Car Plunges Into Water Four Dead in Road Tragedy
An Inverell resident and three young children lost their lives, probably through drowning, when a motor car in which they were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Tram Driver Badly Injured
SYDNEY Wed.—Jack Hughes, 36, tram driver, of Barton avenue, Darlinghurst, was seriously Injured last night when…
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The bodies of the fireman and driver, both badly burned and terribly injured, have been recovered from the wreckage of the…
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“Some time ago the Lower Hunter Council. promised the Rosebrook residents that extensive repairs would be carried out…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Mr. N. L. Johnston, general secretary of the NRMA, and Mr. O. Zeinder, secretary of the RACA, agree…
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The Premier (Hon. W. J. McKell) announces that his colleague the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) has arranged with the…
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During the construction of the Thaliand-Burma railway, 25,000 white men lost their lives, and 110,000 coloured men. No effort was made to…
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In his annual report the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, said that the serious decline in railway coal reserves had delayed plans…
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The bodies of the fireman and driver, both badly burned and terribly injured, have been recovered from the wreckage of the…
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Stating in the Legislative Assembly that the Government hoped to arrange shortly for the construction of new trams, the Minister for…
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NEWCASTLE. Sat.—When a lorry bumped against the side of a tram in Newcastle to-day, the tram conductor, John Regan, 38,…
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SYDNEY Saturday. — The Premier (Mr. W. J. Mc-Kell) announces that the Minister for transport (Mr. O’Sullivan) has…
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British motor-car manufacturers aim to produce 200,000 cars in the next 12 months, of which about 40,000 will be built this year. Half this number will be allocated to export. Although the Government does not guarantee to provide all the labour necessary, British firms have a way of overcoming such difficulties. The greater part of the programme provides for the smaller type of car, which…
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The assistant Stationmaster at Fairfield, together with a porter and a Royal Naval rating, were attacked by two masked men,…
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Mr R. Rawlin was elected chairman of the committee which is arranging a picnic to be held on the 16th December. Mr C. Brown is secretary and Mr R…
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The Premier (Hon. W. J. McKell) announces that his colleague the Minister for Transport (Mir. O'Sullivan) has arranged with the Queensland…
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SINGLETON Wed.—A lorry, driven by, Mr A. S. Howlett, of Dunolly, and a car driven by Mr. W. E. Hedges of Keleo collided…
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TEHERAN, Oct. 9.—The news Paper “Iran” reports that an agreement has been reached between Persia and the United…
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BANGKOK When we left Singapore early in 1943 to work on the Burma-Siam railway we had no realisation of the horrors and hardships which we were to suffer. The Japs told us before we departed from Malaya that…
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SYDNEY Wed.—William James Wood, 50 of Annadale-st., All [?]dale, was killed when be stepped off the [?] side of a…
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