New Railway Timetable
We have received from the N.S.W. Department of Railways a copy of the new timetable of country services, which will come into operation on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
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Govt. Should Take Over All Rood Supplies And Then Ration Liberally Sir Earle Page’s Remedy Federal Control of Railways, Tod CANBERRA
Australian primary produce should be acquired by the Government and rationed on a liberal scale Immediately, Sir Earle Page, Australia’s special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →23 Lives-believed Lost American Train Collision DICKERSON (Maryland), Sept 24
The Ambassador Express, running from Detroit to Washington, crashed into the rear of the Cleveland night express and the rear Pullman car of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1600 Mile Alaska Road to Open in December Washington. September 24
The Secretary for War (Mr Stimson) announced today that the Alaska highway would be ready for use on December 1. The 1600 miles would be suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Are Believed To Be Switching Their Main Attack To The Vital Caucasus Oilfields Crisis at Stalingrad Believed Passed Roads At Mosdok Littered With Nazi Dead LONDON, September 25
Latest indications are that Stalingrad may have passed its crisis, according to Major-General Zhunavlev, in all article in the Moscow “Daily New.” The Russians, he states, are gradually gaining the initiative in the city while German air sorties over the area are now under half what…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Employe Seriously Injured
Struck by the heavy, suspended hook of a crane at the Albury railway yards yesterday afternoon, George William Spence, single, of Albury, suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting Puts Railway Out of Action Ankara, September 25
Travellers state that battles between General Mikhailovich’s patriot forces and German and Croatian troops resulted in the Belgrade-Zagreb railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Costly Guard for Railway New Delhi, September 25
In view of recent outrages, 1400 special police are guarding an important railway in Bihar province. Cost of the protective guard is at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Control of Railways Advocated by Sir Earle Page CANBERRA
Commonwealth control of railways was strongly advocated by Sir Ea[?] Page MHR today. This he said would lead to redu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control of Railways commissioner Still Being Considered Sydney
A proposal to bring the Railways Commissioner under Ministerial contract has not been dropped by the State Government, it was stated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed at Railway Workshops Melbourne
Bay Frederick Tehton (17), of North road, Carnegie, was struck on the bead by a piece of timber at Newport railway workshops late this afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Earn Profit of £203,000 SYDNEY
Annual report of the Railway Commissioner (Mr [?]artigan) tabled in Parliament today showed that rail passenger Journeys for the year ended June 30 were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Little Pillaging on Railways” Sydney
Denying that it had reached alarming proportions since rationing of clothes and goods had been in operation, the secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Bomb Railway in Central Burma LONDON, September 30
A communique issued by RAF headquarters reports that Blenheim bombers yesterday successfully attacked railway communications in Mandalay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Train Timetable Some Trains' Altered Times
The summer timetable of the N.S.W. railways comes into force on Mon-day, when the trains into Hay will arrive ten minutes later on each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7000 Road Accidents in N.S.W. SYDNEY
During the year ended June 30 there were 7773 road accidents in NSW resulting in the deaths of 473 persons and injury to 5584 others. The death roll showed an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pillage on Railways. Melbourne
As was to be expected, there had been an Increase in pillaging since the outbreak of war, railways officials declare; but the increase is not great enough to justify the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Key Bridge Goes Japs Asleep When Planes Appear ?
[?]g[?]g[?]ts of battle operations in New Guinea on Friday included the final destruction of the much-biltzed Walrop[?] bridge over the Kumu[?] river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Cut in Railway Services
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Non-essential rail passenger services will be cut by at least 15 per cent. in a few weeks.. The cut will apply in every State, except…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaoled for Railway Thefts
Between July and September, John Rosvoglou and George Nicholas illegally accumulated a quantity of Army equipment, mostly American clothing, while…
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