Motor-boat Petrol Ban
The Supply Department is again considering the possibility of making a small monthly petrol allocation to small…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Motor-boat Petrol Issue Unlikely at Present
IT is regarded now as unlikely, at least temporarily, that motorboat owners will be. given a small monthly petrol allowance…
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GRAFTON, Sat.--Two men who went to South Grafton station to say goodbye to two women today accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifth Army Threatening Cassino Rome Road Gateway Counter-blows by Nazis Fail
LONDON, Monday. -- Cassino, heavily fortified town in western Italy barring the Fifth Army's way to the main Rome highway, is menaced by new Allied advances…
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LONDON, Monday. -- Cassino, heavily fortified town in western Italy barring, the Fifth Army's way to the main Rome highway, is . menaced by new Allied advances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fifth Army Seizes Town Near Rome Road Enemy Stubbornly Resisting On 3 Mountain Peaks
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.). -- The Fifth Army in western Italy has seised Giusta, one mile north of San Vittore, which was captured last Friday, says Algiers radio…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to a Wreck
Sir,—In reference to the account of a railway being contructed to the wreck of the tanker Cities Service Boston, at Shellharbour, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Joy Ride, 15-Mile Tramp by Soldier
A soldier took a joy ride on Christmas Day, fell asleep by the roadside awoke to find the petrol tanks milked, and had to walk 15 miles back to camp, it was stated at a District Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boydragged by Train
Alan Brown, 16, of Concord, fell while alighting from a moving train at North Strathfield last night and was dragged about 20 yards along the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Storm in City Lightning Strikes Four Trams
In a violent electrical storm over Sydney yesterday four trams and a train were struck by lightning. The drivers of two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conductor Crushed Between Trams
John Condon, 46, tram conductor, of Wilson Street, Newtown, was crushed between two trams, which he was coupling, at the Ultimo Depot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eastern Suburbs Railway
Woollahra Council decided last night to urge that an eastern suburbs railway should be included in the post-war works programme as a No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Everybody On Fire" In Tram Crash
BRISBANE, Tuesday. "Everybody was on fire," said a conductress describing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lightning Strikes Four Trams in Storm Two Drivers Hurt: Buildings Damaged
Four trams were struck by lightning during a violent 40-minute electrical storm which swept over Sydney late yesterday afternoon. The drivers of two of the trams were taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists Careless
In Sydney last night the Commissioner of Road Transport (Mr. Neale) said he had been advised that the careless use of vehicles fitted with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Club
The annual meeting of the Guildford Bridge Club was held on December 11. Th club was unfortunate to lose the services of the [?]enial president (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From Train
George Benjamin Lowndes, 29. of Farnell Street. Merrylands, fell while alighting from a train at Lidcombe on December 24, and rolled on to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Colts Train Again
War Eagle and Chinook reappeared at Randwick today, looking healthy and ready to commence work for autumn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Captain Shot Dead in Train
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--An Australian Army captain was found dead on the floor of a compartment of a leave train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Motorship. Sailed Sydney. The Shell Co. of Acst., Ltd.,, Agents
S Shippers ,5147 bgs wheat (Complete.) STEAMER. Sailed Sydney…
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