Suburban and District Remove Wallsend Railway Gates
The President of Wallsend Chamber of Commerce (Mr. C. L. Firkin) reported, last night that, with Mr. W. H. Drury, he interviewed the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Norwegians Cut Railways
LONDON, Thursday: Norwegian parachutitsts, flown from Britain, are credited by the Norwegian Government here with wrecking railways…
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LONDON, January 12. A.A.P.—Norwegian parachutists, flown from Britain during the past fortnight, attacked most important north-south…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Sydney A Richardson, carrier, of Seven Hills, was fined £20, with 8/ costs, in the Traffic Court, and ordered to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gelignite Found Under Bridge; Youths Held
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police found 86 plugs of gelignite packed in pipes on Richmond Bridge. They are believed to be from 100 plugs…
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LONDON, Jan. 14. A.A.P.—A Swedish newspaper reports that 180 German soldiers were killed and many others injured when a troop…
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BATHURST, Sunday.—Kevin Bruce Price, 19, a Spring Hill farmhand, was run down by a fast goods train in Blayney railway yards on…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Tram way men endorsed the recent recommendation of the executive of the Tramway Employees' Association…
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The hearing was resumed of the charges against five railway employees of having stolen a keg of beer valued at £2 18s 7d at Adamstown, on December 10…
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Joygiver arrived in Newcastle to-day from Sydney and is to be prepared by F. Grisdale at Broadmealow…
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LONDON, January 15. A.A.P. —The first civilian boat train since May, 1940, left London terminus to-day for Paris…
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LITHGOW, Monday.—A woman and her six-year-old daughter were fatally injured when a railway motor-tricycle was struck by a train…
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NEW YORK. Monday.—The first American convoy for 2½ years to carry war supplies overland from India to China has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christo-road Repairs Held Up
Christo-road, Georgetown, reconstruction work had been held up because supplies of crushed slag from the Steel Works were not available,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Road deaths in the Christmas-New Year period totalled eight, the lowest on record for the State during the holidays,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—All washaways on railway lines have been repaired and trains are running to a normal schedule…
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Sir,—A ridiculous increase was put into operation two months ago, which the public is expected to accept without query. The insurance…
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The District Coroner (Mr. Chiplin) commented yesterday on the decrease of fatalities due to road accidents.. In 1939 there were 52 fatal accidents…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An unidentified man was killed late to-night when struck by an electric train 50 yards on the Sydney side of…
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MELBOURNE.—Instructors, maintenance personnel and the use Of an operational training unit have been made available…
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