The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NABLUS - MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK AND THESE DIGGERS OF THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COY. CERTAINLY MAKE LIGHT WORK OF HEAVING RAIL LINES ABOARD THIS TRUCK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NABLUS - MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK - AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NO LIGHT WORK, PULLING THIS STRETCH OF RAIL-TRACK INTO POSITION. THIS STRIP CROSSES A CULVERT WHICH WAS BLOWN UP DURING THE 1936 TROUBLES. (
NABLUS - IT'S HARD WORK BEING WITH THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UNIT, ON ACTIVE SERVICE - BUT THESE BOYS WOULDN'T SWAP THEIR JOB WITH YOURS, NO SIR. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NABLUS - THIS WORK ISN'T NEW TO THESE DIGGERS. THEY'RE ALL RAILWAY MEN FROM AUST. & ARE PUTTING A LINE IN WORKING ORDER THAT WAS BUILT BY TURKS DURING 1914/18 WAR, WHICH AMUSES THEM IMMENSELY. (NEGATI
NABLUS - IRON SLEEPERS ARE SOMETHING NEW TO THESE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY MEN - BUT THEY LIKE THEM TO WORK WITH. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NABLUS - THIS CULVERT RUNNING THRU' AN EMBANKMENT, WAS BLOWN UP DURING 1936 TROUBLES. THE DIGGERS FIX IT IN THEIR STRIDE, THEY'RE ALL RAILWAY MEN AND USED TO FIXING CULVERTS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NABLUS - RAILWAY MEN ENJOYING A CUP OF TEA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
