Army Truck and Tram in Collision
SYDNEY—With a heavy crash an army truck and a tram collided at the intersection of King & Kent Streets, city, early this morning. Three…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Wests Too Strong For Railway Town
WESTS had no trouble in defeating Railway Town on No. 1 wicket at the Western Oval this afternoon…
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SYDNEY.—Federal Cabinet yesterday approved an increase of 50 per cent. in the petrol ration for private motorists—class 2 licence-holders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Produce Train
The produce train due in on Saturday morning, left Peterborough at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and on it were passengers who had come from Adelaide on…
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The Menindee bus arrived at the river lown just a little late on Thursday evening. Up till then only moderate rain had fallen. It came down after and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Road Negotiated
THE Royal Automobile Association has been advised that one of its members had, with difficulty, negotiated the bad section of the…
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Mr. T. C. Gun, general manager of the S. T. Co. said last night that there was now ever indication that on Tuesday services will be restored…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passenger Tells Of Gruelling Trip On Delayed Sydney Train
AFTER a 48-hour trip from Sydney, passengers who left the State capital on Thursday night arrived in Broken Hill just after 8 p.m. on Saturday. They were transhipped at the scene of the Menindee Lake derailment into a steam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Inches At Sunny Dale Mildura Road Impassable
The Mildura bus service is still suspended. Exceptionally heavy rain has fallen in the direction of Mildura, the greatest fall being at Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sleeping Cars On Sydney Train
It was advised from the Crystal St. Station that sleeping car accommodation will be available on the Parkes to Sydney train from next Tuesday…
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There were over 40 [?] for [?]ken Hill in the goals [?] that arrived at Cock[?] at 11 o'clock on Sunday night. Mr. C. W. Ma[?] brought them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Country Towns Flooded Train Derailed
SYDNEY.—Torrential rain throughout the Moree-Inverell district last night brought the Gwydir River to the biggest flood since 1920. Early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Services Resumed But Arrive Late Because Of Greatly Reduced Speed
RAIL services on both the Adelaide and Sydney lines, which were badly disorganised due to washaways and derailments on Friday, have been resumed. Passenger trains on both the South Australian and Sydney railways have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Services Resumed Last Night COMET 1 1/2 Hours Late: Trains Packed
Last night when the ordinary Monday night Comet arrived at Crystal Street Station, and the ordinary Adelaide express pulled out from Sulphide Street Station, Broken Hill was once more in full and regular train contact with Sydney and Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dangerous Hole in Foot Road
A much used foot-road is that from South Broken Hill through the old Central lease and Block 10. connecting with the main South road near the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crowded Train Arrives Late Work On S.A. And S.T. Lines Still Proceeding
Yesterday morning, the Adelaide express arrived at Railway Town Station at 10.55 am., and at Sulphide Street Station at 11.10 a.m. This meant the train was nearly three hours late. The late arrival of this train caused the second Comet to be late leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.A. Country News Bulletin Motoring Program For 1946
First point in the New Year program of the Australian Automobile Association, of Which the RAA is a constituent member. is to seek removal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work Of Restoration On Railway Lines
WORK of restoration is still being continued on both the S.A. and Sydney lines to restore them to normal following washaways and derailment in last week's rains. Temperary repairs allowed services to be resumed on Monday, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Acceptance Of New Federal Offer To Standardise Railways
MELBOURNE.—The Commonwealth would now meet half the costs of standardising the railway gauges of Australia, Mr. Chifley told the Premiers' Conference in Canberra yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Menindee Roads and Rain
The rain that fell late last week— during Thursday night—gave a registration of 261 points at Menindee and great rains fell over the whole district,…
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