Australian Sleepers For Burma “Death Railway” SYDNEY
Australian sleepers are to replace those laid by Australian prisoners on the notorious “railway of death” between Burma and Siam…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
873 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 44
Proposed Tram Stoppage Off ? SYDNEY
Proposed stoppage of trains in Sydney and Newcastle next Monday is expected to be called off tomorrow at an executive meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley and the Road to Avernus
At the present time the situation politically, and economically in the Commonwealth may be said to symbolise a train running at more than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extra Mails by Road Tuesday, Thursday
Since the curtailment of train services, towns along the main North-eastern railway line have been receiving three morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Key Railway Men Not to Stop Work Sydney
Threatened stoppage of key men who examine railway waggons at Broadmeadow has been averted. The men had proposed a strike for 48 hours from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls Thrown Out of Train London
An Anglo-Indian girl was killed and her two sisters were injured when they were thrown out of a train by six men, 10 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Council Production at New "Low", No Road Plant Available
AFTER two years of peace, Australian production of heavy road-building machinery is less than at any time during the war. In a letter read to Waradgery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Burned to Death BRISBANE
A man was burned to death when he was trapped under his motor cycle at Capalaba today. He was John Malcolm Balfour, aged 40, married. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tax May Be Lifted Sydney
If the railways could not, because of a shortage of trucks, bring the bumper wheat harvest to the coast, the Government would consider lifting the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Arrested on Train on Robbery Charge LITHGOW
Police this afternoon intercepted the [?] train from Orange andarrested [?] man, who was later charged with [?] assaulted and robbed a drover…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwaymen Seeking Higher Wages Melbourne
The State executive of the Australian Railways Union tonight endorsed the action of the chief executive officers in discussions with the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worst Tram Massacre Yet
LAHORE. Wed.—The West Punjab Cabinet held a special meeting today when it received reports from officials concerning the worst train massacre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Across Edward River
Included in the fine plan for the Memorial Park which will be on show in Deniliquin shop windows at the week-end id a footbridge across the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aid for Roads Procedure to be Followed
Mr. J. J. Clark, M.H.R. forwards the following letter written him by the Acting Minister for Transport, Mr. C. Chalmers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Road Transport Stifled By Red Tape”
While decentralisation of industry is threatened by sharply increased rail freights in N.S.W. and Victoria, road transport could give cheaper and quicker service, but operators are being forced out of business by officialdom…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Courtesy All Users Asked To Help
At the annual meeting of Albury branch of the Road Safety Council, to be held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, October 16, Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Denied Assault On Tram Conductor SYDNEY
In the Central Court today middle weight boxer, John Thomas Kirkham, aged 25, was found not guilty of having assaulted a tram conductor,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wodonga Clubs Active Railway’s Annual Meeting
Railway club have started on the right foot for the 1947 season, a large gathering turned up at the annual meeting. Office-bearers elected were as follow:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists Beware
That modern menace—the hit and run driver—is apparently not confined the cities, for one is at large in Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramwaymen to Strike
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Tramwaymen at Glenhuntly depot will stop work on Tuesday, October 7, and stay out until the Tramways Board…
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