Fire in Railway Signal Box
Cook's Hill Fire Brigade yesterday put out a fire in a smoking high-voltage cable in a railway signal box near Merewether-street level…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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A.E.U. Action on Melbourne Tram Strike Denied
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Leslie Richard Owen Maxwell, fitter and turner, before the Royal Commission on Communism in Victoria…
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NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): General Motors Corporation of Detroit has announced price cuts ranging from 10 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged With Attempted Rape In Train
Allegations that Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, laborer, had tried to rape a young woman in the Brisbane Express between Maitland and Greta on Jan. 18 and that she had jumped from the train to escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Why Goods Train Ran Late In Iowa
NEW YORK: Complaint was made that an Iowa goods train was taking two hours to travel two miles on one part of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →5 Killed On Road At Week-end
Five men were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. Lionel Carter, 21, of Pulteney-street, Taree, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor-Cyclists In Triple Collision
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A motor-cyclist and his pillion passenger to-night crashed into two cars and a motor-cycle coming…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Merewether, Glebe Trams Go Conversion to Buses 'Smooth'
The change over from trams to buses on Merewether and Glebe routes yesterday went smoothly and without incident, transport officials said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck, Motor-Cycle Collide; 2 Hurt
A motor-cyclist and his pillion rider were admitted to Maitland Hospital last night as the result of a collision between their machine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Assault Alleged; Man For Trial
Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, labourer of on fixed abode, was committed for trial on March 21 then he was charged at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Dragged By Train After Collision
WOLLONGONG, Monday.—When his truck and a coal train collided at Port Kembla to-day, a truck driver was dragged 60 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road to 'Hollywood' "Not Council Job"
The formation of a road to "Hollywood" "squatters'" settlement, near Jesmond, where 70 to 80 families were housed on private land,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deregistration Of Trammen's Union Sought
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A bid to have the Tramways' Employees' Union deregistered will be made by the Tramways Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Dead Animals In Creek, Says Railway Dept
The Railway Department notified the Cardiff Urban Area Committee today that there were no dead animals in a creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Deadlock In Tram Strike
MELBOURNE: Melbourne's tram strike has reached a temporary stalemate. It is believed unlikely that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.R.M.A. Attacks Railways Dept's. Policy On Bridges
SYDNEY: The N.R.M.A. has charged the Railways Department with indifference to the safety of motorists who use the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Protest Over Maryvale Railway
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has protested to the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) and Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) over the Government's failure to complete the Sandy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protest On Moving Tram Tracks
Lake Road Progress Association has written to Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., saying it has decided not to send a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Williamtown School To Train Paratroops
Williamtown School of Land-Air Warfare will begin the training of paratroops this year. The school will also begin a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Striking Tram Men Lose Temporary Jobs
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. The Victorian Railways to-day dismissed five temporary employees from Melbourne goods sheds. This…
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