Railway Tennis Tournaments
The second last of a series of tennis tournaments organised by Mrs E. Gill on behalf of the Railway Tennis Club for the candidature of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
591 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 30
Pillaging On Railways On The Increase SYDNEY
There has been a tremendous increase in pillaging, a railway spokesman said yesterday. It is estimated that goods valued at more than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramwaymen To Stop Work MELBOURNE
By 223 votes to 147. a meeting of tramwaymen this morning decided on an all-day stop-work meeting on Saturday to enforce their demands for the release of 200…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Landslides on Burma Road CHUNGKING. Sept. 25
General Stilwell’s communique stales that Liberators bombed a Japanese-held part of the Burma road near Chegang, causing landslides, which closed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways May Be Modernised CANBERRA
Modernising of Australia’s railways was recommended in a report by Sir Harold Clupp to the Minister for Transport (Mr Ward) said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Same Sad Story (Issued by the Road Safely Council of NSW.)
The reports on road accidents to children in NSW. daring the last few months contain few fresh features. It is the old sad story of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Coal For NSW Railways Representations To The Commonwealth SYDNEY
The Commonwealth Government is at present considering the advisability of modifying the coal restrictions imposed on the NSW railways, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Trams or Buses In Melbourne on Saturday ? MELBOURNE
No prospect is foreseen of avoiding the complete stoppage of trams and buses in Melbourne throughout next Saturday. The decision to cease work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists Victimised
Victimisation of car-owners by some unscrupulous garagemen has been reported to the NRMA. Several cases have come to light of garagemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Transport of Wool
The Transport Minister (Mr. Ward) told Mr. Langtry (Lab. N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives on Thursday that he would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auditor And Railway Profit SYDNEY
Suggestion that the Auditor General had refused to certify the net profits of the Railway Department because of an alleged system of transferring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Need for New Reserves All Roads Leading South
The Hay P.P. Board at its meeting on Saturday had before it on several occasions the need for development of stock routes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sladen Street Railway Gates To Remain Proposal Discussed With Railway Official
Some time ago, at the Henty Progress Association meeting, a motion that representations be made to the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amusements “Road to Zanzibar.”
Romance and melody mingle with comedy and adventure when Bing Crosby. Bob Hone and Dorothy Lamour travel through Africa, in “Road to Zanzibar,” which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr Ward And Use of Motor Cars CANBERRA
Denying that he used Government cars unnecessarily, the Minister for Transport (Mr Ward). In the House of Representatives today, said he used Government cars only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams-Buses Tie-up Men Demand More Manpower MELBOURNE
No trams or public buses ran in Melbourne from midnight Friday, until midnight Saturday, as the result of a one-day strike by employs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How More Children Died Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
Here are some pathetic facts from road accident reports in NSW. : A five-year-old girl, together with two companions, ran from behind a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road to Nationhood is Along a Country Lane
Does the establishment of more and better factories hold the key to the solution of Australia’s post-war future? This question is answered by “Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident
A tragic metor [?] occurred on the Deniliquin road Iast Friday evening near Retreat, following which Mr George Hay, of Mayrung, a well known…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Attempt to Destroy Vital Bridge Fails LONDON, Oct. 4
Latest and most daring attempt to destroy the vital Nijmeger, bridge [?] calamitously for 12 German suicide swimmer-divers, states Reuter’s…
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