Five Killed in Train Crash
LONDON, Friday (AAP). — Five people were killed and 15 seriously injured, with 20 to 30 others slightly injured when, in dense fog last…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Road Hold-up Charge
SYDNEY, Friday: In the Central Court today Bernard Roderick Bates (19), laborer, was committed for…
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LONDON, Friday: Five were killed, 15 seriously injured and between 20 and 30 slightly injured when a night mail train from Liverpool Street (London) to Peterborough crashed…
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In the Legislative Assembly Mr S. T. Stephens (C.P., Byron) asked whether it was a fact that the regulations controlling…
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At yesterday's meeting of the Kyogle Shire Council, the Engineer (Mr. F. J. Bamfield) made recommendations following his inspections…
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LONDON, Monday: A British aeroplane which has been labelled "as ugly as sin," will tour Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicle Output in U.s. Increases
DETROIT, Tuesday: General Motors Corporation produced 827,849 cars and 306,436 trucks in the United States in 1946, which…
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The Secretary for Railways (Mr S. R. Nicholas) announced yesterday that arrangements had been made for excursion tickets…
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In the N.S.W. excursion train programme between January 12 and 17. Murwillumbah will be seized tav one excursion train only…
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Brighter colour schemes, fluorescent lighting and plastic materials are being used in Britain's new railway carriages…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The land transport group of unions failed to reach a decision today OR a request by the Sydney and…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: The State branch of the Australian Railways Union will take action Simultaneously with other state…
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PARIS, Friday (AAP).—Twenty-five people, some suffering from chlorine gas poisoning were taken to hospital when a Toulouse-Marseilles passenger…
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The failure of the railways to compete with other forms of transport had caused a deep feeling of disquiet among railway…
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TAMWORTH, Friday: Richard Walton of Upper Street. Tamworth, was killed today when he a as flung from his motor-cycle…
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BRISBANE, Friday: Organised gangs are operating a vast black market from pilfered railway goods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Be Beautiful: for the Open Road
FOR CYCLING, riding, walking, or motoring, careful attention must be given to beauty needs. You may start out looking a vision…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Two men fell from electric trains last night—one in an underground tunnel—and both are alive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape for Motorist Car Over Embankment
Failing to negotiate a turn near Bangalow, Mr. Charles Reginald Daw, of Garden Street, Lismore, had a narrow escape from serious…
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BALLINA, Monday.—The seriousness of driving a motor vehicle which was not insured within the meaning of the Motor…
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