The Capabilities of Modern Motor Transport
Largest motor transport truck yet seen in Singleton took from local pig and can sales a[?]st 200 ne[?] or livestock, Even then, the vehicle…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Disregard of Road Safety Measures Causes 90 per Cent. Of Accidents, Says Minister
SYDNEY, Thursday.—In his annual report yesterday as president of the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O’Sullivan) stated that more than 90 per cent of road accidents were caused by reckless, careless, and…
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SYDNEY. Thursday.— Including [?]received from the US under send-lease all machine tools held by the Commonwealth Disposals…
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For more than 30 years there have been many attempts, particularly on the continent and in Great Britain, to evolve a…
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SINGLETON. Thurs.—Concluding the inquest into the death of John William Knight of Havensworth, who was killed in a motor…
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VICTORVILLE, (Calif). Sept 27.—Four persons are reported to have been killed and between 50 and 75 injured when, a…
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Cr. Zeininger asked when it was proposed to grade the Karuah-Tea Gardens road and the Bullahdelah-Tea Gardens road. The Engineer said that…
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Four persons are reported killed and between 50 and 75 injured when a locomotive and the first five cars of the Union Pacific passenger train,…
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Four persons are reported killed and between 50 and 75 injured when a locomotive and the first five carriages of a Union Pacific passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attack on Grassroppers by Aeroplane Department Carries Out Spraying Tests
Referring to the control of locusts, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said today that arrangements had been completed for his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Mines Start at 5 A.M. TO-MORROW Train Service Alterations
Elrington and Kalingo collieries will commence work at 5 a.m. to-morrow, an hour earlier than all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways Praised by Premier Starving Stock Transported
The Premier, Mr. McKell, has congratulated the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) on the work of the Railway…
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Work has begun on the building of a bridge across the Hunter River at Hexham. When completed, the bridge will save considerable delay now caused by…
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A new suspension bridge over the mouth, of the River Severn, which will be larger that the world-famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and will be the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Drops 30 Feet From Train. Sydney
Despite the desperate efforts of her twin sister to save her, a 17 year-old girl, Joyce Gardiner, of Bexley, fell 80 feet from an electric train as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disregard of Road Safety Measures Causes 90 Per Cent. of Accidents, Says Minister
In his annual report last week as Presideit of the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) stated that more than 90…
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The Secretary for Railways (Mr. Nicholas) said full passenger railway services and normal seat booking arrangements would be restored as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meeting to Discuss Tram Stoppage
Sydney tramwaymen will hold a mass meeting on Wednesday night. October 9, to discuss a deferred threat to stage a one-day stoppage as a protest against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Social Club for Muswellbrook
A Railway Institute and Social Club comprising library, kitchenette, and clubroom (45 ft. by 18 ft.), has been established in Muswellbrook.. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycles for Police
The Premier, Mr. McKell, has approved the purchase by the Police Department of 60 solo motor cycles, to increase police…
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