Motor Cycle Accidents
Melbourne, January 25.—Motor-cycle casualties in the 12 months to June 30 last totalled 5,857—an average of 16 a day, and representing a ratio of 60…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Exhibition of Motorways Models
The Rt. Hon Alfred .Barnes. M.P., the Minister of Transport, recently opened an exhibition of Motorways Models in the main hall of Berkeley Square House, London. The exhibition coincides with the first meeting of the Standing, Committee of the House of Commons to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silent Trams for Victoria
Melbourne.—Silent type American trams would be running in Melbourne within a few months, said the chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maimed By Train Boy Runs Home
Newcastle, January 26.—A boy yesterday ran 50 yards home to his mother after a train had crushed his left arm from shoulder to finger-tips…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.A.A. To Seek Petrol Tax Cut More Money Needed For Roads
The Australian Automobile Association representing 320,000 members of constituent bodies has decided to make an immediate approach to the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Balts On Railways
Melbourne, January 26.—Employment of about 200 Balt migrants as "special gangs" on maintenance work on the Victorian Railways is proposed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney's Tram Costs Create Plight
Sydney, January 26.—Two months after raising fares, the N.S.W. tram and bus services face a loss of more than twice as big as the Government…
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Sydney.—The first of 10 new Diesel two-car rail motors began running on the Dubbo-Coonamble line on Tuesday…
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The Broken Hill-Mildura Road is in shocking condition. This was stated last night by a fruit carrier who was bogged for an hour and a half on Wednesday…
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The city Engineer (Mr. E. A. Johns) reported time to the monthly meeting of the City Council last night on the roads and other work during the month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Accidents Man Seriously Injured
A motor cyclist suffered serious head injuries when his machine collided with a post on South Hill about midday yesterday…
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Two men were admitted to the Hospital and the motor cycle they were riding was badly damaged when it entered a paten of loose…
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West Wyalong.—The police are trying to find the cause of injuries received by a young Woman, who was found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Injured In Motor Bike Accident
Yesterday afternoon at about 4.20 o'clock a young man received rathe bad injuries in a fall from a motor cycle on the Menindee Road near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outback Roads "Trafficable"
Mr. H. G. Alexander, relieving district engineer, describee outback roads, today, as "on the whole, tramicable." Repairs to roads damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Wrecks Car But Woman and Children Saved
When the brakes of her car foiled appreaching a railway level crossing at Toorak (Melbourne) on Saturday, a woman jumped to safety with two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lithgow Railway Men Have One Day Strike Treble Rates For Anniversary Day Claimed
Sydney, January 31.—The distribution of thousands of tons of food, merchandise and coal to towns along the western railway line was delaved by a one day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concession Railway Parcels Up In Price
Sydney, January 30.—Some concession rates at present granted for the carriage of parcels on N.S.W. railways are to be cancelled and increased concession rates…
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Mervyn Evans, who suffered a fractured knee cap abrasions and slight concussion when he fell from his motor cycle on Sunday afternoon, was stated from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Bookings on S.a. Railway
Railway bookings from Broken Hill are unusually heavy for this time of the year, the manager of the Silverton Tramway Co. (MT,…
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