Tojo Ordered Railway Slave Labour
TOKYO, January 9.A.A.P.—General Tojo, Japan's wartime Prime Minister, ordered prisoners of war to labour on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,590 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 80
Chlorine Gas in Train Smash
PARIS, Jan. 10. A.A.P.—Twenty-five people were taken to hospital, some suffering from chlorine gas poisoning, when a Toulouse-Marseilles…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—When an empty train being shunted into Central Railway Station crashed into a buffer stop this afternoon two carriages…
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The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) has notified the Kearsley Shire Council, through Mr. Booth, M.L.A., that no financial…
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GOSFORD, Friday.—Walter Bailey, 22, of 47 Sweete-street, Lidcombe, who has both his legs in irons and is suffering from spinal injuries, the…
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BERLIN, Friday.—German police fired over the heads of 300 coal-train looters near Cologne in the British Zone. Previously, the looters pelted with lumps of coal civilians who attempted to disperse them…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—Richard Walton, of Upper-street, Tamworth, was killed instantly when the motor-cycle he was riding to his farm at…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two tram conductors and a driver were involved in accidents to-day. While he was collecting fares on…
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The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Quinlan) appealed to business men last night not to bid against the Police Boys' Club for a piece of land…
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Since the meat strike began last Monday, the number of perishable parcels received at Newcastle Station Inwards Parcel Office has shown a marked increase. A carter who has handled many of the parcels, said they are being…
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MELBOURNE: A man was killed and his son injured on the Princes Highway, near Berwick, last night when the motor cycle they were…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) is considering a request for the construction of a railway from Dora Creek via…
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PERTH, Sunday.—An heroic but unsuccessful attempt to save a man who had fallen between the rails from the main platform at Perth railway…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A one-day stoppage by Sydney and Newcastle tram and bus men on Monday, January 20, seemed inevitable, the State Secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union (Mr. Brock) said to-night…
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The Town Clerk (Mr. Wells) told the Greater Newcastle Works Committee yesterday that the amount which might be borrowed for general…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The proposed one-day stoppage by Sydney and New castle tram and bus men on Monday would be discussed by Cabinet on…
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Sir,—A £500 fine for drunken motor drivers is not a bit too much. It may teach some of the beer-gay boys to sober up a bit, though it…
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Sir,—The Mayor's action in requesting business interests not to bid for railway land at auction in opposition to the Police Boys' Club seems to be…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—He proposed to make an immediate interim award for railwaymen, the effect of which would be to bring the…
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SYDNEY: The one-day stoppage of trams and buses in Sydney and Newcastle next Monday is regarded as inevitable by union officials, unless beforehand a satisfactory assurance is given on the men's claims…
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