Woman Killed in Motor Cycle Smash
SYDNEY. — Glory June Hayes, 21. Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills, died in Parramatta District Hospital early this morning from injuries received…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Council "Was Ignored" Site Inspected for Aerodrome
Lower Hunter Shire Council carried a motion of resentment at the action of the Greater Newcastle Council in ignoring the Shire…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Nellie Juliet Decoster, 35, of Tivoli Esplanade, Como, was killed when she was struck by a train near Janali…
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ALL MAJOR estimates of the City Engineer (Mr. Knott), including £96,000 for roads and footpaths, and £5280 for drains,…
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Six new 100 candlepower electric lamps will be added to road lighting in Lake-road, Wallsend, and a lamp will be placed at the corner…
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An estimate of £2794 for scarifying and re-sheeting with gravel and star surfacing the streets in the Highfield Estate. Shortland,…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—To the present 1500 motor-trucks have been sold in New Guinea and the Northern islands, said a spokesman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strikers Shot by Train Guards
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—Two men were killed and three wounded in a shooting affray on the strikebound Toledo-Peoria western railway at Bloomington (Illinois). Four railway guards have been held for questioning…
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SYDNEY. — Road accidents increased by 26.4 per cent. last year, compared with 1944, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale) announced today. There were 9166 accidents in 1945,…
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HUMID conditions, plus late nights, perhaps, caused a record number of train travellers to go to sleep on their…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A big increase in road accidents in New South Wales last year was revealed by the Commissioner for Road Transport…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Twenty-five people were injured when a double-decker bus and a tram collided at the intersection of Bridge and…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A soldier who was fatally injured when struck by a tram, near Prince Henry Hospital, La Perouse, early to-day, has been…
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"In view of the heavy expenditure involved to repair the line to bring it up to the standard required efficiently to handle passenger traffic,…
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People travelling to Sydney by train last night had to fight their way on to the train at Newcastle station. Women and children were crushed together in the corridors, and many were left behind…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three people were killed and 15 injured in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. A women was fatally injured and…
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DETROIT, Feb, 10. A.A.P.—General Motors Corporation has announced that the strike of 25,000 electrical workers employed in its plants…
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LONDON, Feb. 11. A.A.P.—Hamburg Radio states that a train containing scientific books and laboratory equipment,…
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SYDNEY: Railway detectives arrested at gunpoint last night two men who are alleged to have thrown £250 worth of goods from a train at Denistone, near Ryde. Police say that the two men jumped from the train while it was moving and were caught…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Louis Wylde, 59, was killed to-night when struck by a car near his home in Bexley-road, Campsie…
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