harold J. C. Warren, of the Zinc Corporation cottages, has reported to the police that about 11.45 o'clock on Thursday night a motor car driven by James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →500 Killed In Train Crash GIBRALTAR, January 16
Spanish reports indicate that at least 500 persons were killed when an express collided with a goods train in a tunnel near Leon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →15 Killed In Train Crash LONDON, January 17
It is officially announced that 15 persons were killed and 30 injured when a comparatively slow moving train form Norwich ran into the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →25 Injured in Tram Collision Sydney, January 17
Twenty-five people were injured by flying glass and treated at the hospital when two trams collided outside Rushcutters Bay tram depot early tonight…
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