Killed On The Railway
SYDNEY: Prank Thorn, 35, of Neutral Bay was fatally injured when he fell between two railway trucks at Hornsby yards…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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C.W.A. Flag Bridge Afternoon
Maitland branch of the Country Women’s Association will conduct the final flag bridge afternoon for 1947 in the CWA…
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Six people are in Newcastle Hospital, and at least six others were injured when the last three carriages of the…
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Wallarobba Shire Council has been notified by the Minister for Conservation, through Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, MLA, that he was…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed. —When the Sydney to Kempsey mail train was travelling between Adamstown and Broadmeadow about 11 o’clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Position Grows Worse in France Trade Unions’ Call For General Strike On Railways
PARIS, November 26.—The French C.G.T’s. call for a general railway strike is expected to halt even the intermittent train services kept running since local action precipitated widespread strikes among railway workers during the past week…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Three persons were injured to a collision between two crowded trams at Marrickville this morning…
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SYDNEY, Wed — A meeting of tramway employees last night passed a resolution expressing the view that the should…
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SYDNEY, Thurs—Within half an hour all sleeping berths on the Melbourne and Brisbane Ex-presses, leaving Sydney on…
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A request was made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. J. T. Reid, (Country Party), Casino), that the Government should consider giving financial assistance to shire…
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Following receipt of a letter from the National Safety Council of Australia, in which a request was made that an…
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Commencing Sunday, rail timetables will be slightly altered. The most important change is that of the daily school train which will…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. — Tenders have been ; called tor the new. steel and concrte bridge across the entrance to- Lake…
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B.H.P. By-products Pty. Ltd. have advised the Kearsley Shire Engineer, Mr. Grattan, that they will be unable to do any tar-spraying work for the…
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The Minister for Local Government (Mr, Cahill) suggested to Lower Hunter Shire Council that it was In error In referring to…
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Muswellbrook motor traffic registry and petrol rationing office (police station) will in future be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m…
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THOSE who in the past have contended that Australia tan, by legislative action, prevent the impact of world…
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BATAVIA, Nov. 28.—the cause of death of 26 Indonesian prisoners transpired from East Java to Surabaya in a railway goods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Making the Roads Safer in Britain Hundreds of School of Motoring (From Leslie Haynes, Reuter's Correspondent)
LONDON: When pleasure motoring ceases in Britain to-morrow because of the withdrawal of the basic petrol ration, thousands of people who cannot drive to-day will be able to learn to drive in preparation for the time when private…
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Considerable interest was shown in the final flag bridge afternoon of the series which have been conducted throughout…
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