Road Transport Strike Fears Increase
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Men of the Road Transport Workers' Union were becoming increasingly restive, and there were grave fears that a move…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Course Sought For Road Races
It was also decided that a committee of three should wait upon the Superintendent of Police, Newcastle, with the object of securing a more…
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Newcastle tram men will work special trams for children's sports and swimming. They decided to do this last night,…
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Trams will not run to the usual timetable on Sunday. Tram-men decided last night to disregard the timetable and to work trams to…
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Newcastle's tram fares, with a maximum fare of 4d, were much cheaper than those in Sydney, said the Commissioner for Road…
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The District Superintendent of Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. R. P. Clarke) said today that the restoration of the special trams an d buses to convey school-children to and from swimming classes will take effect on March 6. Last night tramwaymen agreed at a meeting to work the special trams for the school-children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →V Bomb Just Missed Train
LONDON, March 1. A.A.P.—A crowded train had a narrow escape when a V-bomb fell recently in southern England. The bomb…
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BOMBAY, Thursday: Japanese resistance brok on the Burma road yesterday and Chinese troops are only 19 miles from Lashio, starting point of the Burma road. Fifty miles west of Lashio other Chinese troops are…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. Juanita Coleman, 23, was killed, and her husband, Leo Coleman, 27, of Redfern, critically injured, when they fell in…
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There will be general satisfaction that, with the cooperation of its employees, the Transport Department will resume the special…
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Following a decision of the Tramway Union, trams to convey, school [?] been to swimming and sports will be run again next Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Townsville Railway Works Strike Ends
BRISBANE, Thursday—The strike of Townsville railway workshops' employees has been settled, and an early resumption of work is…
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LONDON, Thursday: Three great air fleets, totalling more than 4000 planes, yesterday continued the campaign to smash up Germany's railways and oil plants. Late at night Berlin radio reported that Allied bombers were…
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SYDNEY.—There will be no tram strike in Sydney to enforce claims by non-traffic employees. The secretary of the Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Roads "In Bad Way"
Complaints about the condition of Stockton roads were made at a meeting of Stockton branch of the A.L.P. Those used…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Lee Morgan Coleman, 27, of Redfern, who was seriously injured when he fell in front of an electric train at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to Editor Railway Night Work
Sir,—M. Meek claims that our chiefs are still popular with us. Railwaymen, admittedly, but why the distinction among employees? When…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Safer Footboards on Trams Wanted
Mr. D. Cameron, at the New Lambton-Lambton A.L.P. meeting last night, said tram footboards could be made safer for the conductors by…
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Because tram men claim that keeping to the timetable set by the Transport Department for Sunday traffic means dangerous travelling,…
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AFTER they had seen her photo in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" as "Miss Railway" in the War Memorial Ward Queen Competition,…
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