Patriots Derail Train Cairo, March 2
Greek Patriots, led by a British officer, derailed a German troop train near Mt. Olympus, killing 400 officers and men, including a general and high staff…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
504 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 26
Japs Fail To Recapture Los Negros Aerodrome Early Morning Attack Repulsed with Heavy Losses Japanese Position on Manus Island Being Blasted by Bombers March 2
The first Japanese attempt to recapture Momote aerodrome from the Americans who landed on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands on Tuesday has been repulsed and nearly a hundred Japanese were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Motor Power Possibilities of the Future
Although there has been for some years a growing belied that, sooner or later, on internal combustion engine would be developed to challenge the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Death Accidental, Fall From Motor Cycle
CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding the death of James Allan Cameron (33), overseer of Mt. Victor Station, near Waukaringa, S.A., in the Broken Hill Hospital on February 11 were probed by Mr. M. J. D. Austin, Acting Coroner, in the Coroner's Court this morning…
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ADELAIDE.—Judge DrakeBrockman, of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, will confer with union representatives in Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Railway By-laws Sydney, March 3
A new railway by-law gazetted today provides that any person falling to shut and securely fasten a gate at a level crossing shall be liable to a penalty not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatened S.A. Railway Strike Judge Brockman to Inquire Canberra, March 3
The Prime Minister. Mr. Curtin, said today that Judge Drake Brockman, of the Arbitration Court would arrive in Adelaide tomorrow in an attempt to call…
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ADELAIDE.—The South Australian threatened railway hold-up for Monday was called off today when a special sitting of the Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Stop Work
ADELAIDE.—About 3,000 employees of the Islington railway workshop area attended a stop-work meeting in the Botanic Park this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russians Drive in Sharp Wedge 15 Miles Of Important Railway Over-Run Germans Endeavoring to Wipe Out Penetration in Vitebsh Sector London, March 5
Cabling last night, the Moscow correspondent of Reuter's says that the most important tactical development in Russia in the preceding 24 hours was the sharp wedge the Russians have driven between Pskov and Ostrov. He soys that the Russians over-ran…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →15 Trucks Derailed On Sydney Railway
Kaleentha, about 90 miles from Broken Hill, was the scene of a derailment today when 16 trucks, in a rake of about 30 comprising a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goods Train Derailment
When [?] trucks in a rake or about 30 in a goods train coming to Broken Hall from Sydney were detailed at Kal[?] about 90 miles from Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Booking of Seats For Special S.A. Train
Local citizens are planning their Easter holidays and when booking opened at the Sulphide Street railway station yesterday there was a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fate of Nazis in Lower Dnieper Sealed Reported Cutting Of Main Odessa To Poland Railway
LONDON, March 6.—The Russians have cut the main railway line between Odessa and Poland, virtually sealing the fate of the German divisions still resisting on the lower Dnieper…
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CANBERRA.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) has announced that Sir Harold Clapp is inquiring into Australia's railway system and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Few Seats Left on Train for Adelaide
The special train leaving for Adelaide on April 6 has been fully booked. The manager of the Silverton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Specialists Visit
Mr. H. Davis, a special officer from the Railway Commissioner's office, Sydney, is in Broken Hill on official duties. Mr. Davis specialises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bourke to Cunnamulla Railway Advocated
Although Bourke and Cunnamulla are in different States an agitation is being set a foot in both these centres for the construction of a line to connect them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge To Assist Seamen's Mission
One of the queens in the competition being conducted to assist the Seamens'Mission at Port Adelaide is Miss Iris Swalwell, formerly of South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge for Seamen's Mission
To raise funds for the Seamen's Mission, Port Adelaide, a Queen Competition is being held there. One of the entrants is Miss Iris Swalwell a former…
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