Railway Staff News
Information has been received regarding the promotion of staff as follows: Relief Shunter N. W. Thompson, promoted guard class 1,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Fuel Tanks for Griffith Aerodrome
Griffith Aero Club has received notification from the Department of Civil Aviation that the club's application for fuel tanks…
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The Minister for Public Works and Local Government has approved of a grant of £1820 to the Culcairn Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowy Scheme and Gundagai-tumut Road
In the House of Representatives Mr. Puller, member for Hume, asked the Minister for Works and Homing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Train at Cowra Used Railway Sleeper As Pillow
A man who went to sleep at the edge of a railway line in Cowra was killed instantly when struck by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut-gundagai Road Mr Fuller in Parliament
In the House of Representatives on Wednesday last, Mr Fuller MHR Member for Hume, asked the Minister for Works and Housing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams Collide in Melb. Twelve Injured
MELBOURNE, Monday—Fourteen people, including the driver and two conductors were injured in a collision between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buses Versus Trams
"Motorists sincerely hope the Government will accept the report or the British experts and scrap Sydney's trams," says Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hold-ups at Central Railway Gates Important Problem For Organisations to Tackle (To the Editor)
Sir: June Municipal Council and [?] Shire Council are worthy of congratulations for having completed the work and agitations of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fancy Fair for Local Ambulance Only One Vehicle on Road
The Committee of the Cootamundra ambulance has discussed the advisability of conducting the Monday night…
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Mr. A. E. Shales arrived last Saturday from Harden and is at present learning the duties of assistant station master, after which he will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors and Motoring Notes Great Britain's Bid to Maintain Car Export Rate
In view of Great Britain's successful effort to open up and establish a worthwhile market for her export of motor cars to the U.S.A. (in 1948 she shipped to that country 25,277 units of an f.o.b. value of 27,009,366…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Motor Cycle Club Notes
The wagga Motor Cycle Club, after a meeting finalising all arrangements on Friday night, ran another speedway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Fined for Speeding
Fines of £3 and £2 respectively were imposed on a young man convicted at Wages Court yesterday on charges of speeding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Go Slow" Tactics By British Railwaymen
LONDON, Wednesday—All railwaymen concerned in the "go slow" movement in London, Manchester, and other depots…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Driver Hit by Stone
Goulburn police are investigating a report by a train driver that he was struck by a stone as bis engine passed under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maternity Cases at Murrin Bridge Aborigines Station
In the Legislative Assembly Mr R. G. Medealf, M.L.A. for Lachlan, asked the Colonial Secretary whether insufficient provision, if any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horse Killed and Jockey Injured On Canowindra Road
Albert Hetterick of Canowindra, who rode several horses at the Cowra Picnic races last Friday, was taken to hospital with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Construction and Maintenance “Nsw Worse Than Before The War
The position of NSW, with regard to money for road construction and maintenance, was now relatively worse than before the war, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racketeering in Motor Car Purchases
SYDNEY, Wed.: A prospective buyer of a new car recently advertised it for sale secondhand at £300…
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