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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
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A 16-year-old girl, who escaped from one of the State Children's Homes in Sydney recently, made her way to Peak Hill, where the police detained her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In its attempt to regain a traffic monopoly the Tramways Board opened its [?]bus services on Saturday. The first six of the board's fleet were put…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No time has been lost in announcing the names of the new railway areas commissioners. Mr. J. Fraser, Chief Railways Commissioner, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A motor car containing two Christchurch families, while attempting to negotiate a sharp bend near Blenheim, went over a bank 60 or 70ft. into a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways Union had called a meeting for Saturday night to consider a proposal for an irritation strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a motor cycle speed carnival at Penrith, on Thursday there were several smashes (says a Sydney message in the ("Advertiser"). In the first heat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A mixed train arrived at Tumut yesterday 90 minutes late owing to four trucks loaded with goods running off the line and turning completely over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A deputation from the National Roads' Association yesterday urged Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, that the chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The City Coroner's returns for the year show that he held 561 inquests compared with 522 last year. This is a new record. The people killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A tram conductor named Neville Lo[?]agh (25) was knocked off the footboard of a tramcar on New South Head road. Edgecliff, yesterday by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves attempted to blow open the safe of the South Plympton railway station in the early hours of this morning. The explosion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A start will be made almost immediately with the Kyogle-South Brisbane railway. The work will probably be carried out by contract as it has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT is all old saying that one must go from home to near [?]ews about one's home town, Broken Hill is a case in point. Its road users have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message from Port Louis, Mauritius, states that three persons were killed and 60 injured there in a collision between two passenger trains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir George Fuller, the Premier, today, after a Cabinet meeting, issued a special "Gazette" relating to the strike position, intimating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The local police officers now advise that they have been informed that the tax payable on motor cycles is a flat rate of £1 2/6, and on motor cyles and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An official of the Railways Union while denying that there is any intention to precipitate a railway strike hints that it is proposed to institute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The State Cabinet decided yesterday on the recommendation of Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, to appoint Mr. E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. B. J. Doe, M.L.A. for Sturt, has received the following advice from the Public Works Department:—"Referring to your representations in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From an official source it was ascertained to-day, that only work of a preliminary nature is being done at Menindie in connection with the…
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