Motor Cycle Records
Three motor cycle records were made at the Sellicks Beach races, S.A., in one day. The first record was established in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
486 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 25
Motor Car Stolen and Left
A motor car the property of Mr. S. C. O'Connell, of Elder Smith, and Co., was stolen on Thursday night from a spot near Lenard's Picture Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fall From Train Liverpool Station Accident Sydney
Willam Olliffe Pasfield (31) fell from a train at Liverpool yesterday and was killed. Pasfield saw service with the Australian Imperial Force. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work on the Mines (Continued from page 1.) Train Passes Distributed
Police Inspector Dimond reports that he distributed another 20 free railway passes to-day. He says that the next distribution will take place on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill's Mails S.a. Commissioner Agrees to Carriage by Goods Train
When it was announced from South Australia that the Railways Commissioner had decided to reduce the Passenger train service to Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballarat Mining Exchange to Become Motor Garage
The Ballarat Mining Exchange, once a scene of great activity where millions of pounds' worth of scrip has changed hands, is shortly to be converted into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robbery at Railway Town
The police have received a report that thieves entered W. J. Hammill's store, Pell-street. Railway Town, between Saturday at 1 o'clock p.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Workers Confer Politicians to Be Asked to Redeem Their Pledges Sydney
The conference of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways Union to-day decided that a deputation should wait upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.A. Railway Smash Driver Cook Congratulated by Coroner for Gallantry Perth
The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the death of the victims of the timber train disaster last November at Wokalup resulted yesterday in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Bill Opposition by Council
The Mayor (Alderman S. R. Gray) presented to last night's City Council meeting a minute adverting to the Main Roads Bill which the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Railwaymen Threaten to Strike an Inquiry Wanted (Reuter's Message.) Allahabad, February 24
A meeting of european, Anglo-Indian, and Indian railwaymen held here yesterday declared for a stoppage of work on Monday at 5 p.m. unless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Train Robbed in U.S.A. £25,000 STOLEN (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, February 25
Four men armed with rifles held up the Chicago to Alton express and robbed the mail car of £25,000. They covered the train crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mail Train Robbed in U.S.A. £25,000 STOLEN (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, February 25
Four men armed with rifles held up the Chicago to Alton exprese and robbed the mail car of £25,000. They covered the train crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goods Spoiled on the Railway To the Editor
Sir,—Please allow me space to show how people suffer on the Menindie railway through horse feed being carried on trucks without tarpaulins. I got a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Railwaymen Threaten to Strike an Inquiry Wanted (Reuter's Message.) Allahabad, February 24
A meeting of European, Anglo-Indian, and Indian railwaymen held here yesterday declared for a stoppage of work on Monday at 5 p.m. unless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Train to Adelaide To-night Washaways on Railway Line. [?]Eavy Rains in South Australia Railway Track Damaged Between Olary & Mingary Trains Held Up Boths Ways
Heavy rains fell in the Cockburn district yesterday, and as a result three serious washaways occurred on the railway line between Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Safety First on Railways Conference in Sydney Sydney
The safety-first movement, which was introduced by the Railway Commissioner in 1915, formed the subject of a conference at the Railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goods' Train for Cockburn
At 12.30 o'clock to-day Mr. A. H. Allen, acting-manager of the Silverton Tramway Company, reported that a goods train would leave the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Washaway on the Railway Line Damage Is More Serious Than First Thought. Heavy Rain Continues To-day's Trains Cancelled Train To-morrow Unlikely
The washaways on the railway line between Adelaide and Broken Hill, which occurred on Sunday between Mingary and Olary, have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirty-two Pensons Killed in American Train Smash Collision at Michigan (Reuter's Message.) Chicago, February 28
Thirty-two bodies have been recovered from a fearful railway wreck which occurred at Michigan Quay. A Canadian train was derailed while…
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