Mail Train Cars Jump Rails
SYDNEY.—Seven of 11 crowded passenger cars on the Albury mail jumped the rails between Marulan and Towrang, 18 miles…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Fast Train Derailed But No One Injured
Sydney, June 1.—Although the train is believed to have been travelling at 40 to 50 m.p.h. no one was injured when eight of the 11 carriages, which comprised the…
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London, June 5.—Road deaths in Britain during the war averaged 20 a day, says the Minister for War Transport. Road deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Railways Department Wants Labor Unemployed To Be Interviewed Today
Mr. J. Land. National service Officer advises that following imp[?]ies made by the Manpower Directorate into the incidence of unemployment in Broken Hill,…
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MR. G. Kennedy, Inspector in the W ay and Works Branch of the New South Wales Railways Department, has spent the day interviewing unemployed in connection with employment on the railways. He arrived from Sydney on Monday night, and will return by…
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Sir Francis Joseph. Chairman of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation. which organised these supplies, revealed the Britain, in order to expedite…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Call-Up For Railway Work Only 23 Inquiries In Response To Invitations
Concerning the recent reference to unemployed in the city and the invitation to men out of work to make inquiries at the National Service Officer regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycle Handicaps For Road Race
Road racing season of the Broken Hill Cycling Club will open on Sunday, seniors racing over a course of six miles and juniors over two miles…
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Sydney, June 8.—Goods [?] are being looted annually [?] New South Wales railways, and sold [?] the black market at up to five times [?]…
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Wellington (N.Z.), June 11.—Three members of one family were killed, three others were injured, and another man was killed when a small sedan car was hit…
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Mr. Davidson, M.L.A., has received the following from the Minister: "I have had under notice your personal representation regarding renovations to…
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Local unemployed are being interviewed at the National Service Office today and tomorrow in connection with employment on the New South…
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There is a growing realisation in country rea[?] of the influence air travel will have in their development and release from isolation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOCCER Broken Hill-South Australian. Railways In Big Game
Broken Hill and South Australian Railways will meet at the Zinc Oval [?]n Sunday afternoon. Both teams are [?] for victory and the game should provide…
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Sydney, June 17.—There is no prospect [?]f the limit of 30 miles an hour on motor vehicles being lifted for a considerable time, the Minister for Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Derailment on Railway to Cockburn
Several trucks were derailed and the line damaged in a derailment which occurred on the S.A.Broken Hill railway about 8.30 a.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Attacked By Man In Train
SYDNEY.—Mollie Georgina Donegan (28), of Croydon, was roughly handled by a middle-aged man who attacked her in an electric train…
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SYDNEY— Pilfering from railway trains in this State has now reached proportions never previously equalled, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Slippery Road
Coming into Broken Hill yesterday from Popiltah Station Mr. Colin Co[?] experienced a slippery track. The pace had to be very restricted. Light rain had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycle Road Races Tomorrow
The Broken Hill Cycling Club will conduct two road races along the Silverton Road tomorrow afternoon, commencing from the Excelsior Hotel…
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