Train Driver Remanded On 10,000 Dollar Bail
NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP).— An electric train driver, Jacob Kiefer, has been remanded until March 6 on 10,000 dollars bail on a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Railway Thefts Casino Business People Claim Big Compensation
CASINO, Tuesday.—Thousands of pounds have been claimed from the Railway Department by Casino business people for goods lost, stolen and rain-damaged in the past 12 months…
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HONG KONG. Wednesday (AAP-Reuter).—Two Nationalist planes caused heavy casualties when they strafed a train near…
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Pressure for proclamation of the road from Lismore to Byron Bay as a State highway would prejudice a move for similar classification of the Lismore-Bangalow section of this road…
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A protest will be made against the proposal to divert a portion of the State allocation of petrol tax towards the cost of Sydney Harbour bridge…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A mass meeting of 2000 tramways employees decided in Melbourne tonight to stop work at 6 a.m…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. —The metropolitan tram strike is threatening to spread to the railways, following' a sensational development…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Tramway Union would defy the Essential Services Act, if the Hollway Government invoked it…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four men were killed and at least six other persons were injured, in road accidents in N.S.W. over the weekend. A motor cyclist and his pillion…
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MAITLAND, Monday.—A 34 years old labourer was committed for trial on March 31, in the Maitland Court today, on a charge of having attempted to rape Coral Jean McLachlan, 26, of Harwood Island, near…
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TAREE, Tuesday.—A man was killed and his son and grandson narrowly escaped when the Kempsey Mail crashed into a car which…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Telling union leaders that heavy railway losses ruled out concessions the Railway Executive has rejected…
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MONTICELIO (Maine), Wednesday (AAP).—Two children were killed and 11 injured when a goods train crashed into a school…
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A new type of front and rear rubber suspension for motor cycles which gives an improved damping tractive effort and braking, was…
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CASINO, Friday.—Two men, who were removed from the Brisbane Express yesterday, pleaded guilty in the Casino Court of Petty Sessions…
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The Works Committee of Lismore City Council last night considered a programme of road and drainage works involving an expenditure of £46,000. The council will be recommended…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly today that he had…
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The unsatisfactory conditions associated with the departure of the afternoon passenger train from Murwillumbah to Casino were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.R.M.A. Views On Dangerous Rail Bridge
The N.R.M.A. charges the Railway Department with indifference to the safety of motorists who use a railway-built road bridge across the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A stopwork meeting of Wonthaggi miners today called upon railway workers, key men and other workers, to join forces to bring about an early settlement of the tram strike, by…
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