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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

652 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 33

Chamber of Commerce Discusses Wide Range of Subjects Armidale-grafton Road Should Be Inter-city Highway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 4

Subjects discussed by Armidale Chamber of Commerce on Friday night included:…

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More Strikes Railway Threat SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 1

The State Council of the Loco. Engineers’ Unions last night unanimously decided in favor of an immediate one-day stoppage of all trains, both…

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Walkers Are in the News (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 3

In one-third of all road accidents in the State walkers are the victims. They may not be responsible for all of their…

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Tried to Stop Tram

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 6

"Watch me stop this tram," a 60-year-old man said to some friends in Banksia Street. Botany (Sydney). Next moment,…

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Bomb Alarm Pyrmont Bridge SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 1

Traffic was held up for almost 30 minutes yesterday when a large bomb fell from a R.A.A.F. truck near Pyrmont Bridge, City…

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Sydney Tram on Fire Pursued by Brigade For 300 Yards SYDNEY

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 1

Unaware that the vehicle was on fire, a tram driver travelled more than 300 yards, along Oxford-street, city, yesterday, with a fire engine in…

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Race Trams Threatened Stoppage

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 3

Th A.J.C. intends to carry on with its meeting at Randwick on March 24, whether or not tramwaymen refuse to man tram…

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Train Service Inverell-Moree Line

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 6

Mr. Roy Heferen asked the following question in the Legislative Assembly this week: Will the Minister for Transport say…

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Air Assault Continued Heavy Raids on Germany Important Railway Yards Blasted LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 1

Military targets near Berlin, including the large railway yards at Oranienburg, 20 miles north of the German capital,…

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Armidale Technical College Motor Maintenance Classes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 6

A class has been formed to give instruction in the maintenance, of motor cars and trucks. The class is for owners, drivers and rural…

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Inverell-Moree Train Service

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Roy Heferen made an appeal to the Minister for Transport for improvement of the train service on the…

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Sensational Collapse of Ludendorf Bridge Ludendorf Bridge Sensational Collapse Slipped Beneath Rhine London

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

The collapse of the Ludendorff bridge across the Rhine sensational as its capture,…

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Ashford Shire Road Work Criticised Ashford Town Affairs

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Ashford Shire was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday last. There were present the President (Cr. R. A. Black),…

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Death at Level Crossing Train Runs Down Milk Cart MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 2

Joan Frost (11), of Northcote, was killed yesterday when a milk cart was run down by a train at a level crossing in Mildura…

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Ludendorff Bridge At Remagen Collapses Bridgehead Not Imperilled Constant Strain of Moving Materials Proves Too Much London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

The collapse of the Ludendorff bridge across the Rhine at Remagen was as sensational as its capture, says a "Daily Mail" correspondent. It was not destroyed by shell or bomb; it just crumbled quietly…

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Easter Motoring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists that the current issue of petrol ration tickets must be converted into petrol by March 31. The March…

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Popular Railwayman Retires Mr. Tom Waters Farewelled by Colleagues

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 4

Over 60 railwaymen, from Tamworth to Wallangarra, were present at the Armidale Railway Institute on Friday night…

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Must Train Young Men as Shearers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 6

'Unless immediate action was taken to train young men, the shortage of shearers now being experienced would become…

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Nine Injured in Tram Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Nine person were injures in a collision between two trams in Broadway to-day. One of them…

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Bus, Tram Hold-up Threat Persists 100 Released From Army

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

The threatened bus and tram hold-up next week-end has not teen averted, despite the promised release 100 former…

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