Woman hurt in train fall: porter's pluck
Lying on his stomach be tween the lines near Stanmore Station today, a young porter signalled trains while ambulance men treated a woman who had fallen from a train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Nationalisation in Britain Exposes Middle of Road Theory
“A STATE monopoly in capitalist society is nothing more than a means of increasing and guaranteeing the income of millionaires in one branch of industry or another who are on the verge of bankruptcy” The experience of nationalisation in Britain has confirmed the teachings of Lenin, and has exposed the “middle road” theoreticians. It shows that nationalisation, to be effective in the people’s interests, must be carried out by a people’s government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Skilled Leads All the Way in Handicap Rifle Unable to Bridge Gap
Skilled, starting at 41, never looked like losing the Peter Moore Handicap at Moorefield this afternoon, and he easily beat Rifle (61) and Bell Rock (51)…
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Skilled, starting at 41, never looked like losing the Peter Moore Handicap at Moorefield this afternoon, and he easily beat Rifle (61) and Bell Rock (51)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cut in Railway Traffic Coal Output Muddle
The N.S.W. Railways cut locomotive coal consumption yesterday, 10 days before the coalminers end their three-weeks' holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Top-Flight Railway Executives Disagree
A serious disagreement has developed between two groups of top-flight Railway Department executives. This has followed the disbandment last month of a team of railway officers specially picked to investigate efficiency in some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trammies Took Coat Off to Boss
HOBART.—Struggling to collect fares on a tram crowded with Christmas Eve shoppers, a conductor decided the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Tyre Output Rising
Output of motor tyres for the three months ended September 30, averaged 155,000 monthly, according to the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Anger at Stoppage of Railway Probe Ministers Criticise Demp. Chief High-handed Action Claim
COMMISSIONER for Railways (Mr. Garside) stopped the Departmental inquiry into the efficiency of the Railway Department without reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anger at Stoppage of Railway Probe Ministers Criticise Dept. Chief High-handed Action Claim
COMMISSIONER for Railways (Mr. Garside)stopped the Departmental inquiry into the efficiency of the Railway Department without reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams Crowded In Scramble Back To City
GOSFORD, Saturday.-- So heavy was the flood of returning holidaymakers at Gosford this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutchman to train athletes
TAN BLANKERS, husband of Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen, "The Flying…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Father, Children In Bridge Tragedy
NEW YORK, Saturday.—Twenty minutes after he had knelt in prayer in a New York church with his nine-years-old son and three-years-old daughter, an anguished father threw the children from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Baby-sitting "Ginger" Lost Way on Train She Prays Daily for Dog's Return
Mrs. Joan Green has prayed every day for six weeks for the return of Ginger, her 11-years-old Irish Terrier, who is a well-known and respected Burwood baby-sitter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ministerial Railways Control Urged Plan For Caucus Discussion Move Follows Dept. Dispute
Senior State Ministers favor bringing the N.S.W. Railways under Ministerial control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Porter rescues woman from railway track
A RAILWAY porter yesterday rescued a seriously injured woman from the train tracks near Stanmore station. The porter, Gordon Clark,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experts on trams here LONDON
TWO experts who will try to untangle Sydney's traffic problem will reach Australia next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War hero fined for tram scaling
WHEN Angelo Anastassopoulos, 19, was fined this week for scaling a ride on a tram he produced a letter from Field Marshal Alexander. The letter said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ignorant motorists menace life on roads
Christmas holiday expeirence shows how ignorant many motorists are of vital traffic laws, declares the NMRA general secretary (Mr. H. E. Richards)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Alarm For Toy Train
A toy train last night turned out two fire engines. The toy train was in a window of Mick Simmons,…
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