Sydney Railway and Bridge
It was officially stated on Thursday, that so far £12,600,000 had been spent hy the State on the harbor bridge, the city railway, and the electrification of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
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Local Runner's Success at Hamley Bridge Sports
Roy Lnckman notified his parents by telegram on Saturday that he had been successful in winning the Sheffield and Sprint handicaps at Hamley…
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The problem of clearing roads of nails, tacks, broken" pieces of bolts, and other metal things which, puncture motor vehicle tyres has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Dashes Into River 40 Eilled and 30 Injured (A.p.a. Message.) Calcutta, January 28
Forty, persons were killed and 30 severely injured in arailway disaster which occurred 100 miles from Bangoon, on the main line. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists Collide Both Are Killed Auckland (N.Z.), January 30
Two youths, Norman Castleton, and John Young, collided head-on on motor cycles near Okoroire. The impact,was terrific and both were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists Tn Opposition to Special Taxation Sydney
Mr. J. C. Watson, president of the National Roads and Motoring Association, says that the number of accidents in which motor vehicles in New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cars Collide Aged Man Is Killed Melbourne
William Henry Wyatt (70) was killed and six persons were more or less seriously injured in a collision between two motor cars at Oakleigh last night…
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There were two cases, of boya being run over, by,trams on Saturday. The first, occurred at Five Dock when Norman Page (16) slipped off the…
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The South Fire Brigade was called from the.station door to 239 Hebbnrdstreefc shortly before lo o'clock yesterday morning, It was found that a…
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The Railway Commissioners har accepted the tender of' the Government dockyard at Walsh Island for the manufacture of 100 all-steel-sub…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Record Breakers Reach Sydney Prom Perth Sydney
Dr. Alair Mackay and Barney Wood arrived in Sydney this morning in an Essex super-six car after having lowered the previous best time for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News Issue. General Cables Wireless Experiment in Control of a Train New York, January 29
A successful and practical demonstration of the radiophone control of a moving goods train was given to-day over a hundred miles of the New York…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Man Killed by Fall From a Train Travelling in Switzerland (Special to "The Miner.") Geneva, January 29
Tragedy terminated the world tour of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Victor Mitton, of Adelaide. They were on their way to Adelboden by train when, nearing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Cosgrave in Canada Special Train Derailed by a Switch Fault Inquiry Is Ordered (A.p.a. Message.) Ottawa, January 30
One trainman was killed and several injured in the derailment of a special Canadian National train conveying President Cosgrave, of the Irish Free…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burma Railway Smash Death Roll Bleaches 54 (A.P.A. Message.) Calcutta, January 30
Fifty-four victims are dead as a result of the Burma railway smash, and the total may exceed 100. The victims include many Burmese priests…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Motor Cyclist Killed
Mr. Norman Aylett. of Affleck-street South Yarra, was riding a motor cycle down a steep hill leading into Lilydale on Sunday afternoon, when his brakes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia Killed by Motor Car Adelaide
Mrs. Mary Ann Monck (59), a widow, of Halifax-street, Hilton, was killed last night in Nailsworth through a motor car knocking her down when…
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The police arrested four youths aged 15, 16, 16, and 18 years last night, It is believed that as a result many motor car robberies in the eastern suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Cosgrave in Canada Derailment of Train Due to Horses Bolting (A.p.a. Message.) Ottawa, January 31
In connection with the derailment of a special train which was conveying President Cosgrave, of the Irish Free State, and party from Montreal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Hills Tragedy Four Railway Workers Killed by Fall of 150 Tons of Earth Were Demolishing a Tunnel Great Effort by Rescue Workers
Adelaide, Wednesday. Working in heavy downpours of rain, with thunder crashing and lightning piercing the gloom, more than 150…
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