Sydney Tram Problem
Sydney.— Heated arguments among members of the Labor Party caucus are expected to follow the release of a report by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Tibooburra Road
Mr. F. Peterson (assistant maintenance engineer, of the Department of Main Roads) today commenced an inspection of the…
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Albert Kennewell, railway fettler, of Kinalung, was ordered to pay a total of £ 1/14 after being found guilty of having attempted to avoid payment of a 5/3 railway fare from Kinalung to Broken Hill on…
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Work has been started by the City Council engineering department on the reconstruction of Williams Street, between Oxide and Chloride Streets. That section of roadway has been the source of…
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The wish has often been expressed that this city should have a central railway [?]tation. The use of this is obvious—it [?]ould fe[?]hate the transi[?]r of passengers…
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In the Police Court yesterday, Albert Kennewell, a fettler from Kinalung pleaded not guilty on two charges of having avoided payment of railway…
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Sydney.—Alarmed at the increasing number of motor cycle accidents, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) will…
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When a car struck a sandy patch of the Stephens Creek road early Sunday morning it overturned and one passengers was admitted to hospital and another…
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Several motorists were spoken to by the police during the week end about their car headlights. In most cases the lights were too high or glaring. As some of the cars were new…
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Parkes, May 15.—John Armstrong McCauley (80) of Trundle, was killed instantly last night when a shunting train decapitated him in Parkes marshalling…
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Sydney, May 16.—Police believe the 28-year-old mother of four children who was killed by an electric train between Bankstown and Yagoona early…
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London, May 15.—One man was killed and fifteen people injured at British motor racing events yesterday. A Grand Prix car skidded oft the track at 100…
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Sydney—Sydney's worst tram smash in recentyears occurred early today, when three trams raced across tracks and roads at Rozelle and collided headlong on the footpath of a street corner, splitting a…
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Sydney. May 17.—Aproval of the appointment of a committee to inquire into road accidents involving motor cyclists has been approved by Acting…
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Laie arrival of today's produce train from Adelaide was caused by the front pair of wheels of a covered van leaving the rails…
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For the first time since 1918 the Cooper's Creek has cut the Birdaville road and has isolated the area to the north from all but air transport…
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The Acting Minister for Transport (Mr. W. F. Sheahan) has decided to set up a committee to inquire into accidents involving motor cycles. The…
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There was a good gathering at the Trades Hall on Tuesday night for the inaugural meeting of the Hill Drivers' Association—a club for any interested…
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A twenty-year-old girl who was knocked off her bicycle by a motor cycle about 8.20 o'clock last night was later admitted to the Hospital…
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The Chamber of Commer[?] has moved in the matter of securing a new road to Cockburn by the extension of the new road now on its way to Silverton—a…
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