Bullet in Brain; Man Travels in Tram
BRISBANE.—A man on Tuesday travelled seven miles by tram from Morooka to Brisbane with a bullet in his brain. He is Norman Morris…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
742 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 38
Our Roads
We were certainly promised a lot dining the war—post war reconstruction it was called. We are not much reconstruction, and we still have shocking…
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Mr. Alexander, roads engineer of the Main Roads Department, sated early this week that the Wilcannia-Broken Hill road was definitely open and all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Born On Train
Brisbane, February 14—The Brisbane to Townsville mail train was held up at Benarby while a woman passenger gave birth to a baby. The mother and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tibooburra News on the Main Road
The Broken Hill-Tibooburro road is passible, but difficulties still exist, particularly at Paigamurtie when two vehicles were held up and had to remain over Sunday night. One was a big lolly on which another…
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ALTHOUGH the protest of the local Retail Fruiterers and Traders' Association in regard to the late arrival of the Tuesday produce train has met with some success, further representations will be made to secure a reversion to the…
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Mr. J. Brenton, secretary of the local association states that he has been adbed by the Chief Trallie Manager for SA Railwave that in response to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable's Motor Cycle Stolen
Latest work of joyriders over the week-end was the taking of a motor bike from the front of premises at 112 Beryl Street last night. The bike…
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The goods train service between Peterborough and Cockburn was suspended yesterday because water was lying on the line near Peterborough,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rains Disrupt Train Service Oodnadatta Gets Food By Planes
Adelaide, February 18.—Floods wd deluges of rain held up many railway services today. Including the Perth-Adelaide express, which was halted at…
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Sydney, February 18.—Unites negotiations between the Australian Railways Union and the Railways Department succeed 1,000 employees at the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Railway Hold-Up Is Likely
SYDNEY. — Unless the strike among saunters at Enfield is settled today there is grave danger that one of the biggest hold-ups of railway…
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ADELAIDE. — The East-West Express, flood-bound since 2 a.m. on Monday with 160 passengers aboard, will not be able to…
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Sydney, February 19.—New South Wales would probably follow the overseas practice and gradually eliminate trams in the sky in favor of buses, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tibooburra News More Road Hold-ups
More glorious rains and more inglorious hold-ups and bogs op the Tibooburra—Broken Hill road have occurred since Thursday of lost week and an aggrovoting transport situation has again developed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stiff Road to White Cliffs Mailman's Experience
Mr. L. H. Russell Green and Sice), taking the mall to White Cliffs on Friday last did not gel far till steady rain set in. He went on however,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Activities in & Around Wilcannia Hospital Road Squabble Ratepayers' Lane Complaints
After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read of the Council meeting held last Thursday, Alderman J. A. Peters queried that portion of the motion setting out the Council's decision to go forward with the acceptance of the grant of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Northern Territory Strike on Railways
DARWIN, February 23.—The Northern Territory's trains—both of them— stopped on Friday night and will not move again until a strike of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silverton Tramway Sports Easter
Mr. A. Delbridge presided over a well attended meeting at the Tramway Hall yesterday, when mattes were dealt with concerning the annual sports to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Revival of Tramway Sports
Runners will be catered for with a Sheffield of £10 and sprint of £5 at the Silverton Tramway employees' sports at Penrose Park on Easte…
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