Week-end Road Deaths Now Four SYDNEY
The weekend road toll today rose 10 tour killed, when Hilton Thomas Scott, aged 50, of Concord, died in the Eastern Suburbs Hospital from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Petrol Tax Grab Raises More Money Than Is Needed For Roads
Current excessive taxation on petrol yields many millions of pounds more than the Commonwealth Government needs to meet commitments under the Federal Aid Roads Agreement, writes G. S. Williams in “Country Life.”…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia-Wide Railway Strike a Possibility Trams and Buses May Stop, Too Pressure Increasing On Mr. Chifley On Wages Issue SYDNEY
Moves will probably be made at a special meeting of the Australian Railways Union Federal and inter-State leaders in Sydney tomorrow for an Australia-wide railway strike until demands for increased pay for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former Army Captain, now Tram Conductor, Attacked MELBOURNE
Following an alleged assault on a tram conductor this evening a man was charged: at the city watchhouse with wounding with intent to inflict…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advice to Motorists December Ration Tickets
Motorists are advised that the currency of all ration tickets at present in use and overprinted “Valid until 30th November, 1946” has been extended to…
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While crossing the line at Rockdal[?] station today to collect his superannuation pay, Alexander Burnett Morton, aged 64, of Brighton Le Sands, invalid,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Direct Action By Railwaymen Next Month Unless Given More Pay and Shorter Hours “Everything Depends On Mr. Chifley’s Attitude” SYDNEY
The Federal Council of the Australian Railways Union decided today that unless railwaymen were given increased pay and shorter hours by Christmas direct action on a nation-wide scale would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Refrigeration Simplifies Motor Car Production
According to the USA Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers’ Association, a post-war technique that is helping to speed the production of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gas Turbine Engines for Motor Cars
Although some engineers have not much faith in the possibilities of the gas turbine as a power unit for motor vehicles, others, impressed with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Days of Motor Manufacturing When A Pioneer Factory Produced 75 Cars A Week
Some interesting: details, covering much of the lifetime of car manufacture, were recalled recently in England by Sir Rowland Smith, managing director of the Ford Co. (England), on the occasion of a ceremony held at Dagenham, as the millionth car built at that plant came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Council Meeting Military Treatment Works — Aerodrome—alma Street Water Supply
THERE was only a small attendance at Tuesday's meeting of the Hay Municipal Council and several matters before the Council were held over. The Department of Works wrote in connection with Army sewerage treatment works, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drift in Revenue Tramway and Bus Services Sydney
Asking what did the Government propose to do to arrest the alarming drift in tramway and bus service accounts Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guard Killed in Dramatic Railway Accident
Above : Point where the guard’s tender was derailed on the lofty viadu[?]t and began to run along the sleepers, first marks on which are shown near Mr E. Crockett, district resident, Below : All that remained of the tender after it had toppled 16 feet from the railway line over the embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cuts in Sydney’s Tram Services Forecast Sydney
Lack of ma[?] would make imperative substantial cuts in Sydney from services early in the New Year, said the assistant secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Skated 128 Miles Along Road SYDNEY
“Tich” Laprini. Goulburn, and Olga Hughes. Australian women’s roller skating champion, won the teams’ roller skating contest from Goulburn to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat to Train Services Engineers May Withhold Power MELBOURNE
Another threat to Melbourne’s suburban train services has been provided by the decision of the Amalgamated Engineering Union…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wodonga Competition Railway Defeats Melrose
Railway, the WTA ponnant leaders, defeated a strong Melrose team in [?] round on Saturday. They proved beyond doubt that they have a team with all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tournet at Railway
Excellent tennis was seen in the American mixed doubles tournament played on Railway courts yesterday afternoon. In the between section winners H. manning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Merrigal Bridge Deputation on Last Hope
If a deputation can be arranged this week, a last attempt will be made to induce the Department of Main Roads, and W.C. and I.C.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitumen Surface Wanted on Murray Valley Roads
Covering with bitumen of east west roads was urged at a meeting of the Murray Valley, Development League at Shepparton…
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