Man Killed by Train SYDNEY. Wednesday
Two men were struck by trains in different parts of Sydney tonight. One killed and the other escaped with general abrasions. The man killed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
906 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 46
Motor Accident Four Injured
Four men were injured yesterday morning when a car overturned three times about 6½ miles out on the Echuca Road. Mr I. Reid, of Mont…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plea That Petrol Rationing Be Ended Motorist’s Letter to Supply Minister Canberra
A suggestion that the Government expected to lift petrol rationing entirely by April 30 last is contained In a letter from Mr J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Our Train” (Being the ruminations of a resident on Barnes Moulamein line)
It is not hard to catch our train. All one needs is patience. In theory it readies our siding at 5.55 а.m., and this is borne out by the time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Stampede Motorist Startles Mob in Street
At Tuesday's meeting of the Council, it was reported that a motorist, a district landholder whom the clerk declined to name…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Maintenance Work
The task of maintaining over 8000 miles of railway track throughout New South Wales is one of considerable magnitude, and the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silent Motor Cycles
Three motor-car-batteries built into the framework of a motor cycle in place of a petrol tank have served to overcome any petrol shortage in at least…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Accident Four Injured
Four men were injured on Wednesday morning when a car overturned three times about 6½ miles out on the Echuca road Mr. I. Reid of Mont…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speed in Her Blood Miss Richmond—RACING MOTORIST
The following story, reprinted from “The Sun” concerns a sister of Mr. Alan Richmond, of Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Porter Killed by Train Sydney
Cyril Dolphin, aged 46, railway porter, of Paddington, was run over and killed by a train at the Central railway way station tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Motors Will Make Cars Here New York
General Motors has accepted the Australian Government’s challenge that unless someone else undertakes to meet the demand for an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Signs
At the Conargo Shire Council meeting the Department of main Roads mentioned in a letter the scan city of road signs in country districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Tallangatta Road Deathtrap
A coroner’s opinion, expressed three years ago, that the Victorian railways authorities should provide adequate warning devices clearly visible at night to motorists approaching the level crossing on the Wodonga-Tallangatta highway has been disregarded. An after-dark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Balldale Road Mail Service
Mr. D. Soymour, Parade Place, was the successful tenderer for the Corown Balldate Rolls Bros. mail service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conargo Shire Council Camel Melon Menace Road Survey Delayed 4 Years
Conargo Council on Thursday further discussed the menace of camel melon despite the refusal &f the authorities to declare the weed noxious, It was again decided to ask for the declaration. The council decided to ask that a road survey request…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Telephone New York
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company has announced that any St Louis motorist with the necessary radio-phone apparatus will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Motors will Spend Over 5 Million Dollars Here New York
The New York office of General Motors referring to the “Herald-Tribune” reference to 500,000 dollars expenditure in Australia in connection with the making of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia At Cross-Roads, Says Forde MELBOURNE
“Australia today is at the crossroad and her future depends very largely on the success achieved in reconversion from a war-time to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Span of Hawkesbury Bridge in Position Gosford
Last of eight spans of the new Hawkesbury river bridge was placed in position this morning, and the bridge will be ready for traffic by the middle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Woman Doctor Murdered in Train New Delhi
Whilst travelling on a train to Pashawar an English woman doctor was strangled to death by three men, believed to be Sikhs, says Reuter’s…
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