Jet Propelled Uk Train
LONDON, Sunday: The first train hauled by a gas turbine electric engine will be given an experimental run on a mainline…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Collision on Mur-bah Bridge
Following a collision on the Murwillumbah Bridge on Saturday between a bicycle and a motor truck, Andrew Holmes, the rider…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Showdown Move With Railway Commissioner
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A meeting of the State Parliamentary Labour Party has been summoned for the first Wednesday in February to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1949 Motoring Objectives
The General Secretary of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. H. E. Richards) has named the important motoring objectives for 1949…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many British Railway Waggons Out of Action
GENEVA, Monday: The United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe disclosed that 12 per cent of Britain's rolling stock was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways Mismanagement Reported by Committee
Grave wastage and mismanagement in the N.S.W.G. Railway has been reported by the committee of experts who were appointed to enquire into the administration. The committee was set up in 1947,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.R.M.A. NEWS. Mysterious Motor Regulation Goes
A mysterious motor traffic regulation regarded by experts as being totally unnecessary and quite extraordinary is being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatigue Enemy of Safe Motoring
Danger of continuing to drive a notor vehicles while physically fatigued or drowsy is stressed by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lismore Soldier Jammed by Train
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A young man who was in Sydney awaiting his military discharge was jammed under a tram in Oxford…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →True Cause of Road Accidents
Attention is drawn by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to the fact that road accidents last year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lismore Man Jammed Under Tram
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A young man who was in Sydney awaiting his military discharge was jammed under a tram in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Mystery" Motor Rule Repealed
A mysterious" moior traffic regulation regarded by experts as being totally unnecessary and quite extraordinary, is being repealed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our "Tourist" Roads
Sir,—After a tour covering very many miles on the Tablelands, Midwest and South and North Coasts, over many cross country roads—for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →True Gause Of Road Accidents
Attention is drawn by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to the fact that road accidents last year increased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Goods Traffic Not Reduced?
SYDNEY, Thursday: No confirmation of a report that New South Wales railway goods services had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE Down On Railways
Sir.--I wish to congratulate you on your recent article on railway travel to Sydney. About five years ago I experienced the same…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work Starts on Railway Soon
GRAFTON, Thursday. — Work on dismantling the Ballina-Bocyong railway line will start next week, it was learned in Grafton tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Derail Train Alleged
SYDNEY. Friday.—Charged with ' having maliciously put eight railway sleepers on the line near Nambucca Heads with intent to injure persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Talks to Bridge Rift in Anglo-U.S. Policies Jews 'Demobolising'
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—The British Ambassador (Sir Oliver Franks) yesterday saw President Truman in an effort to bridge what is regarded in Washington a growing rift between British and American policies on Palestine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jet Motors For Cars
LONDON, Friday: James Hodge, jet pioneer, told Government technicians in London that several motor…
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