Motor Vehicles Collide
About 6 o'clock last night Mr. Anthony Boulous was driving a motor lorry over the intersection of Oxide and Williams streets wnen a motor…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
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Motor Lorry Overturns Picnickers' Narrow Escape From Death
Twenty-two picnickers were saved from death on Sunday by a projecting oak tree, which stopped their overturned motor lorry from crashing…
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It has been reported to the police that a motor buckboard was practically destroyed by fire on the Silverton-road on Saturday last. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transcontinental Train Dining Car Staff Objects to Additional Passengers Kalgoorlie
The transcontinental express, which should, have left for Adelaide at 2.15 o'clock yesterday, did not leave until 6.30 o'clock owing to a dispute with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Policeman and Bandits Eight on a Lonely Road (A.p.a. Message.) London, January, 17
A message from Paris says that two bareheaded and cassocked figures wearing odd boots showing up in the glare of a police officer's motor car on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silverton Tramway Long Service of Employees
A return taken out by the Silverton. Tramway Company of the length of service of its employees shows that 126 men have an average of 3.65 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured by Motor Car Adelaide
Edward Sawtell (29), of Beloiravenue. Mile End, is in the Adelaide Hospital in a serions condition with a fractured left arm and concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silverton Tramway Log Offer by Company Rejected by the Men Partial Settlement Reached at Further Conference Special Allowance Claim to Go Before Commission
When the conciliation committee anpointed to consider the dispute between the Silverton Tramway Company and its employees met at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Much Damage Reported Washaways on Railways Sydney
As a result of the heavy rains which fell yesterday considerable damage has been done in the Wyalong and Lake Cargellico area. The town of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Near Mutooroo Motorists Bogged. in a Flooded Creek
Heavy rain fell near Mutooroo on Tuesday night, and motorists travelline to and from Broken Hill had unenviable experiences yesterday at a…
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A collision occurred between two motor cars in Bonanza-street at 6.15 p.m. on Saturday last. It is stated that Mr. J. Woodman, of 628…
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The management of the Silverton Tramway Company reports that the tonnage carried over the company's lines for the week ended January 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road From Wilcannia Was Rain Soaked Yesterday
Mr. F. J. Potter, who with Mr. W. Baker went to Wilcannia on business, returned home to-day after having to traverse rain soaked and boggy roads…
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The conciliation committee to-day made an award by consent, in the dispute between the Silverton Tramway Company and its employees, the main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hillstow-roto Railway Inquiry Next Week Sydney
The Public Works Committee will begin an inquiry next week into the proposed railway from Hillston to Roto. There are alternative routes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meat From Brisbane Teh Tons for Mr. Conroy Brought on Sydney Railway of First-class Quantity
Meat from Brisbane is now on sale in Broken Hill, there cowing by the goods tram from Sydney yesterday 30 carcases of beef, 50 lambs, and, 20…
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The Silverton Tramway Company's reservoir at Thackaring received a rise of 13ft 6[?]. No water ran into the dam near Stirling Vale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill to Adelaide in Motor Car in 11¼ Hours Mr. F. Price's Trips
Mr. Frank Price, an identity of Broken Hill, who is also well known as "Dodger," has several times made the journey from the Barrier to…
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A motor car, valued at £175, was stolen from the garage of Mr. S. Parker Limb, engineer, of No. 6 Lock works, between Friday evening and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.a. Premier's Visit Statement in Adelaide Regarding Local Trade Not a Single, Complaint About Railway Service
"Interesting and instructive," was bow Mr. R. L. Butler, the Premier of South Australia, described his visit, which extended over a week, to the…
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