30,000 Railway Men May Strike
SYDNEY, Monday. — In New South Wales alone nearly 30,000 railway employees may be involved in a general strike before next…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Motor Cyclist Fined for Negligence
Pleading guilty to driving a motor cycle negligently. Allan Addison was fined £1, with 3s court costs, at Lismore Court yesterday…
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Pleading guilty to permitting an unlicensed person to drive a motor cycle, Gordon Albert Smith was fined £1, with 5s 6d court costs, at…
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KYOGLE, Tuesday—P. Connelly, a railway fireman was admitted to Kyogle Memorial Hospital in a serious condition, as a result of…
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Just as records are made to be broken, each bridgebuilding feat by army engineers in New Britain exceeds the achievement and value of…
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For the eradication of noogoora and bathurst burr on Tweed Shire roads, applications will be called for three men…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A spokesman for the New South Wales Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said to-night the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismore Club Road Race Entries Close To-day'
The Lismore Cyile Club will conduct a 5 mile race over the South Lismore course, commencing at 4 p.m. sharp, next Saturday. Nominations close…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: A conference today between the Railway Union and the NSW Railway Commissioner (Mr Hartigan) agreed on a formula for the settlement of the dispute which had been threatening to bring about a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A conference to-day between the Railway Union and the N.S.W. Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) agreed on a formula for the settlement of the dispute which ha been…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Executive approval has been given to the Cairns City Council to borrow £9000 from the Queensland…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Lawson. (C.P., Murray) drew attention to the heavy cost to country…
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Australian soldiers of a light aid detachment made this power motor boat out off discarded belly-tanks in the Numa Numa sector on Bougainville Island…
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A special general meeting of the N.S.W. Road Transport Workers' Union agreed to a resolution instructing their delegates on the…
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Mrs. G. S. Moyle held the highest bridge score at the Patriotic Bridge Club's party on Saturday and Mrs. J. Lincoln the 500. The hostesses…
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The N.R.M.A. is awaiting a decision from the Government regarding the imposition of tolls on the new road bridge across the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nsw Railways Carried 288Mil. Last Year
SYDNEY, Monday: The Railway Commissioner (Mr Hartigan) said that in 1940 the New South Wales…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) said to-day that in 1940 the railways carried. 179 million passengers,…
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IPSWICH Tuesday: Because the Seven-Mile Bridge was under water this morning 102 Ipswich miners could not get to six mines…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Steps are to be taken immediately to test the finding of a West Australian magistrate that National Security…
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