News In Brief: Stranded on Train Travellers Wait
Passengers have been stranded for more than two days on a train 40 miles west of Kalgoorlie…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
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8 dead, 40 hurt in N.Z. train smash
WELLINGTON (NZ), Wednesday.--At least eight were killed and about 40 injured--18 seriously--when the south bound express was derailed today 20 miles south of Blenheim (in the north-east of the South Island)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Tie Up Sydney Traffic Off Road
Road transport workers will try to tie up Sydney in a one- day strike on Friday. The strike will not affect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Start For Motor Cyclists
The re-formed Parramatta District Motor Cycle Club has got away again to a good start…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ballarat Railway Men Denounce Communism
A motion condemning Communism and alleging that the Victorian Secretary of the Australian Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Q’land Strike, 3 Weeks Old, Extended: Trams Tie-Up
BRISBANE.—Action has been taken to extend the great rail strike, now entering its fourth week. BRISBANE’S tram service will be paralysed following a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Man Acquitted
Sydney Austin Henry Powell, 28, tram conductor, Crown-street, Surry Hills, was acquitted at the Darlinghurst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle Rally
Clubs affiliated with the Auto Cycle Union of NSW will hold their annual rally at Castle Hill showground next…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Capital For Motor Parts
Expansion of a new subsidiary would require additional capital, the chairman of W. T. Wood…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Photo Finish for Offending Motorists
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Photographs from a high-speed camera brought about the conviction of five motorists at Frankston, Victoria, today…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strike Order To Tramway Men
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Tram way workshop employees will decide at a meeting tomorrow whether they will obey their union executive's direction to strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Il caro fumo sui tram
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rank and File Demand Strike Ballots Fresh Turn In Q'land Dispute Court Order to Tram Men
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Unions who had ordered members employed by the Tramways Department to cease work at midnight tonight are backing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rank and File Demand Strike Ballots Fresh Turn In Q'land Dispute Court Order to Tram Men
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Unions who had ordered members employed by the Tramways Department to cease work at midnight tonight are backing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News In Brief Train Still Bogged Plane To Rescue
A plane has ferried five passengers from a flood-stranded train at Zanthus, 1.30 miles east of Kalgoorlie,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Dead, 37 HURT Train Crash In N.Z.
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuters).—At least six people were killed when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Union Defies Court Warning: One-day Road Transport Strike Will Be Held To-morrow
Defying a warning by the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission that the proposed stoppage would be an illegal strike, the Sydney sub-branch executive of the Road Transport Workers' Union last night decided that the 24-hour stoppage of road transport to-morrow "must take place."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Boat Club Lady Members Admitted
The February general meeting of the Penrith Motor Boat Club was held in the Club rooms on Monday evening last, 23rd. inst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thefts From Railways Three Guilty
Al Collien, 39, photographer, was convicted in Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions yesterday on three charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Where City Railway will be
Diagram shows by a black line the path to be taken by the new underground lines and how they will cut across the Capitol Theatre building, which is to be demolished. Tracks now in nee are shown by dotted lines…
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