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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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Strike Threat BY N.Z. Railway Workers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday: Direct action is threatened by sections of the railwayinen here unices an early decision is made…

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Success on Luzon Important Road Town Captured on March to Manila Allied Ships to Patrol China Sea

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 2

LUZON, Friday; General MacArthur has announced the capture of the road junction town of Paniqui, on Luzon, 13 miles to the north of Tarlac, an important town in the centre of the island. The Americans are also nearing Rosario against…

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French Railway Smash 150 People Killed; 200 Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Friday: The killed numbered 150, and 200 were injured yesterday when a train crashed through the buffers at St. Valery…

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N.Z. Railwaymen Threaten to Clean Up Labor Movement

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 2

AUCKLAND, N.Z., Friday: A meeting of 1000 men st the Hutt railway workshops to-day resolved to ask the Ministers for Railways and Finance (Messrs…

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N.z. Railway Strike

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 6

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday: All railway services on the west coast of the South Island have ceased owing to the strike of members of the…

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Train Stolen

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Sunday: A train comprising an engine and two trucks, was taken from the Moree locomotive shed on Saturday night and was driven 18…

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The Latest (Second Edition) Fall of Tilsit Fierce Fighting Follows on Road to Konigsberg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Front line correspondents of "Isvestia" state that the German defences on the road to Konigsberg lire breaking up. Marshal Zhukov's forces have broken through to the road southwest of Tilsit, aid there is…

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Railway Services Suspended in Germany

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.: The Berlin radio has broadcast new details of the emergency decrees which, Reuter's Agency says, virtually…

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Junee Railway Returned Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Junee branch of the Railway and Tramway Returned Soldiers' Association, it was reported that…

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Items of News Railway Staff Changes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

The following railway staff chances are announced: Messrs. J. Craner, Junee to Sydney: H, Allurbruton, Commonwealth…

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Direct Action by New Zealand Railwaymen

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday: A large meeting of Auckland members of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants resolved…

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Man Killed When Tricycle Hits Train

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

James McDermott, a railway employee, of Church street, Mudgee, received fatal injuries when the motor tricycle on which he was riding was…

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Charge of Unlawful Driving of Train

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 1

MOREE. Tuesday: Ernest John Slick, railway employee, William Bray Bartlett, and George Boyce, employed on a wool appraisement building, were…

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Railway Staff Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

Messrs. J. Craner, Junee to Sydney; H. Allaburton, Commonwealth Railway Service to Junee; H. Ducondoris, Junee to Darling Harbor;; D. W…

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Want to Join A.l.p. Queensland Railwaymen

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: The Queensland State branch of the Australian Railways Union is seeking affiliation with the…

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Air War German Railway Yards Bombed Brenner Pass Attack

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): More than 900 Flying Fortresses and Liberators escorted by 500 Mustangs and Thunder…

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Railway Trespasser Arrested On Three Charges Fined and Imprisoned

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 4

WILLIAM Alan Lacey was charged at the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday with trespassing on the railway at…

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On the Road to Manila Very Little Opposition. Extension of Air Force Operations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

LUZON, Tuesday: In the major offensive on the Central plain of Luzon our forces are within 50 miles of Manila. On…

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Railway Services No Restoration Till Coal Position Improves

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Although there is no possibility of the immediate restoration of many country and suburban trains the…

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Famous Champion of Aborigines Special Railway Pass Issued

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tues.: A first-class railway warrant was issued to-day by the Department of the Interior for the transport of Mrs. Da[?]y Bates from…

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