Motor Vehicles Registered Adelaide
Figures made available by the Motor Vehicles Department show that the number in use last November was 77,960, as against 74,340 for the 12…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1929
2,042 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 103
Soviet War on Religion Carried Into the Schools Must Train Communists (Special to "The Miner.") Riga, January 10
"School children must be taught to wage active war against all forms of religious influence," states the official foreword of the new education…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Smash in the Adelaide Hills. Scenes of the Wreckage
Breaking away from a freight train at Mt. Lofty in the early hours of yesterday morning, 21 trucks and a guard's van gathered speed and swept down the mountain grades at 80 miles an hour, finally becoming derailed at a sharp curve about a mile and a quarter from the Belaid Station. In their dash the trucks went through two stations—Upper Sturt and Long Guily. Immediately the trucks left the raits there was a pile of wreckage. Three trucks were smashed to pieces, while the remainder were badly damaged. Approximately 200 pigs valued as £1000, and 50 sheep worth £75 were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods Traffic Is Still Suspended on Great North Railway Brisbane
Yesterday was the sixth day in succession on which there has been no traffic on the great north coast railway between Ingham and Tolly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Sydney Statement by Official on Special From Sydney
Regarding the suggestion of "Mail" in yesterday's "Miner" that the rolling stock forming the special train which is to arrive from Sydney on…
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Mr. Samuel J. Thomas, of 190 Bromide-street, has reported that when he was turning a motor car from Argent-street into Bromide-street at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Smash Owners of Baillie Guard Almost Joined Train Adelaide
The lives of Messrs. N. F. Miller and C. Davey, of Broken Hill, were probably saved when they decided at the last moment not to travel on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Smash Owners of Baillie Guard Almost Joined Train Adelaide
The lives of Messrs. N. F. Miller and C. Davey, of Broken Hill, were probably saved when they decided at the last moment not to travel on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mills Field Aerodrome to Be Copied by Australia (Special to "The Miner.") San Francisco, January 11
The air port here known as Mills Field and recognised as one of the best in the United States, has been accepted as a model by Australia. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Industry Mr. Theodore's Reference to Oversea Expenditure Sydney
Mr. E. G. Theodore, M.H.R., speaking at the Automotive Manufacturers Association, dinner, said it was nothing short of an economic folly to send out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Glenelg South-terrace System to Be Electrified Adelaide
After having been in operation for 66 years, the South-terrace to Glenelg railway will cease on April 2 after the last train that night completes the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Glenelg South-terrace System to Be Electrified Adelaide
After having been in operation for 46 years, the South-terrace to Glenelg railway will cease on April 2 after the last train that night completes the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Industry Mr. Theodore's Reference to Oversea Expenditure Sydney
Mr. E. G. Theodore, M.H.R., speaking at the Automotive Manufacturers Association dinner, said it was nothing short of an economic folly to send out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Hits Post
About 2.15 o'clock this morning a motor car travelling north in Argentstreet collided with a verandah post of No. 102 Argent-street, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicles Collide
William J. Davis, of Hewitt Downs, via Milparinka, reports to the police that when he was driving his motor lorry from a vacant block of land in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Sydney 140 Passengers Last Night
An unusually large number of passengers went away by the Sydney express last night, there being 19 in sleeping berths, 19 in the first class…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicles Collide
William J. Davis, of Hewitt Downs. via Milparinka, reports to the police that when he was driving his motor lorry from a vacant block of land in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Sydney 140 Passengers Last Night
An unusually large number of passengers went away by the Sydney express last night, there being 19 in sleeping berths, 19 in the first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicles Collide on Bridge at Balmain Man Dies From Injuries Sydney
Two motor cars collided on an iron bridge at Balmain on Saturday, night. Two men were critically injured. One of them, James Alfred Reddett…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Queensland Train Traffic Iis Resumed From Townsville To CAIRNS Cairns
For the first time in 12 days train traffic between Townsville and Cairns was established yesterday. Both the Tully and Herbert rivers subsided…
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