Ford Motors—Trade Union Agreement LONDON, April 17
After 33 years in Britain, the Ford Motor Company has reached an agreement with the British Trade Union Movement to co-operate in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Road Operators Launch Fighting Fund MELBOURNE
Road passenger service operators who crowded Into the board room of the Chamber of Manufactures today contributed over £1000 within a few minutes to a fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Resistance At Sebastopol Facing Its Last Hours Relentless Russian Drive Towards the Sea Roads Filled With Nazi Dead And Wrecked Equipment LONDON. April 19
Last hours of German resistance in Sebastopol are now approaching with the Russian forces south-east of the city, now only six miles away, having gained two miles in the last 12 hours. Remnants of the broken German divisions are being steadily pressed against the sea, and enemy troops are streaming into the port and embarking on all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unhealthy Motor Cars
The N.R.MA. says that there is a growing number of old cars on the road with engines in such a bad state of repair that they are a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Yards Reattacked LONDON, April 20
Algiers radio announces that RAF planes this morning reattackcd the railway yards at [?] Reuter earlier stated that small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →killed By Train WOLLONGONG
Harry Matuschka, of Wollongong railway refreshment room, was fatally injured at Wollongong railway station today when lie was run over by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damages Against Road Commissioner SYDNEY
Francis Cummings, of Dulwich Hill, who broke a hip when he fell from an omnibus was awarded £700 damages against the Commissioner of Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Officers Allege Victimisation SYDNEY
The Fall Beach of [?] Industrial Commission today [?] leave to prosecute the Commissioner for Railways in five cases of alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →4 Dead; Road Accident Two Wives Among Victims MELBOURNE
Four deaths as the result of road accidents occurred at the week-end. In two cases on Saturday night a husband and wife were hit by cars as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poles Ambush a German Military Train
A Polish Underground unit carried out one of the biggest railway sabotage actions in the German rear, during which 350 German soldiers were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier’s Body Beside Road. Perth
The body of Sergt George [?] South Perth, was found yesterday [?] in the bush beside the [?] road by a boy who [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Air Activity in North Tami Aerodrome Occupied
Tami - aerodrome, 12 miles east of Humboldt Bay, in Dutch New Guinea, has now been occupied by Allied troops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Crew Found Unconscious SYDNEY
An investigation is being held by the Tramway Department into the strange circumstances surrounding the finding early this morning of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diggers Tame a Wilderness Nature and Japs Defied in Building Strategic Road
An achievement of which Australian Army engineers are Justiy proud is the building of the now famous Bulldog road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allied Bombing of French Railways Cripple German Transport London, Thurs. -- AAP
A spokesman of the Ministry of Economic Warfare stated that the recent Allied bombings had created a situation in which the French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramped 20 Miles In Bare Feet MELBOURNE
Donald Stephen Harley aged 17, who escaped from Magill reformatory. SA. on Monday night was captured in scrub two miles from Haywood. near the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Hit by Train Sydney
When a heavy truck was struck by a train on a level crossing at Rosehill yesterday Frank William Griffen, aged 23. Leichhardt, received injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Woman Hit By Train MELBOURNE
Mrs Sarah Forde, aged 82, of Sunshine, was Struck by a goods train while crossing the railway line near Tottenham station last night. She was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded in Hospital Train
Invalided Australian troops take up their positions in a hospital train after disembarking from a hospital ship at an Australian port. All these men recently saw service against Japanese in New Guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knocked Down by Tram Sydney
Claiming £400 damages from the Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways for injuries received when she was knocked down by a tram at…
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