Report on Railways to Premier
Sydney.—The N.S.W. Premier (Mr, McGirr) will examine a report on railway efficiency submitted him by his under-secretary…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Railway Porter Dies Found Terribly Injured
Sydney, January 16.—A Strathfield railway porter was found with terrible injuries lying beside the line at Strathfield this morning. He was Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Truck Shortage Delays Work at the Aerodrome
Shortage of trucks is causing delay on the aerodrome extension work being carried out by the City Council's engineering department. The work is being done by Council on behalf of the Department…
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Extensions of the drag-premix on the Menindee and Wentworth roads is to be undertaken by the City…
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Melbourne, January 17. — A one-legged man on crutches fell under a moving train at Flinders Strict station on Saturday afternoon. He was pulled…
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The Commissioner for New south Wales Railways (Mr. Garside), who was to have arrived on last night's comet advised the Crystal Street Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ten Diesels For N.S.W. Railways
Sydney. — Ten diesel-electric locomotives, ordered from Great Britain by the N.S.W. Department of Railways, will haul fast express…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crash From Harbor 'Bridge
Sydney.—The badly smashed body of a young man was found on a footpath 100 feet below the southern approach to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wilcannia Road In Shocking Condition
In many parts the road between Broken Hill and Wilcannia is in shocking condition. Graders are employed on this road now the men endeavoring to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Transport In 1948 Buoyant Taxation
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries has assessed the taxation paid by the Industry and motor users, during the last year as exceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bright Signs For Motorists
RAIL CROSSING SIGNS, left, at May Terrace, Woodville, an Adelaide suburb, painted with red luminous naint, which picks up headlamp reflections immediately. RIGHT—A stop sign at the corner of Greenhill Road an d Victoria Drive is in white…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shocking Road Wilcannia-Broken Hill After Rain
Graders are on the road between Wilcannia and Broken Hill repairing it in the some old way after quite many days of trouble and misery for every driver of every motor vehicle—an ordeal that is repeated after every rain…
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New developments in the strike of casual laborers at the N.S.W. Railways trans-shipping yards are:—A rejection by strikers of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Yard Strike Meeting
Strike at the local transhipping, yards will be dealt with at a special meeting of all A.R.U. members to be held tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Produce Train Difficulties
The restricted produce train service. which was imposed nearly a fortnight ago because of the South Australian coal shortage,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Bus Owners Reply To Town Clerk
To the Editor, Sir.—In reply to Mr. Crowleys letter In attacking "Ratepayer" in this morning's "Barrier Daily Truth," we desire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Yards Strike Ended
The four-day strike of casual employees at the Government transhipping yards ended last night. At a meeting of the Broken Hill branch of the Australian Railways Union the men accepted a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Double Pay On Sundays For Tram And Gas Men
Adelaide, January 22.—Double time was granted today to shift workers on Sundays in the gas and tram industries. This may mean increases in…
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Keith Knill, of 577 Beryl Street, was admitted to the Hospital on Saturday at 5.15 p.m. after a motor cycle accident…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Death Railway Shunter
Armidale, January 25.—A shunter was mangled to death when an engine and four trucks passed over his body in in Armidale goods yards today. He…
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