Boat Train Runs To Paris
LONDON January 15.— The first civilian boat tram since May, 1940, left London terminus today for Paris…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Death Took No Holiday [Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales]
Death took no holidays on the roads in New South Wales. Fortunately, the preliminary reports indicate that fewer were killed in road accidents than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sandy Hollow Railway. Col. Bruxner Urges P.O.W. Be Used to Complete Work
The use of prisoner of war labor to complete the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway, was urged in the Legislative Assembly by the Leader of the Country…
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NEWCASTLE — Removal of 146 concrete blocks weighing in all seven tons and timber of the weight of three tons has been…
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SYDNEY Thursday.—An unidentified man was killed late last fight when struck by an [?] train 50 yards on the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Secretary for the Railways (Mr. Nicholas) stated that 159 persons were convicted in police courts…
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PARIS, Jan. 18.—One hundred and fifty persons were killed-and 200 injured yesterday when a tram crashed…
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One hundred and fifty persons were killed and 200 injured when a train crashed through the buffers at St Valery station, near Dieppe, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Junction Captured on Luzon Americans Also Nearing Rosario
General MacArthur has announced the capture of a road junction at Paniqui, on Luzon, 13 miles to the north of Tarlac, an important town in the centre of the island…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Took No Holiday (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Death took no holidays on the roads in New South Wales. Fortunately, the preliminary reports indicate that fewer were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes
In pre-war years, the sales of new cars in this country usually reached their peak at this time of the year— when a new model brought happiness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Road and Rabbits Patrick Plains Shire Meeting
SINGLETON: Mr. C. J. [?] of “Oaklands,” Leamington, met the Patrick Plains Shire Council to discuss the proposed road…
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Twelve bottles of whisky, six of gin and six of rum were stolen from the stores room at the West Maitland railway goods…
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TAMWORTH, Monday.— A railway engine and two trucks disappeared from Moree locomotive shed on Saturday night…
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General Mac Arthur has announced the capture of the road and rail centre of Tarlac, capital of Tarlac province. Two aerodromes were captured adjacent to Tarlac…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Taken From Loco Shed Driven 18 Miles and Abandoned
A train comprising an engine and two trucks was taken from Moree locomotive shed on Saturday night. As far as can be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Skids on Turn
When the motor cycle be was riding skidded on a turn on Saturday, Cecil Kellaway, 17, farm hand, of Woodville, was thrown…
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Two soldiers Herbert Basil Edwards, 20, and Rex Leyland Bullivant, 18, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court to-day to a…
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A train comprising an engine and two trucks was taken from Moree locomotive shed on Saturday night and driven 18 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abandoned Train After Driving It 18 MILES. Incident at Moree
A train comprising an engine and two trucks was taken from Moree locomotive shed on Saturday evening. As far as can be ascertained,…
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