Friendly Road
IN THE STORM. “He saw the face of a little child and looked on God.” This was said, not of some devout parent, but of a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Roads and Transport (To the Editor)
Sir,—In present this fine bus to the people of our district, I am afraid a grave disservice has been inflicted on us. It is all too modern, too luxurious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heddon Greta Bridge. (To the Editor)
Sir,—In a recent issue of the EAGLE "Pioneer" quite sensibly points out a danger that faces a big number of people, especially those living on the south…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Government Authorities Congratulate Rover Motors. Evolution in Road Transport. Cessnock Leads—others Follow
The Maitland Town Hall on Tuesday night looked like a local Government conference, when Rover Motors Ltd., of Cessnock, entertained Aldermen and Councillors from a wide area. There were representative present from Greater Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-war Reconstruction and Road Transport
THE COMMONWEALTH is going to be faced with many problems in post-war reconstruction, and one of these will be road transport. The type of vehicle now being introduced for road transport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Allied Raid on Hansa Bay 170 Tons of Bombs Dropped on the Aerodrome (From Our Correspondent)
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Friday—Flames rising to 500 feet from numerous fires followed a heavy raid by escorted Allied heavy and medium units on Hansa Bay, New Guinea, where 170 tons of bombs were dropped on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Advertisers of Motor Vehicles
Persons who wish to advertise motor vehicles for sale must include the name and address of the motor vehicle, the year, model of the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Road To Stockrington
Mr. Gen Booth MLA has been advised by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) that the dedication of a new road to the group of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unification of Railways
CANBERRA Sat—The Minister for Transport, Mr. Ward, announced to-day that Sir Harold Clapp is inquiring into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Loads of Liquor by Back Roads
Travelling only by night and crossing from New South Wales into Queensland by little-used roads and through station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 Asphyxiated In Railway Tunnel
LONDON March 5—Reuter’s Naples correspondent reports that 501 Italians were killed, mostly from asphyxiation, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lwow-Odessa Railway Cut Serious Threat to German Divisions in Lower Dnieper Enemy Admits Possibility of Invasion From the East. London
Dramatic news arrived from Russia to-night to the effect that the Lwow-Odessa railway had been cut by the capture of Volochysk railway station on the line itself. This, says the British United Press, virtually seals the fate of the German divisions still resisting on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Von Manstein’s Lifeline Cut By Russians Capture of Vital Railway Seals Fate of Nazi Force (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON March 6—Dramatic news arrived from Russia tonight to the effect that the Lwow -Odessa railway had been cut by the capture of Volchysk railway station on the line itself, midway between Ternopol and Proskurov…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Hit by Mail Train
While he was driving a motor-car across a level-crossing near Wagga trucking yards on Monday, John Henry Tier, 39, failed to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machinery for Road Work
CANBERRA Wed. — In the House of Representatives the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) told Sir Earle Page (CP, NSW) that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hold-Up At Railway Station
SYDNEY Wed.—A porter at the Canley Vale railway station, near Liverpool, reported to the police last night that he bad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Figures for February
February was a particularly heavy month for live-stock trucking at the local railway station, according to figures in the monthly return, made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Guns and Tanks Roll On 20 Miles of Lwow-Odessa Railway in Russian Hands
Marshal Zhukov's tanks and guns yesterday were rolling on through a sea of mud towards Tarnopol, the biggest town before Lwow, and the junction of four railways. They are also pushing on at other points in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sent to Abattoir As Laborers Go-slow Strikers at Motor Works
Manpower officials on Monday directed 50 men employed at the Ford Company's motor works, Homebush, where a go-slow strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cost of operating Road Plant
The engineer reported to Kearsley Shire Council that in 1943 the cost of operating road maintenance plant including…
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