Two Missing: Flood Traps Train
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Trapped in a guard's van when a goods train broke down on a bridge across the Burdekin…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Convoy Over Emergency Route of Burma Road
The first convoy to travel over the Tenchung cut-off of the Burma Road--an emergency route --arrived in Kunming in Yunnan…
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CASINO, Friday.—Noel Jackson Crittenden (19) was charged in the Casino Court with having ridden a motor cycle in Barker Street while…
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CORAKI, Sunday. — The occupants of a cream sedan car had a narrow escape when the steering gear failed on the southern…
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CASINO, Monday.—Charged at Casino Court this afternoon, before Messrs. Elsmer Jones and L. E. C. Luff, J's.P., with having…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Weekend rains have swept across Queensland resulting in floods and wash-outs on lines radiating north,…
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Sir,--In your report of the deputation to the Shire Council about a bridge at Tumbulgum I am reported as having said that…
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One of the biggest tasks for Australian engineers in the Aitape sector is the bridging of the Danmap River, 45 miles…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—"he Allies will have to wade through an ever increasing river of blood. sweat and tears as they…
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CAIRNS, Tuesday: A military truck containing six soldiers was proceeding towards Babinda when it went over the side of the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridgehead Gain on Road Armies Link as Rhine West Bank Cleared
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Striding north in the first co-ordinated attack from the Remagen bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Rhine, American First Army troops have advanced to within two miles of the main CologneFrankfurt Road…
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An increase of £1407 in total revenue at Murwillumbah railway station for last month, compared with the same month'…
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CASINO, Wednesday—The overseer (Mr. R. E. Hughes) reported to Casino Council that he had received a complaint from the…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday.—Dreadful conditions under which war prisoners worked in Thailand were described by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Moselle Bridgeheads Attacks Beaten off in American Drive on Road to Ruhr
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—Smashing the last German resistance on the west of the Moselle River, the American Third Army broke across on a nine mile front and established two substantial bridgeheads. One bridgehead is six miles wide and three miles deep, and the second is three miles wide and two and a half miles deep…
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Shortly after dusk on Wednesday night a motor cycle ridden by Earl R. James (20), with Allan Heppell (17) on the pillion,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: No trams or buses will run in Sydney or Newcastle after the all-night services are completed on…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—No trams or puses will run in sydney of Newcastle a[?] the all might services are concluded on Saturday…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The Inkerman railway bridge which links Brisbane with Cairns has been badly damaged by the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury River Bridge Toll
A toll of 16 for each car may be charged by the Government as a standard fare over the Hawkesbury River Bridge when it is opened…
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