Did You Know? Tiny motor
The world's smallest electric motor--a pygmy power plant so tiny that half a dozen fit comfortably in a small thimble--was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Halt on Railway Standardisation
CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- The Federal Cabinet has decided to defer making any decisions on rail standardisation, it was reliably learned to day. Earlier it was thought that…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- The Federal Cabinet has decided to defer making any decisions on rail standardisation, it was reliably learned to day. Earlier it was thought that…
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The Federal Government will not agree to making ah allocation from petrol tax monies to…
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NEW YORK, Wed.--Police at Piney Creek, Alabama, yesterday found an eight-ton…
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The Federal Government will not agree to making an allocation from petrol tax monies to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train on fire twice
The end carriage of an electric train caught on fire twice between Central Station and Wynyard…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An Old Bridge of Penrith
About a quarter of a mile below Penrith Weir are the remains of an old bridge. It is thought that they are probably what is left of the bridge…
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A fire in an electric train in Wynyard tunnel and a derailment near Regents park caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No petrol cash for Harbor Bridge
The Federal Government has informed the Premier (Mr. McGirr) that it will not agree to an allocation of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Youths Hitch-hiked on Road to Rome
LONDON.—Two young hitch hikers were among the first pilgrims from Britain to arrive in Rome for the Holy Year…
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Herbert Arthur Gaynor (53), of Australia Street, St. Marys, went to catch the 7.17 a.m. train for Sydney, at St. Marys on Saturday last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Track Removal Council Protest
The Woollahra Council has decided to protest against the removal of a section of tram rails from Old South Head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Railway Progress Criticised Treatt attacks Govt. policy
At the present rate of progress the first train would run on the Eastern Suburbs railway in 2170 A.D., the State Opposition Leader (Mr. Treatt)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Our transport system needs trams -- and action!
THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the world ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…
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Boston.--Andrew J Palermo, who recovers 5000 automobiles a year for finance companies, asked police to help him find…
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THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the world ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…
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THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the world ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…
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THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the World ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…
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THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the world ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…
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