Motors Collide
On Saturday night at 10.10 o'clock two motor cars collided at the corner of Iodide and Chappie Streets. Eduard John Quinn, 627 Chapple…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
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Missing Plane Seen On Road
DARWIN. — A Tiger Moth missing for three hours in the Northern Territory was found by other planes late in the afternoon. It…
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Brisbane, February 17—By a large majority. Bundaberg railwaymen today rejected the decision of the Brisbane Central Disputes Committee to declare…
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PARIS February 18. — At least 20 persons, including 18 girls, were killed and 10 seriously injured when a goods train crashed into…
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BRISBANE — The official announcement that the State Executive of the Federated Union of Locomotive Enginedrivers, Firemen,…
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Sydney, February 19—All Sydney road transport will stop work for 24 hours on Friday, February 27 to enforce claims for £1 a week wage rise and sick…
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ADELAIDE.—A young man was killed and another seriously injured when the motor vehicles they were riding came into a collision…
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SYDNEY. — To determine a line for Broken Hill Tibooburra road a conference of all parties concerned has been suggested by…
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Sydney, February 20.—A conference of all parties concerned to determine the route for the Broken Hill-Tibooburra Road has been suggested by the…
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Sydney, February 20.—Although increased petrol supplier from Sumatra will be distributed in N.S.W. and Victoria within the next six weeks it will…
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The Broken Hill sporting public are to be catered for with a mixed program at the Western Oval tomorrow afternoon at 2.45 p.m…
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A collision between a motor cycle and a lorry occurred in Argent Street at 12.10 p.m. today resulting in a pillion passenger,…
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MELBOURNE.—Twelve 1500 h.p. diesel electric locomotives— the biggest to be brought to Australia— and six 350 h.p. shunting…
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LONDON, February 22.— A least 14 persons were killed in Switscrland today, when the brakes of a train filled with…
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The Broken Hill Cycling Club presented a program of cycling events at the Western Oval yesterday afternoon, together with the Trolling Club and…
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GOOD cycling was seen at the Western Oval yesterday afternoon, and the motor pacing was a popular feature…
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ADELAIDE.—Ralph R. Rafferty received concussion and other injuries when his motor cyele collided head on with a car at…
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KALGOORLIE.—An attempt to get food to train passengers marooned by floods has failed. The East-West express is held up at Zanthus, 130 miles east of…
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LONDON. February 23—A slow thaw has begun in London and south-east England. Meanwhile, snow ploughs and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OVER 50 Dead in Rail-plane Crashes Worst Train Disaster In Swiss History
Sydney, February 23.—More than 50 people are believed killed following train and aerial crashes in Switzerland, the Philippines and in a flying boot. The train crash is believed to be the worst in the history of the Swiss railway…
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