Western Roads
The road between Broken Hill and Wentworth is described as being in a shocking state, as a result of the sand drift. In places the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Praise for Roads Board
“I have the greatest respect for the Country Roads Board. It is both reasonable and progressive,” said the President of Wodonga Shire Council (Cr K…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorrie and Vans in Road Accidents
Lorries, vans and heavy vehicles generally are figuring prominently in the road accidents' statistics particularly in country areas. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thefts From Railways Appalling Dimensions Alleged SYDNEY
Appalling losses of railway property then, from 1938 to 1944, which amounted to £300,000, were referred to by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engine Drivers’ Threat Will Stop Every Train in Australia If Claims Not Met
Federal council of the Loco Enginemen’s Union decided today that unless their claims for extra payment for night work were conceded in one week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Neighbors in Court Trouble at Lavington Railway Man Bound Over
Differences between neighbours at Lavington occupied the attention for most of yesterday of Mr [?] M. Stewart, PM. In the Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-war Road Plans Sydney
Transport requirements of NSW were receiving special attention in the Government’s post-war reconstruction plans the Premier (Mr McKell) said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Men For Trams CANBERRA
Following a conference between [?] Director-General of Manpower [?] Funnell), the deputy Director [?] Cameron) and representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children’s Road [?]Eaths Sydney
Although he considered the number of deaths of children as the result of road [?] was still too high, the [?] of the Pedestrians Road Safety League (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Learned V-Motor Secrets LONDON. December 11
Reuter’s correspondent in Stockholm says that the Swedish newspaper. “Afton Tidningen.” quotes reports from Germany that four British secret…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Retreating Nazis. Destroy Own Bridge
Infantrymen of 3rd US Army crossing Saar river. Neunkirchen, Germany, pass a bridge demolished by the retreating Nazis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed by Train Sydney
Henry Jesse Lukes, aged 66, of Calcoola road, Wentworthville, was killed by a train at Wentworthville station today. Police were told that Lukes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Chindwin Great British Feat IMPHAL, Dec. 13
Working under shellfire from Japanese 105 mm. guns, engineers of the 33rd Division have thrown a Bailey bridge 1000 feet long, across the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Blows Paralyse German Railways LONDON, Dec. 14
It Is now officially revealed that Allied air blows have so paralysed German railway traffic that hardly any passenger trains are operating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Conductor Sentenced To Death SYDNEY
Denying that he had deliberately shot Dorothy Jean Davies, Richard William Underwood, 31. told the Central Criminal Court today that he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Appeal to Motorists
An appeal to motorists to refrain from Mack marketing activities is made by the president of the NRMA. Ald J. McMahon. “As spokesman for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Tin Hare" Shire Objects to Train Arrangements
At Saturday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, objection was taken to the "tin hare." the older type of motor train,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Lorry Driver Killed. Sydney
Rex Alexander De La Motte, aged 44, of Enmore, was fatally Injured tonight when he was thrown from his motor lorry on the corner of Gillespie avenue and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Road Accidents Figures Increase
Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed a substantial increase for the three months ended 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Pincers Closing Vital Railway Hub LONDON, Dec. 20
Pinoer columns today are closing against the remaining German pocket of resistance in north-cast Hungary, while battles rage across…
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