Cessnock To Lake Railway Link
Because investigation of the proposal involve the transfer of officers from essential national work, the move for the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Chatham-road Bridge
A tender or £520/14/5 by Stewarts and Lloyds for the supply, bending, and delivery of reinforcement or a major portion of…
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SYDNEY.—War Eagle and Chinook have reappeared at Randwick looking healthy and ready to commence work for autumn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work on Stockrington Road in Progress
The Engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) told Tarro Shire Council that a gang had started work on the road of access to Stockrington colliery at…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—President Roosevelt has sub-mitted to Congress a proposal for developing a national…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Take Census of Idle Army Motor Vehicles
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The taking of a census of all "idle Defence Force motor vehicles throughout Queensland" was suggested by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Can't Force Children to Yield Seats? in Trams—
Tram conductors have no power to order children from smoking compartments or to make them yield seats to adults. Alderman Dunkley told Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners Jumped From Train
SYDNEY.—Four soldiers in custody handcuffed in pairs escaped from a moving train on the night of May 6 while on their way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifth Army Near Key Town on Road to Rome
LONDON, Thursday. — American troops of the Fifth Army are only a little more than three miles from Cassino, key fortress on the road to Rome. Allied forces closing on Cassino from other sides…
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LONDON, Jan. 13.—Ten thousand air raid incidents have been reported on British railways and London transport property since the outbreak of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Truck Driver Negligent Verdict in Tram Fatality
BRISBANE, Thursday.—It was stated in the Coroner's Court that the driver of the American truck which collided with a Brisbane tram…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol Supplies For Motor Pleasure Boat
SYDNEY.—Owners of private pleasure motor boats are to get a petrol ration. From February 1. a monthly ration from one to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor-cyclist Hurt
When the motor-cycle he was riding collided with a bus at the Warner's Bay turnoff yesterday, Gordon Hall, 24, of Parkway-avenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press London Train Smash Kills 15
London, Monday (AAP).—A train from Norwich ran into the real of a train from Yarmouth at Ilford (East London) station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 Killed in Train Smash in Spain
GIBRALTAR, January 16.—Spanish reports indicate that at least 500 persons were killed when an express collided with a goods train in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bad Roads At East Lambton
"The local representatives on the Greater Newcastle Council should be asked to keep in mind the deplorable conditions of the…
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LONDON, Jan. 17.—Eight people were killed and 30 injured when a train from Norwich ran into the near of a train from Yarmouth at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →25 Hurt In Sydney Tram Collision
SYDNEY, Monday.—When two trams collided outside the Rusheutter Bay tram depot early to-night, 25 people were injured by flying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Union of Railwaymen
A sub-branch of the National Union of Railwaymen of Australia was formed at Port Waratah on Sunday. The following officers were elected—President,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bus-tram Hold-up Threatened
SYDNEY. — A 24-hour hold-up of Sydney and Newcastle bus and tram services is threatened. Railway guards…
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