Man Cut to Pieces By Train Sydney
Police are still trying to identify a man, aged 60 to 65, whose body was cut to pieces on the railway line near Rooty Hill on Saturday. He had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
906 stories in Murray's papers · page 40 of 46
High Cost of Motoring
Ten years ago "Motoring for the Masses" was a practicable slogan, says "The Radiator," the RACV Journal, which goes on to state that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sydney Octopus and Railway Decentralisation (To the Editor)
Sir.--The Premier, Mr. W. McKell, the Socialiser of racecourses, proposed to spend £3,000,000 on the Macquarie Street Circus which includes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen Gain Extra Pay For Saturday Work MELBOURNE
The Railways Commissioners and the Australian Railways Union have agreed on the principle, that extra pay should be allowed for Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Myrtleford Gymkhana and Motor Cycle Sports
Top Left : L. Storey’s My Cuddles (Nuttall) winning the four furlongs pony race at Myrtleford on Saturday by half a head from Renville trails) owned and ridden by K. Williamson. Centre Left and Bottom : Watching the motor cycle events…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Industry’s Great Value Address to Albury Rotary Club
Unless the motor industry was encouraged to develop to the fullest possible extent, the problem of finding employment and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£32,000 Train Robbery PARIS
It is believed that a sack containing about £32,000 worth of jewels and currency was stolen from the Paris-Marseilles express on September 9…
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Thirty persons were killed and 70 were injured when a goods train crashed into a passenger train on the Paris-Strasbourg line early today at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed in Road Collision Accident Near Wodonga
When a motor truck and semitrailer collided side-on near the viaduct on Hume Highway a few miles from Wodonga last evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jerusalem Railway Station Wrecked by Bombs
Jerusalem’s central railway station was wrecked by bombs planted by one of the terrorist gangs now operating in Palestine. A police sergeant was killed while trying to remove the bombs believed to have been left in suitcases. Several people, including a girl, were detained for questioning. The scene after the explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramand Bus Services Have to Be Controlled Sydney
Unless there is an increase in the staff there might have to be a reduction of bus and tram services to conform with the number of employes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists to Get More Petrol Placed on Same Basis as Britons CANBERRA
Increased petrol rations for p[?]e motorists to give about 270 miles running monthly, against the present 2[?] miles were announced by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bitumen Arrives for Roads
Discharge has been completed in Melbourne of shipments of bitumen totalling nearly 27,000 drums for immediate country and metropolitan road work. Imported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked in Fatal Road Smash
Battered and twisted wreckage of the truck in which Alfred Paganonl, of Barnawartha, was killed on Tuesday night. On the Hume Highway, a few miles from Wodonga, the truck collided side-on with a semil-trailer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recommends Higher Bus Tram Fares Sydney
A recommendation has been made to the State Government by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr Neale) that increases in tram and bus fares…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jews Renew Terror Campaign In Palestine Six Policemen Killed in Attacks on Railways Britain Continues To Take Stringent Precautions LONDON
Jewish terrorists have renewed their attacks against railways in Palestine. Reuter’s correspondent at Jerusalem reports that a train was blown up by a mine near Tel Aviv early this morning, killing one and injuring several other persons. Later in the morning at least two British policemen and four Palestinian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Gauge Unification Criticised Homes and Hospitals First, Says Labor Mhr Sydney
Unification of railway gauges should not be undertaken while so much development work was necessary. Mr Tonge (Lab., Canterbury)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor's Visit to Sydney Aerodrome — Weir—drill Hall—flooring
AT Tuesday's meeting of the Hay Municipal Council the Mayor reported on representations he had made respecting various urgent local matters whilst recently in Sydney, including grant for aerodrome, building of weir, and unsuccessful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Transport Licences Granted MELBOURNE
Out of 32 applications for road transport licences to the Transport Regulation Board in recent months, only two were refused. The board said today that all decisions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Transport Still Flows Through Albury
Grinding of high-revving engines of motor transports which reached a peak at Albury during the Victorian rail strike, has become almost an accepted…
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