Council To Employ More Men Temporary Road Gang Jobs
In a special report to Council at [?] monthly meeting last night, the City Engineer. Mr. C. A. Almeida said: "I have asked the foreman to give…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Greatest Cause Of Road Accidents Failure To Give Right Of Way
Sydney, March 27.—During the past ten years road accidents in N.S.W. totaled have thousand killed and 63,000 injured. The Road Safely Council today…
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The Silverton Tramway Picnic and Sports will be held at Penrose Park, Silverton on Easter Monday. At a meeting held last Sunday everything was…
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While the Melbourne plane was moving out to its take-off position on Saturday afternoon a strong gust of wind caught the machine…
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A motoring party went to Quondong yesterday afternoon and on return last night reported that rain had fallen all the way. The creek at Quondong…
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Messrs Davidson and Horsington, M'sL.A., are in receipt of the following from the Minister for Transport: "I am writing with further reference…
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BROKEN HILL'S total rainfall since Friday was taken to 205 points in further showers on Saturday and Sunday. Conditions on both days were threatening with intermittent showers. Further rain was also…
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Melbourne, March 30.—A tram conductress pulled a badly injured man from a blazing car after it bad collided with her tram at Brighton last night…
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Broken Hill police were advised yesterday of the death at Stawell, Victoria, of Mary Doreen Bain bridge, daughter of Mrs. Lillian…
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THE R.A.A. Guide (Mr. K. Dowsett) has supplied Information regarding outback roads. The Adelaide road is passable, but extreme caution must be taken at bridge approaches. From Broken Hill to Silverton the road ls in reasonable condition. The Menindee…
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The Red Cross monthly bridge party will be held in the Grand Hotel lounge tomorrow afternoon, not next Monday at stated in yesterday's issue…
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REPLY of the directors of the Silverton Tramway Co. to the proposal of the Silverton Tramway Employes' Union…
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OUTBACK mails are slowly creeping in and following the arrival of the Menindee mail yesterday afternoon the Coombah…
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Last night a special mass meeting of Silverton Tramway Company employees was held at the Trades Hall to consider the reply of the Company to a proposal by the union that a short term agreement on the Company's terms be accepted for…
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SYDNEY.—A "blitz" buggy skidded on the wet surface in Canterbury Road, Belmore, early this morning and crashed into a…
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At a meeting held lust Sunday matters concerning the Silverton Tramway Employees' Club picnic were finalised, and a large…
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SILVERTON Tramway Company employees at a meeting held last night accepted the proposal of the company fer a three years' agreement from July last with the right to discuss the hours question at the end…
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Motorists intending to spend the holiday period outback should be wary of rough roads, most district roads having been badly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demand For Seats On S.A. Train
Due to the heavy demand for seats on the Adelaide express an extra carriage was made available on last night's train. An…
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Struck by a car near the intersection of Sulphide and Blende Streets about 7.45 p.m. last night, Thomas Grenfell, an elderly man,…
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