Army Pigeon Maintains Express-Train Speed
A pigeon maintained a speed of 66 miles an hour for 62 miles along the New Guinea coastline over enemy territory to take important…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
591 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 30
Remarkable Bridge
The Bailey bridge, named after Donald Coleman Bailey, of Britain’s Ministry of Supply, who pioneered its design, is one of the engineering triumphs of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramway Bus Out of Control; Driver Charged MELBOURNE
Out of control in City Road, Montague. tonight, a loaded tramways bus brought down an electric light pole, careered across the footpath and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Kills Cow
As the day express train from Albury to Sydney, which left the Junee station at noon on Thursday, was gaining speed a quarter of a mile out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramlines Damage Tyres
Following the inspection of tyres damaged by a razor-edged piece of steel that had obviously been broken from the edge of a city tramline, the NRMA…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Italian P.O.W. Escapes From Train MELBOURNE
An Italian prisoner of war, named Galanberti, aged 30, escaped from a Melbourne bound train near the South Australian border early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1000 Damages For Tram Fall MELBOURNE
For injuries she received when two trams collided and she was thrown to the roadway, Miss Maude Isabel Campton, aged 58, of Gordon grove. Malvern, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Trucking Yards
A deputation, comprising members of the Berrigan Shire Council, landholders and agents, waited on Mr Watson, chief engineer and Mr Carn,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Quiz for Motorists
Realisation that the end of hostilities in Europe in sight compels attention to the post-war period. What will it be like is the query of the day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Strike at Central Railway Station Sydney
The threatened strike by railway porters ticket examiners and ticket inspectors at Central Railway Station because they were not being granted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oppose Sending Railwaymen to Queensland SYDNEY
In an attempt to secure skilled railway workers for Queensland, the Director of Rail Transport (Mr Howse) today called a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed by Tram Sydney
Falling under a tram in Sydney late yesterday Edger Smith, aged 63, was injured and died soon after admission to hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Past-war Quiz for Motorists. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
“Realisation that the end of hostilities in Europe is in sight compels attention to the post-war period. What will it be like? is the query of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Smash Causes Traffic Jam MELBOURNE
For almost an hour late tonight rescue gangs worked with axes, crowbars and jacks in efforts to extricate a tram driver, Horace…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Be Courteous An Appeal to Railway Employes SYDNEY
In a leaflet entitled, “Politeness Costs Nothing.” the Commissioner for railways (Mr Hartigan) has appealed to 50,000 rail employes to be polite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Services Delayed
On Wednesday morning the trains from Sydney to Henty arrived from two to three hours late, and consequently there were late deliveries of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allied Tanks Active On Tiddim Road KANDY, August 10
On the Tiddim road, 12 miles north of the Burmese border. Allied tanks are in close support of Indian infantry in attacks on Japanese rearguard positions,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Woman’s Fall From Train LITHGOW. Friday
A woman who fell off the Forbes mail train near Blaxland was able to walk to the local postmaster’s home for aid. When her husband. William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Driver Acquitted. Sydney
Albed Berningham aged 29. motor [?] of Victoria St. Alexandria, was today required and discharged on a charge of [?]hter of [?] Herbert [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burmese Railway Town Captured by British CHUNGKING, August 12
British forces have captured the strategic north Burmese railway town of Taungni. 17 miles south of Mogaung, states a Chinese communique…
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