Widen Road at Hexham Tarro Council's Move Retaining Wall Suggested
Tarro Shire Council decided yesterday to urge the Main Roads Department to widen the Pacific Highway between Ironbark Bridge and Hexham punt by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Police Court Wednesday, January 24 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Trespassed on Railway
William Neill, 26, an ironworker, was fined £2, in default four day's imprisonment, for having trespassed on railway property at Cardiff on January 23…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Holiday Transport Trains, Trams and Buses
Additional trains, trams and buses will be run at the week-end—the Australia Day holiday week-end. Special excursion fares will operate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Bridge Damaged Near Neath
A bush fire outbreak near Neath last night damaged a railway bridge on the Abermain No. 2 Colliery line, between Abermain and Neath…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Tea for Road Workers Cabinet Decision to be Criticised SYDNEY
The decision of the State Cabinet that morning tea could not be allowed to full-time workers, but would be allowed to rationed men is to be made the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Trespassed on Railway
George Herbert White, 47, a miner, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having wilfully trespassed on railway property, at Carrington, on January 24. He…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →More Motors Registered Increase Of 5614 During 1939
Motor vehicles registered in New South Wales at the end or December last totalled 328,554, an increase of 1.7 per cent. over the total of 322,940…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Workers Dismissed
The President of the Camp Committee at Howe's Valley, on the Singleton-Putty road job (Mr. W. G. Knowles) said to-day that 75 men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Boys Injured by Bottle Thrown From Train Sydney
Two boys on a train travelling to Hornsby suffered facial injuries to-day when a beer bottle thrown from a passing train entered the window…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teachers May Use Motors Barrier Strikers Ban Goods Transport SYDNEY
The Barrier Industrial Council and the Australian Railways Union have agreed to place no restrictions on the return of 70 schoolteachers to Broken Hill by motor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Yachting
Vice-commodore's Day at Toronto, conducted by Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club. Races for cruisers and speedboats…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Greta Increased Railway Revenue
Figures supplied by the railway officials at Greta station give an idea of the effect of the A.I.F. camp on the business of the town. For December 1938,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Strike Pay for Railwaymen Sydney
Mr. J. Ferguson, State organiser of the A.R.U., will deliver strike pay to the Broken Hill railway strikers on a motor-bike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth Injured in Train
The condition of Arthur Richards, 18, of Neutral Bay Fire Station, who was admitted to Wallsend Hospital on Saturday evening, after being struck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Near British Coast Secret Nazi Aerodrome Discovered LONDON, January 28
A secret German aerodrome under construction at Langeoog, in the Frisian Islands, is revealed by the latest Royal Air Force photographs, taken on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured by Bottle Thrown from Train SYDNEY
When a beer bottle was thrown from a passing train two boys on a train travelling to Hornsby received facial injuries yesterday. The boys, Robert West,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Struck on Head Injured in Train Near Teralba
Arthur Richards, 18, an apprentice butcher, of the fire station. Neutral Bay. Sydney, was admitted to Wallsend Hospital in a serious condition on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine Killed on Roads Holiday Week-end Marred Two Dead in North
The holiday week-end began with a heavy toll of lives in road accidents. There were two deaths in the North, two in Sydney, and four…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Birth in Express Train Child Unhurt After Fall on Rails BRISBANE
While a woman: was on her way to hospital she gave birth to a child in an express train near Maryborough. The birth took place in a corridor and nobody…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pay for Railway Strikers Dispute at Broken Hill SYDNEY
The first pay by the Australian Railways Union to members on strike on the Broken Hill line will be delivered to-morrow by the Union Organiser (Mr. J…
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