Train Cuts Certain If Engineers Leave Ships
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Train cuts were inevitable if the marine engineers on Australian coastal ships stopped work on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
873 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 44
Road to Suicide Bishop On Power Belief
Always fresh in his presentation of views, even when talking on a subject as old as that of the world’s ills, the Bishop of Goulburn, Dr. Burgmann, said yesterday that the system we knew today was doomed unless there was a change in our way of thinking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plea For Private Motorists
SYDNEY, Sun.: The NRMA has asked the rationing authorities to extend the currency of petrol ration tickets to allow…
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BRISBANE, Sun.—Only 11th hour moves tomorrow can avert a 24-hour stoppage of railways in North Queensland, starting at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Kills Taxi-driver
ARMIDALE. Mon: . Daniel Richard Alting, 71 year old taxi driver, of Armidale, was killed today when the Glen Innes mall train and his car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Novel Scheme to Train Racing Dogs
A novel scheme for the training of racing greyhounds which could mean happier life for cats, small dogs and other animals all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Employe Killed by Truck
MELBOURNE, Monday: Struck by a motor truck in Spencer st., city this evening. James Wanstall, aged 35, of Lonsdale st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Truck Hurls Nine Children to Road Man Later Arrested
SYDNEY, Wed.: When a truck crashed into a group of school children crossing a road at Bankstown this afternoon, nine children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Massive Cylinders and "Marrying Beams" in Culcairn Railway Bridge
On the extreme right can be seen one of the completed cylinders, topped by its marrying beam. On the left is a cylinder partly completed. The four-foot sectional cast marks on each cylinder can be seen, while the reinforcing rods rising from the partly cast cylinder give an idea of the amount of reinforcement that is being used…
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The new railway bridge at Culcairn is slowly but surely taking shape. underneath the old bridge. On the [?]me right can be seen the concrete abuttments, and just in front of this is a supporting cylinder. topped by a "marrying beam." In the centre foreground is the mould…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3000 Tons Of Concrete In Culcairn Bridge Steel Girders Only Part Of Structure
The ten large steel girders lying on the south side of the Billabong at Culcairn in readiness to be lifted into place on the railway bridge being built there, al[?]hough they weigh a total of 250 tons, actually form a…
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SYDNEY, Fri.— About 500 railwaymen went on strike at the electric car workshop at Chullara today because of an…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.— Tramwaymen will decide at a mass meeting at Glenhuntly depot on Sunday morning whether or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen Condemn Action of Council
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A meeting today officers representing all metropolitan divisions, sections and shop committees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trammies Defer Strike Action
MELBOURNE. Sun.: There now seems no likelihood of a tramway stoppage in Melbourne for some time. A mass meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Football Ex-services Defeat Railway
Wodonga Ex-Servicemen and Railways played a match on the Wodonga racecourse on Sunday. Ex-Servicemen winning after an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tacks Strewn on Road
PARIS. Mon.: Tacks were strewn along all roads leading to the Vincennes stadium, where General de Gaulle was due to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Motor Cyclist Killed
LITHGOW, Mon.: Glancing off a car and crashing off the road into a guide post, a motor cyclist was fatally injured in an accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patrol Keeps Motorists In Check
SYDNEY, Mon.: With their headquarters at Lithgow, a special squad of police safely patrol motor cyclists operated on the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Noisy Motor Brings Fine
Complaints were prevalent from various places concerning the noises of motor transports, it was stated in Albury court yesterday,…
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