Aeroplane Disaster Airmen Buried at Narandera
Touching scenes were witnessed at the funeral of the nine airmen in Narandera on Friday, who were killed when two bombers crashed near…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Road Accidents Fewer Figures Lowest for Years
There were 6,780 road accidents in New South Wales in 1943 the lowest number for many years, the Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Neale…
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SYDNEY, Monday: While granting many claims made by the Tram and Bus Employees' Union for Improved conditions and overtime rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TRAMWAYMEN Oppose a Further Strike
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A meeting of tramway men in Sydney today was overwhelmingly opposed to a further strike at present and it is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Accident To Wagga Woman In Sydney Feet Severed After Fall From Train
A shocking accident occurred in Sydney yesterday morning, when a daughter of Mr. R. F. Hiscock of Baylis-street, Wagga,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Controller of Automotive Spare Parts ordered to-day that ignition coils and condensers be added to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Employees Postpone Stop-work Meeting Majority of Two Votes
SYDNEY, Tues.: On an aggregate vote, the tramway and omnibus employees in Sydney and Newcastle districts to-day decided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mule-pack Train in Italy
On a mountain trail in Italy a mule-pack train and soldier muleteers pause for rest as they climb to advanced positions of the Allied Fifth Army with food and ammunition. In mountainous terrain, inacessible to trucks, mules were pressed into service to…
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The coroner (Mr. Hugh Oates) conducted an inquest at the Wagga Town Hall yesterday into the cause of death of Arthur Edward Doherty…
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A shocking accident occurred in Sydney on Tuesday morning when a daughter of Mr R. F. Hiscock of Wagga, fell from a train and had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolamon Shire Council Felling Tree’ on Roads Reappearance of Contractors
Lest Tuesdayâs Shire Council meeting corresponded with a here [?] the President, Councillor J. W. Hawthorne Crs, N. R. Dyason O. H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern Railway Staffs
Railway staff changes in the south will be many in the near future. Additional changes announced are: Mr. F. Dalton, sub-foreman fitter goes to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junee's Railway Whistles
Recently the railway engine whistles at Junee railway steamsheds made the early hours of the morning unpleasant for citizens by their loud…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Union Applies to Court
SYDNEY, Thurs.—An application will be made to Judge Drake-Brockman to-morrow by the Tramway and Omnibus Employees' Union for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blowing Railway Whistles in Early Morning Hours
The atention of Junee Council was drawn by Ald. O'Sullivan to the excessive blowing of railway whistles locally. These, he said, could not be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Walls Are Fallen, But Roads Endure
A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome, de Lille wrote in the twelfth century. In those far-off days, and for centuries before, that was almost literally true, for Rome was not only the power-centre of the known world but a builder of roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramwaymen's Claims Re-hearing Refused
SYDNEY, Friday: In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Judge Drake-Brookman rejected an application for the re-hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Decrease in Train Travelling Packed Trains From Gundagai
There has been no decrease in the number of train passengers travelling to and from Gundagai over the past few weeks; if…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Killed
SYDNEY, Sunday: Douglas Edgeworth, of Ashfield, riding a motor cycle, was killed when his cycle and a car collided in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Large Quantity of Hay Burnt Big Blaze on Toorak Road
A destructive fire occurred on the Misses Grant's property on Toorak Road on Thursday afternoon" last, when a large quantity of hay that was…
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