Communists Wreck Train In Malaya
SINGAPORE, Jan. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Communist terrorists shot and killed a Eurasian enginedriver and wrecked a passenger…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Terrorists Wreck Train In Malaya
SINGAPORE, Mon. (A.A.P.)—Communist terrorists shot and killed an engine-driver and wrecked a passenger train…
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After travelling 120 miles by utility tuck, train and ambulance, a 54-year-old man who fell 50 feet down a mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car and Tram Collide, Two Men Injured
Two men were injured when a car in which they were travelling and a tram collided at the corner of Hunter and Union Streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Railway Revenue Increased
Passenger rail revenue at Newcastle Railway Station increased from £20,106/2/- in December 1948 to £22,395/0/8 last month. However, only a small per-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists' Manners Improved
SYDNEY.—The behavior of motorists over the holiday period showed a big improvement, but not enough, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Want Sydney Bridge Toll Abolished
SYDNEY.—A committee representing motorists' organisations, motor traders and civic bodies has asked the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3 Men Arrested On Mudgee Train
LITHGOW, Tuesday.—In two raids on the crowded Mudgee Mail en route to Sydney this morning police arrested three men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Withdraw Road Cycle Racing Permit
The Superintendent of Traffic (Mr. Lawrence) has withdrawn permission for cycle races on Nelson's Bay-road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Winsor To "Clean Up" Road Haulage
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Transport Commissioner (Mr. R. Winsor) said to-night that he had started a clean-up of illegal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →54 Persons Killed In Brisbane Road Accidents Last Year
BRISBANE.—Fifty-four people were killed in road accidents in the Brisbane area during 1949 and 1641 were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Struck by Tram
Alan McDonnell, 29, of Steel-street, Mayfield, was struck by a tram at Parnell-place last night. He was carried several yards before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2M. Gallons Of Motor Spirit Due This Month
A total of 2,100,000 gallons of motor spirit for Newcastle district is expected to arrive in the port this month…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Kenneth Pinchin, 19, of Sydney-road, Deniliquin. New South Wales, was killed to-day when his motor-cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buses Get Blame For Tram Man's Suicide
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.).—For 25 of his 44 years Clem Robinson grew up with trams, first as a conductor, then a driver. When, on New Year's Eve, the Southampton Transport…
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The conveners of the conference of councils that is to discuss the development of Barrington Tops as a tourist resort should ensure that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Boy Killed In Road Accident
DUBBO, Wednesday.—John William Wheaton, 9, of Allambi, Balladoran, was killed this morning when the utility truck in which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carrier Puts Road Before Wangi Ferry
A better road between Toronto and Wangi would be of more value than the proposed vehicular ferry service between Swansea and Wangi,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Urgent Road Problem For Council In 1950
Newcastle Council aldermen, facing in 1950 the last and most testing of their three-year term of office, will have to grapple more seriously with the increasingly urgent problem of halting the rapid deterioration of Newcastle roads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Dead on Railway Line
SYDNEY Wednesday.—An unidentified woman aged about 40 was found dead on the railway line 200 yards from Campsie Station…
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