Verdict For Defendant Stephens Creek Road Accident
A verdict for defendant was returned late yesterday afternoon in the Policy Court by Mr. R. W. S. Kelly in the case in which William Wallace Miller sought…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
504 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 26
Transport Minister Makes Inspection of Tibooburra Road
FOLLOWING an inspection yesterday of the Tibooburra road as far as Fowler's Gap, the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. O'Sullivan) has promised to do all he can to have improvements made to the road and will endeavor to have another grader and more tractors released to help with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ministerial Visit Mr. O'sullivan's Road Inspection
Yesterday morning the Minister for Transport. Mr. M. O'Sullivan. went at far as Fowler's Gap on an inspection of the Broken Hill-Tibooburra road…
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The Minister for Transport, Mr. M. O'Sullivan, met several deputations in Broken Hill on Wednesday evening. Messrs. F. Kelly and E. Wattison,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister on Tibooburra Road Grader Would Do the Work If Secured
The Minister for Transport, Mr. M. O'Sullivan, arrived in Broken Hill on Monday evening, and on Tuesday morning, accompanied by Mr. W. H. McEvoy, district engineer Mr. E. M. Horsington, M.L.A.; Mr. Arthur Bottom, manager of Bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Camps In Bad State
Messrs. J. Ferguson (secretary of the A.R.U.), Winser (chief staff superintendent of railways), Alf Martin (A.R.U. organiser) and J. G. Polkingh[?]ne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Housing
An official investigation of the housing conditions of railway men in the camps at Kinnalung Menindee and Kaleentha has been carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs Decisively Defeated Road Block Maintained London, Mar, 2
Two thousand Japs who made four attempts to break through the Chandits road and rail bocks north of Manwin, have been decisively defeated, states the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →17-Year-old Escapee Crashes Motor Car
ADELAIDE.—A car stolen on Tuesday night by the 17-year-old escapee from the Magill Reformatory was found crashed on a bridge near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Commissioner Coming
Mr. E. M. Horsington has been advised by the Minister for Transport:—"I thought you would be interested to know that following upon my recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Derailing Attempts Sydney, May 4
While the limited express from Albury to Sydney was travelling at 60 miles an hour near Marulan yesterday morning. the engine struck an obstruction, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Attempt to Wreck Mail Train
SYDNEY.—Detectives now think that children may have been responsible for the alleged attempt to wreck the Melbourne limited express near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Road Graded Big Improvement
Last week the street leading from Bourke Street to the Hospital was formed and graded. The work was carried out by the power grader, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Transport Chief to Visit Broken Hill
Investigations into local problems regarding issue of petrol, tyres and spare parts will be carried out by the Commissioner for Road Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Crippled by Bombing French And Belgian Unable To Supply Germany's Invasion Needs Bulgarian and Balkan Railways in Hopeless Muddle London, May 4
The spokesman of the Ministry of Economic Warfare stated that recent Allied bombing had created a situation in which the French and Belgian railways—which were rather senile to start with—could not cope with the peak load necessary for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unemployed Pockets Commercial Motor Use Geelong, May 4
Many small industries which had been engaged in small arms production were creating pockets of unemployment, said the Minister for War Organisation. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hit And Run Motorist
Knocked down by a hit and run motorist in Oxide Street at 10.45 o'clock last night a man was later admitted to Hospital suffering from abrasions. bruises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Hit-run Motor Case
The third alleged hit-run motor car incident, within a few weeks, occurred late last night when a man was knocked down in Oxide Street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Collision
Cars driven by Jack Wyatt, of Hebbard Street, and James Lloyd, of the Excelalor Hotel, came into, collision at the intersection of Kaolin and Thomas…
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