Deaths on Burma Railway Jap Report Blames Time Limit Tokio
An official Japanese report introduced in evidence at the war crimes trial blamed the time limit placed on the construction of the Siam-Burma…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
906 stories in Murray's papers · page 32 of 46
Sheep Killed on Road
At Temora Court before Mr Hardwick, P.M., Frank P. Steele and John G. Steele, graziers. Jerilderie, sued George W. Murray, West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Over Murray Important Conference at Albury
Representatives of the Albury Municipal Council and Wodonga Shire Council conferred at Albury last evening on the need for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loan Approved £10,000 for Finley Road
Following the reading of a report on the conference between delegates of the Conargo and Berrigan Shires, Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Arrested After Woman Killed in Road Smash Sydney
A woman was killed and six people were injured when a tourist bus loaded with 19. Passengers collided with a semi-trailer lorry at Lett River, near Lithgow,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those Bad Roads Locking Back
Among notes, put aside over the years we recently came across the following, written about 1929:— “It is reported that Alderman A.H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All Roads Lead to the Races Large Attendance Expected
Given good weather the Turf Club’s races to-morrow should attract a large attendance. To date only one horse—Leahere—has been scratched. The secretary (Mr. Bob Donovan) has requested us to point out that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Workers’ Threat Better Conditions Sought MELBOURNE
Railway employes intend to stop work if necessary in only to obtain better working conditions and increased pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →24 Killed in Indian Train Derailment London
Twenty-four persons were killed and 70 were injured when the Katihar-Lucknow express was derailed about 200 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →14 Killed in French Train Crashes Paris
Seven persons were killed and nine were seriously injured when the Strasbourg Lyons express crashed into the rear of a stationary goods train near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Australia on Road to Destroying Itself” SYDNEY
Australia was a nation in the course of destroying itself, said Mr R. G. Casey tonight, speaking in support of the deputy Leader of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waradgery Shire Council Tenders — Office Assistance — School Sports — Train Service
AT the Council meeting on Thursday, tenders were received, and accepted for road work, but no tender was to hand for the Maude bridge. Junior office assistance is to be provided for the clerk and engineer, and has been advertised for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shots Fired To Disperse Jewish Mob Terrorists Again Active in Palestine Railway Station Attacked; Lorry Ambushed LONDON
British troops in Haifa fired warning shots into the air in order to disperse several thousand Jewish demonstrators who were matching to the District Commissioner’s office to present a protest against the killing of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Railway Station Is Criticised “Most Horribly Designed Thing In Australia”
Mr. R. J. Clow, of Hayes st., [?] in a pamphlet in opposition to the proposal for the standardisation of the Australian railway gauges, claims that the root of the agitation is the inconvenience interstate travellers have been subjected to at Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Killed on Road
At Temora Court, before Mr Hardwick, P.M., Prank P. Steele and John G. Steele, graziers, Jerilderie, sued George W. Murray, West Wyalong, to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Sabotage in Palestine Jerusalem
Saboteurs derailed an oil train from Haifa. 20 miles south of Haifa yesterday. A mine that had been [?] on the rails wrecked the locomotive and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Paralyses Broken Hill- Silverton Railway SYDNEY
The privately owned railway between Broken Bill and Silverton (SA). covering 34 miles, has been paralysed by a strike of key men employed on it .About ISO men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tennis Railway Club Revived at Yarrawonga
There was an excellent attendance at a meeting recently called to consider the revival of the Yarrawonga Railway Tennis Club…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Light Motors for Bicycles Widespread Use Expected
For more than 30 years there have been many attempts, particularly on the Continent and in Great Britain, to evolve a miniature light-weight efficient internal combination engine that could be affixed easily to the conventional bicycle, providing cheap auxiliary power yet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Caravan Dangers
Easing of petrol rationing and the return of holiday motor touring have brought the motor caravan back into popularity, and many new vehicles…
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