Railway Changes Announced
The following changes have been announced in the railway service: Mr. N. B. Proffer goes to Bomen; Mr. L. T. Mooney. Junee…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Killed in Railway Yards
BATHURST, Sunday: Kevin Bruce Price, a Springhill farm hand, aged 19 was run down by a fast goods train in the Blayney…
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When jumping off the engine of a stationary goods train between the West Tamworth trucking yards and the level crossing gates at about 12.30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.o.w Labor Urged for Vital Railway Link
The use of prisoner-of-war labor complete the Sandy Hollow-Mary Vale railway, was urged in the Legislative Assembly by the leader o[?]…
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Engineers are literally putting mud "in the bag" to build monsoon-proof aerodromes behind the Burma front. They are using a combination of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault on Railway Official
Lloyd Albert Smith was charged, with assaulting Robert Edward Ricleod, an officer of the Commissioner for Railways, whilst in the execution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cloudburst at at Jugiong Water Rushes Foot Deep Through Hotel Car and Motor Cycle Saved by Tree
Water rushed a foot deep through the Jugiong Hotel, following a cloud burst at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday last…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Washaways, as the result of recent heavy rains, may cause serious delays to railway traffic in several parts of the State…
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LITHGOW, Monday: Mrs. W. B. Hill and her six year old daughter were killed when a railway motor cycle was struck by a locomotive between…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Washaways, as the result of recent heavy rains, may cause serious delays to railway traffic in several parts…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The death: toll by road accidents during the Christmas and New Year periods was only eight persons—the…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday: James M'Dermott, of Mudgee, received fatal Injuries when the motor tricycle on which he was riding was riding…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: An extensive search is being carried out for a R.A.A.F. plane, carrying four men, which disappeared on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burma Road Reopening Believed Imminent Vast Supply Fleet Watting to Move
CHUNGKING, Wednesday: A patrol from the Chinese First Army in Northern Burma has inked up with units of the…
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LONDON, Wed.: "We have been saving this up for the Hun," said a R.A.F. officer, when Second Tactical Air Force Typhoons…
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The death by road accidents dur-ing the Christmas and New Year periods was only eight persons—the lowest on record for the State during…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Took No Holiday (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Death took no holidays on the roads in New South Wales. Fortunately the preliminary reports indicate that fewer were killed in road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road to Manila Wider Open Every Day U.S. Forces Poised For Drive On Philippine Capital
LUZON, Thursday: "The Americans on Luzon have cut the main highway in the Pozorrubio sector, on the left flank," says General MacArthur's communique. "Other units have reached Bolinao, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ban on Pleasure Motoring in U.s
According to Washington reports, the Director of War Mobilisation, Mr. Byrnes, may ban pleasure driving in America because of the critical…
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