Restricted Train Services. Mr. Hartigan's Explanation
In a statement issued to the "Eagle" this week the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said that for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Restricted Train Services Mr. Hartigan's Explanation
In a statement issued to the "Chronicle" this week, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said that for many months past…
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About 100 people assembled, at the Stroud Road Mission Hall on Friday night, 23rd June, to celebrate the 21st birthday of Miss Beryl Bowden, the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— More women are required as conductors on trains and buses. About 900 women are now employed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents About 1000 Accidents Each Year (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300-ft. cliff in Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Passengers to Sydney. Compartments Reserved For Merriwa Residents Result of "Diggers" Representations
As the result of a proposal put forward by the secretary (Mr. L. Norris) at the March meeting of the Merriwa sub-branch of the Returned…
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SYDNEY Friday.—The NRMA reports that hundreds of motorists missed collecting their petrol ration tickets for June, owing to…
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NEWCASTLE. Friday.—Jasper Maurice Fittock, of Stroud; was fined £1 with 8/ costs in the Summons Court to-day for…
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The number of people killed because they trespassed on railway property was alarming, said the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan)…
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Smoke billows from installations on the Diepha[?] field (right centre) near Bremen ,Germany as Liberator [?] bear of the Eight U.S. Army Air Force saying back to England in the second day of a six-day American air offensive that ama[?] at military…
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LONDON June 30—A general strike at Copenhagen yesterday paralysed traffic at the main passenger and freight stations,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burma Railway Cut In Many Places Japanese Supply Line Interrupted (Australian Associated Press)
COLOMBO June 30—Allied Mitchell bombers have cut the Burma railway in 25 places in the 50 miles stretch between Naba and Namma, an average of one break every two miles…
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A spreading column of white smoke marks a direct bomb hit by B-25 Mitch bombers the 12th U.S. Army Air Force on a German [?]train in the railroad yards at Oviedo Italy, 60 miles northern Rome on the main line to Florence. Jets of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cecina Captured By The 5th Army Coastal Road To Leghorn Cleared(AUSTRALIAN Associated Press)
LONDON July 2—It was officially announced at Allied Headquarters Italy that the 5th Army last night captured Cecina. The town was taken by Americans after one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents Caused By Little Things (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
“Oh, I’m too busy—I can’t be bothered with little things like that.”- Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…
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NEWCASTLE mon—For stealing two gallons of motor oil Wilfred Lionel Dixon (30), mechanic, was fined £7 or 11 days in the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth Railways Plans for Postwar Expansion
Plans for postwar expansion of Australian Capital Territory and Commonwealth Railways, at a cost of £2,460,000, have been examined by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From Train
SYDNEY, Tuesday— An American Serviceman, William Barness, 29, fell from an electric train last night while it was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulldozer's Work 10 Milks of Road—10 Days
Says Dorrigo "Gazette":— Recently a "Brockway" float of the Forestry Commission transported a tractor and bulldozer belonging to Mr…
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