21 Dead In U.S. Train Crash
NEW YORK, Wednesday: "Red Arrow," one of the Pennsylvania Railroad's crack passenger…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Railway Employee Fatally Injured
TENTERFIELD, Wednesday. — While engaged in shunting operations at Wallangarra Railway, Launcelot Harty, 60, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repat. to Train Own Nurses
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Repatriation Department is about to embark upon a completely new nursing policy by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dumped Rubbish on Road
CASINO, Thursday.—Charged at Casino Court of Petty Sessions with having dumped rubbish on a public road about 2½ miles from Casino, R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unique Railway Signal System
In the laboratories of railway signalling equipment manufacturers in Britain, experiments are being carried out with some revolutionary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NRMA Opposes Rise In Motor Car Repair Costs
A move by the Sydney motor trade to secure official permission to charge more per hour for mechanics' time is being strongly opposed by the…
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CASINO, Thursday.—Charged with stealing one shovel, a mug and two spoons, the property of tne Railway Department, and of a total value of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Clarence Charles Sefton, 53. assistant stationmaster who was caught and crushed between two trucks on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Guard Admits Gold Theft
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest Against Footboard Trams
SYDNEY, Friday: Trams will slop in Sydney for three minutes tomorrow In a protest against footboard trams…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Collision with Train
CAIRNS, Sunday: One young man was killed and another seriously injured in a collision between a motor cycle and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Cost Of Road Accidents
Actual cost in £ s d of road accidents, apart from physical suffering and pain, is a substantial reason why a much more energetic approach…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Damage Heavy in Bonalbo District
BONALBO, Monday.—As a result of approximately 20 inches of rain since January 1 much damage has be[?] done to roads in Bonalbo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council Spent £10,790 on Roads in 1946
Expenditure by the Lismore City Council for public works in the year which ended on December 31 was reported to a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From Railway Engine
CASINO, Monday.-Jack Munro, 57, engine driver, suffered abrasions to his left shoulder and elbow, and shock when he fell [?] a…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Allan Hugh Williams, tram driver, was today sentenced to one month's gaol in the Central Police Court for having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£6Mil. for States For Roads
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Payment to the States of £6million under the Federal Aid Roads and Works…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →170 Dead in Train Derailment
TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP).—Reuter's correspondent says that over 170 are reported killed and 300 seriously injured in one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russians Allegedly Train Korean Troops
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Lieut.-General John Hodge, Commander of the American Forces in…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: Standardisation of road .signs in all States and improvements in. roads to take modern, high…
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