Apprentices for Railways
In to-day’s advertising columns the Victorian Railways Commissioners invite applications for apprentices to fill 67 vacancies in the trades of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
611 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 31
Hume Shire Roads
Sir.—Of course Mr. Lethbridge knows as well as i his “learned” (to use- his own term) friend. that the Main Roads Act was payed long after S[?]llons 240 and 249 240 and 249 ,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waradgery Shire Council Regional Planning—bridge Proposals Revived
At its meeting on Thursday, the Waradgery Shire Council decided to revive the questions of the Maude and Corrong Bridges, held up by the war. The president made an explanation on the question of the Regional Planning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P.O.W.S Write Home “Hell of a Time” Roy Donovan Was On Burma Railway
Dated 10/9/1945, and written in Thailand, CORPORAL ROY DONOVAN, of Deniliquin, has sent a note to his wife in which he refers to the notorious Burma-Siam railway. He mentions several men well-known in Deniliquin. Following are extracts:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal to Holiday Road Users SYDNEY
A warning to road users to exercise care during the holiday weekend—the first peace holiday since 1939 issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Killed in Road Accident
Spr Christian Gothiff Falkenberg, aged 37, of Nuioopla. South Australia, was killed late on Friday night when the truck in which he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Injured
Whilst nearing his home in Corowa after riding a motor cycle from his work at Mulwala on Saturday, Mr W. Birch, Corowa, met with an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Fatality Scottish Express
LONDON, Monday: After 28 hours' incessant work, a rescue crew has reached the buried coach of a wrecked Scottish Express, and it is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Main Roads Control to be Handed to Shire
The Hay Municipal Council, by a majority decision, decided to hand control of its highways and also M.R. 514, within the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Drowned In 3-ft. Of Water Car Overturns On Bridge INVERELL
William Whitebread, 49. dentist, and three children, aged three, four, and five years, were drowned in three, feet of water when a car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →39 Dead In Train Derailment at Least 91 INJURED Vast Mass of Twisted Debris LONDON
Thirty-nine persons, including the driver and fireman, are dead, and at least 91 were injured as the result of an express train bound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car and Motor Lorry Collide
A car driven by. Mr N. E. Besley. of 725 Dean street, and a motor lorry driven by Mr Bernard J. Jacobs, of 487 Townsend street, collided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Trams Or Buses Employes Cease Work MELBOURNE, Tues
Melbourne was without trams or buses tonight, when the last of the Tramways Board services were brought to a standstill. There…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Profit of Over £½ Million N.S.W. Railways Have Good Year SYDNEY
Despite the serious coal shortage, severe drought, and reduced volume of rail traffic owing to military traffic, the NSW railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Service to Resume To-day? Board Lifts Suspensions on 10 Men MELBOURNE, Wed
Melbourne tramway services are expected to be resumed early tomorrow afternoon as the result of the Tramway Board’s action in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AAMWS Members Train as Nurses CANBERRA
War Cabinet today endorsed the scheme drawn up in 1942 for the training of limited numbers of AAMWS as nurses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Strike Continues Melbourne
The Melbourne tram,and bus strike is still unsettled and tons of thousands of people had to walk to work. The question of extending the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams Running Again Melbourne Strike Ends MELBOURNE
Melbourne trams resumed running with the first all night car at midnight tonight. The decision to end the strike was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed by Motor Truck MELBOURNE
A well-known Melbourne master builder, Walter Ernest Cooper, aged 73, was fatally injured last night when he was struck in St Kilda road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M.L.A. and Hume Council Further Exchanges Over Road
A further exchange between Mr C. B. Lethbridge, MLA, and Hume Shire Council on the question of developmental road 1152 occurred at…
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