Motor Cyclist Was Unlucky
“I’m just unlucky,” Harold Montague Howell,of 512 Smollett st, is alleged to have said to constable R. Payne when the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
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Tennis: Wodonga Pennant Railway’s Three Games Win
In a brilliant match, in which fortunes fluctuated for both sides, Railway, playing defensively, defeated [?] by three…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railwayman’s Paper Favors Secret Ballot
Practically every nation unfetered by totalitarian Government, has learnt by long experience, that the only method of electing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Competed with Railways Man Heavily Fined at Albury
Charged with operating a motor vehicle on an occasion not authorised by a licence, George William Morris, of Tarcutta st,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Denl Motors V. Services
In an unusually small-scoring game, Services have a slender lead. Deni. Motors, without a full team, made a first innings score of 45. T…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camera Convicts Erring Motorists
MELBOURNE, Tues.: For the first time in Australia, five motorists charged with traffic offences were today convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwayman Condemn State Government
MELBOURNE, Tues.—The State executive of the Australian Railways Union passed a resolution tonight condemning the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Recommends State-Owned Road Services
HOBART, Wed.: Mr W. D. Chapman, Commonwealth Director of Transport, in his interim report on the transport system In…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Driver Remanded
Horace Christopher Lansdowne, 43 years, of 568 Parkinson st, was remanded until March 1 when he was before Albury court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railwaymen “Condemn” Hollway Government
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Following the prevention of Mr Boy Paterson, secretary of Ipswich branch of ARU, from addressing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Trans” Train Sunday Night
MELBOURNE, Thurs: Commonwealth and Victorian Railways Commissioners stated today [?] the normal train schedule between…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.Z. Train Wreck Scenes At Disaster
WELLINGTON, Thurs.: It is considered that the majority of the casualties in the South Island train disaster yesterday must have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scenic Road To Summit Of Table Top To Be Suggested To Minister
A scenic road from Albury to the summit of Table Top Mountain, and declaration of the mountain as a national park, will be proposed to the Minister for Tourist Activities…
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The Victorian Minister for Transport, replying to representations made on behalf of the residents of Rutherglen and Wahgunyah that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Rail Strike Tram Workshops Men Join in
BRISBANE, Thurs. — Despite the Arbitration Court’s order to hold a secret ballot before striking, about 400 tramway Workshop…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Pillage Loss £220,000 a Year
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Annual loss by pillage on NSW railways had increased from £18,000 in 1939-40 to £220,000 in 1946-47,…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — In his report for 1947, the City Coroner (Mr Burke) says that if motorists could “curb their speed and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →State of Emergency Declared in Q’land Government’s Bid to Break Railway Strike Men Say They Will Ignore The Order BRISBANE
A state of emergency has been declared in Queensland by the Queensland Labor Government. To-night, the Governor-in-Council [?] a proclamation containing directions for the preservation of [?] order and public safety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Railway Strike. District A.i .P. Supports Hanlon Government
Annual meeting of Albury A.L.P. Electorate Council at Holbrook yesterday carried a resolution calling on every member of the Labor Party in NSW, including politicians, to support the Queensland Government in its fight against the Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Train in Defence Work in Britain
SYDNEY, Mon: Scientists and engineers recruited for defence research work in Australia would first [?] training in…
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