War Burden on Railways
Much heavier train loadings and longer average hauls were operating, the Federal Minister for Transport, Mr. Ward, said yesterday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Trams Collide
Five passengers were slightly injured when two trams collided at the Leichhardt terminus yesterday morning. The injured were Charles Tilby,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germans Confess to Serious Plight Deep Russian Advance Big Battle for Escape Railway From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
LONDON, Jan. 11.—With the German Army's position in southern Russia rapidly deteriorating, Berlin military spokesmen yesterday openly painted an extremely black picture for publication, both…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ordeal In Tram Smash
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Her hands still swathed in bandages, Maureen Mary McCormick, who was burnt in a tram smash,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News Phone: M2406 Russian Drive Nears Important Railway
LONDON, Thursday.--Russian spearheads in the Ukraine, driving to cut the Odessar-Warsaw railway, are within sight of the Bug River,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →5 Saved From Blazing Tram
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A tram-driver rescued five women from a blazing tram, it was revealed at an inquest in Brisbane today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Allies Blast Way Towards Cassino Desperate German Resistance 5th Army on Road to Rome
LONDON, Thursday. -- Fifth Army troops are blasting their way nearer Cassino, Nazi keypoint on the western…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- Fifth Army troops are blasting their way nearer Gassino, Nazi keypoint on the western…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- Fifth Army troops are blasting their way nearer Cassino, Nazi keypoint on the western…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cargo Aircraft Design For An "Air Motor Van."
A design for an "air motor van," a new type of cargo aircraft which can be loaded and unloaded as easily as a lorry, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Resistance in Russia Firmer Defence of Vital Railway More Gloomy Berlin Forecasts
LONDON, January 12 (A.A.P.).—While Berlin official spokesmen continue to emphasise the power of the Russian winter offensive and foreshadow further large-scale withdrawals, Moscow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Deported After Tram Smash
BRISBANE, Thursday.--The driver of the American truck which collided with a Moorooka tram on September 6, resulting in the death of five people, had been discharged from the US Army with dishonor and was no longer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trespass on Railway Land
Railway officials from Sydney recently visited Fairfield and found certain persons entering the platform by a shortcut. The result was several prosecutions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Centre Road Lines
N.R.M.A. officials note a growing tendency on the part of motorists to ignore painted centre lines where these have not been kept bright. Even…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empty Train Seats in S.a
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The Premier, Mr. Playford, said to-day that in a letter to the Prime Minister he had pointed out that since December 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Capture Road To Burma
NEW DELHI, Thursday (A.A.P.).--British troops in north-west Burma are battling forward across difficult jungle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Soldier Blamed Road Crash That Killed Five
BRISBANE, Thursday.âA collision between a tram and a military truck at Moorooka, in which five were killed and 33…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →5th Army Near Key Town on Road to Rome
LONDON, Friday.--American troops of the Fifth Army are only a little more than three miles from Cassino, key fortress on the road to Rome. Allied forces closing on Cassino from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holiday Motor Traffic
FEW reports of excessive speed by motorists over the Christmas holidays have been received by the N.R.M.A. On the other hand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motors & Motoring Farm Tractor
TRACTORS are so reliable nowadays that if anything goes wrong it is almost certain to be more or less a simple defect…
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