Want to See Mr. McKELL Trams Dangerous, Says Union
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Tramways Union would ask for an immediate conference with the Premier (Mr. McKell) for emergency action…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Motor Cars May Never Return to Prewar Prices
ADELAIDE, Friday.—It was virtually impossible to say whether motorcars would ever return to their prewar prices, Lord Nuffield said…
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SYDNEY: — A motorist was threatened with a sawn-off pea-rifle by one of two youths whom he disturbed in an attempt to steal his car in Victoria Road Bellevue Hill, last night. The motorist Bruce O'Dwyer (24),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breakdown Delays Mail Train
The failure of an engine drawing a goods train near Epping last night caused the Moree Mail to be nearly two hours late arriving at Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A window in a train travelling to-night from Newcastle to Sydney was shattered by a stone or bullet as the train was about…
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Mrs. V. Smith, of Werris Creek, fell between a train and the platform at Broadmeadow last night. She escaped with abrasions and…
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Corporal Raymond John Dorn, about 24, of the R.A.A.F., was fatally injured yesterday afternoon in a road accident near Rathmines…
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Mr. J. Collins, who has been in charge of the main barrier at Newcastle railway station for some years, has retired after 33 years' service…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Tramway Union Executive will meet on Wednesday to discuss a demand from members for a boycott of obsolete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Letter Box Railwayman Complains
The People of the Commonwealth know how railway workers sacrificed their recreation during the long years of bitter struggle,…
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A special train will run from. Newcastls to Wingham Races next Saturday. The timetable is as follows:— Newcastle: Depart 6.20 a.m…
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LUCKNOW, March 4. A.A.P.—Thirty persons were killed and 100 others injured when the Dehra Dun-Lucknow express collided with a…
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SYDNEY.—The Minister for Transport ( Mr. O'Sullivan) made a tragic decision when, after Commonwealth control was lifted in October last, he decreed that New South Wales should revert to its old speed regulations (30 m.p.h. in street-lit areas, and a prima facie limit of 50 m.p.h. elsewhere in the State)," says the annual report of the Pedestrians' Road Safety…
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A proposal for construction of a vehicular traffic bridge across Dora Creek and of a road connecting with the bridge to link…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Carpenters to Frame Log
Members of the Newcastle branch of the Building Workers' Industrial Union engaged in the Department of Railways will meet at the Trades Hall…
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Tram services were disorganised yesterday afternoon following an electrical failure at the powerhouse. On the Waratah, Adamstown, and…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Using a prison bread knife with a serrated edge to saw a hole through the roof of a prison tram, two…
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Railway carpenters and bricklayers who are members of the Building Workers' Industrial Union will meet at the Trades Hall on Wednesday…
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Complaints by Stockton Progress Association concerning long delays stated to be caused at the Market Street railway intersection. Newcastle,…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A school to train officers in the New Guinea administrative services will be established in Army premises in…
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