Country Road Accident Figures
Road Accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed a substantial increase for the three months ended September 30 last, by the latest…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
447 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 23
Whole Dutch Nation Carries Railway Strike
That the whole Dutch nation in German occupied Holland carries the general railway strike ordered by the Allied High Command on the 17th September,…
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SALT LAKE CITY, January 1.— At least. 50 people were killed and 150 injured when the second section of the Southern Pacific…
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Sydney, January 2.—Several hundred passengers on the north coast mail were delayed for more th[?] three hours last night. A ball charged the train and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clearing Train Wreckage At Picton
THE clearing of the train wreckage from the scene of the recent derailment on the Adelaide line near Picton, has gone ahead so rapidly that…
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LONDON, January 2.—F/O Lionel Rackley, DFC, of Brisbane, who parachuted from a badly damaged Lancaster, fell on a fast-moving train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Trucks Coming Deliveries In Jan., Feb. and March
New York, January 2.—For the first time since Pearl Harbor, motor trucks for Australian essential and civilian use will be procured from Canada this year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Hits Bull; 4 Hours Delay
SYDNEY.—A bull which is sup posed to have jumped the railway gates at a level crossing at Bulliac derailed the lender of an engine…
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ANOTHER serious train crash, similar to the recent derailment near Picton, occurred yesterday when an ore concentrates train was derailed about 10 a.m. between Olary and Outalpa on the Cockburn-Peterborough line. About 14…
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Sydney, January 3.—There is not hope of any major relaxation of existing curbs on the use of motor tyres, petrol, or accessories in 1945, said the Minister for…
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MELBOURNE.—Tasks involved in the conversion of Australian railways to a standard gauge of 4ft. 8½in. are detailed in a report being prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide Train Late
Yesterday the Adelaide train was an hour and 10 minutes late Mr. T. C. Gun, superintendent of the [?]verion Tramway Company, [?] that…
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Kandy, January 4.—Today's S.E.A.C. communique announces that heavy bombers of the Eastern Air Command damaged locomotives, rolling sock, and tracks on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surplus Aircraft And Motor Sales
Melbourne, January 4.—Since the Commonwealth Disposals Commission announced that 100 surplus aircraft were for sale. hundreds of inquiries have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Control of Motor Parts Revised
In connection with the control of motor parts the local representative of the Royal Automobile Association has been advised that coils,…
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MELBOURNE.—Five goods trains and two pilot engines passed within inches of William Dickie (25), of Footscray, aa he lay injured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Affects Railways
Geelong, December 5.—The absence of heavy rains in the south-western district is causing concern to railway officials Unless rain falls main, most railway…
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GRAFTON—The South Grafton branch of the Australian Railways Union is threatening a 24-hour strike as a protest against…
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NEW YORK, January 9. — The Yonkers Transit Corporation, which supplies a tram service to New York City, reported on Saturday night that…
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For failing to keen to the left when making a right hand turn from Bonanza Street into Patton Street. a motor cyclist was fined £2 in the…
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