New Hawkesbury River Bridge
Sydney, May 15.—The new Hawkesbury River bridge, which will be opened for traffic on July 1, will take trains thundering over it at 70 m.p.h.—a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Hawkesbury Bridge Ready in July
SYDNEY—The last of the eight spans of the new railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River was floated into position…
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LONDON, May 16.—Increased wages to engineers and motor workers and the higher cost of raw materials are given as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Menindee Gymkhana Train Cancelled
Mr. J. W. McNaily, secretary Ma[?]dee Gymkhana Committee received word yesterday stating that the special train from Broken Hill to Menindee…
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A race meeting and gymkhana will be held on the Menindie racecourse on Saturday, June 1. Proceeds will go to the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truman Threatens To Take Over American Railways
Washington, May 17.—President Truman today announced that the Government would take over the nation's railroads if the labor and…
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BATHURST.—The main western line was torn up for a considerable distance last night as a result of derailments of an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Workers' Picnic At Menindee
The annual picnic of the Railways No. [?] West Area, was held at the river town of Menindee on Sunday May 29, but unfortunately the weather [?]went [?]or to…
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THE annual picnic of the Government Railways No. 6 West Area was held at Menindie on Sunday. A special train left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indian Gang Ambush Food Train
Bombay, May 21.—An In[?] gang ambushed a food train in d[?] and ran[?] the grain [?] The gang descended on the train [?] the [?]gle near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tibooburra News Engineers Interviewed Regarding Hill-tibooburra Road
On Monday last in Broken Hill o deputation representing the Tiboo burro district waited on the Main Roads Board engineers, Mr. McEvoy and Mr. Alexander, in reference to the Broken Hill-Tibooburra Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner Friday, May, 24, 1946. Real Road To Prosperity
Three men prominent in public life recently spoke on the subject of the outlook for Australia, and each agreed that Australia has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Before Railways
Brisbane, May 24.—The establishment of sound water and rural development schemes before complete standardisation of railways was advocated by the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S.A. Plunged Into Chaos Railway Strike Causes General Paralysis
New York, May 24.—Chaos swiftly spread throughout major sections of the nation's vast railway network when the conference at the White House between the railway companies and men failed to yield an agreement in time to stave off the strike at the…
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SYDNEY.—The Chairman of the City Council Traffic Committee (Ald. N. Harding) advocates removal of the entire surface…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Strike in U.S.A. ENDS Coincides With Truman's Appeal For Drastic Action
Washington, May 26.—The railway strike was settled yesterday three minutes before the time set by President Truman for troops to take over the operation of the railways. The unions accented the Presidential offer made on Wednesday of 18 1/2 cents…
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[?]land, May 28.—President of the Railway Brother[?] Mr. Whitney denied that his union would spend forty-seven [?] dollars to defeat President…
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Washington, May 27.—President Truman has ordered that railways be returned to their owners who reported that train services throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Unification Comments
Melbourne, May 27.—No-further headway towards railway unification could be made until a new plan including full details of financial commitments was evolved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Reply Given To Protest About Railway Cuts
No reply has yet been received by the Chamber of Commerce from the South Australian railway authorities in reference to a…
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