Killed In Fall From Train
SINGLETON, Tuesday.—Miss Carrie Beatrice (Bessie) [?], a former Singleton an, was fatally injured at the' week-end…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Children As Road Safety Marshals
British “Odean” cinemas which have special performances for children on Saturday mornings have organised clubs at each of their houses in London and the suburbs, the young members of which undertake to escort other children across the road…
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Detective D. Sutherland, of Maitland police, was to-day engaged in Investigation of further thefts In the distrtct of electric…
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WASHINGTON, May 25.—Construction of the world’s largest suspension bridge—with a main span nearly three times longer…
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An Engineer from the Coal Board visited Dungog on Tuesday and in company with the Shire Engineer, Mr. John Stewart, he inspected the…
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Members of the deputation which represented Lover Hunter Shire Council on the occasion of the recent visit of officers of the Main…
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BERLIN, May 25.—Armed reinforcements of the West Berlin police last night began taking over all railway stations in British, United States and French sectors of Berlin. The soviet controlled railway police, accused by the…
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Albert McKenzie Morrison, 23, a railway worker. suffered a probable fracture of the foot and shock this morning when a jack…
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Maitland police to-day received advice that two motors had been stolen last night from dairy farms at Dartbrook, Aberdeen…
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A new, British made and designed trunk mover for operation in railway marshalling yards and sidings was put into service recently by British Railways at the Hockley Good s Station, Birmingham. This truck mover can be handled 'by one semi-skilled operator, takes…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— State Cabinet will consider legislation to prevent racketeering in the resale of new motor cars…
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EXTENSIVE and extended Road Safety Campaigns are being conducted in Australia and the United States and,…
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Department of Public Works has advised Mr D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., that a supplementary grant of £1850 had been…
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The Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) reported to a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that plans and specifications bad been prepared…
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SINGLETON, Friday. — Patrick Plains Shire engineer (Mr. A. W. McIntyre) told councillors at the meeting yesterday that be was fed…
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"I'm fed up to the neck ... I don't care how you get your money or how you spend it so long as you adopt a programme and adhere to it year after year.... I'm getting all the abuse under the sun…
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The Secretary for Railways informed the council on Wednesday, that the Department had investigated the council's accounts, and considered the…
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Two electric motors, one 3 h.p., and the other 2[?]h.p., were stolen from a property in the Muswellbrook district between May 24 and yesterday…
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TAREE: Terence McGrath, 61, railway ganger, was killed by a train yesterday at Karaak Flat, near Wingham…
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