A Stowaway Swebe on Swedish Motor Ship Posed As Wealthy Tourist Brisbane
Two men were badly worried by the discovery of a stowaway aboard the Swedish motorship Mirrabooka, which has arrived in Brisbane from Los…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
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Trucks Off Line Train and Engine Collide at a Victorian Station 92 Sheep Killed Melbourne
A goods train crashed into the rear of a pilot engine in the busy goods yard at South Kensington (about two miles from Melbourne) shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Vehicles Collide
On Saturday afternoon a collision occurred at the corner of Bonanza and Boughtman streets, South Broken Hill between motor cars driven by S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Boat Disappears Search for Occupants Cairns
Police are investigating the statement of a half-caste foreman at the Yarra Bay Mission Station that he saw a small motor boat containing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Railways Chief Commissioner Meets Rank and File Sydney
Mr. Cleary, the Chief Commissioner for Railways made his acquaintance with a number of the "rank and file" of the railway service at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Tram Fatality Schoolboy the Victim Sydney
Willam Dugdale (13) a schoolboy, alighted from a tram at Randwich yesterday and was knocked down by a tram coming from the opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Train to Menindie
A special excursion train is to be run to Menindie on Sunday by the New South Wales Railway Department. The train will leave the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads and Footpaths Town Clerk's Report
The town clerk presented to the City Council last night the following report on works in hand and contemplated:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Relief Work Men Wanted on Tuesday for the Menindie-road
The following men have been selected to begin work on the Menindie road on Tuesday next, and are to call at the Labor Exchange on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Train on Tuesday for the "Rio Rita" Company
The "Rio Rita" company, which will complete its season at the Crystal Theatre on Monday night, will return to Sydney by a special train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Working of Railways to Be Investigated Brisbane
The view is held in official circles that the Queensland Government Trill shortly obtain the services of an oversea railway expert to make a thorough…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria Railway Smashes Status of Crews Reduced Melbourne
As the result of inquiries into railway smashes at Tooradin and Seymour the status of the crews of both trains has been reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hillston-roto Railway Preference to Be Given to Men in Those Disricts
Regarding inquiries made for work for men on the Hillston-Roto railway line, the manager of the State Labor Exchanges has written to Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tarrawingee Railway Effect of the Closing on City Council Work
In a report to the City Council last night regarding the closing of the Tarrawingee line, the town clerk stated that for the month of December…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Railway Men Still Employed Removing Sand From Line
Drift sand, which covered the railway line to Sydney between Menindie and Kaleentha in part to a depth of 14 feet on December 16, has not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dividend Declared by Silverton Tramway
The Silverton Tramway Company has declared a dividend (the [?] of l/ a share. This is due and [?] able on Friday, February 25, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Level Crossing Smash Remarkable Escape of Occupants of Motor Car Adelaide
A remarkable escape from death vas exper[?]d by the f[?] occupants of a[?] car into which a motor train crushed at a level crossing at Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] Saturday, January 25, 1930. Stephens Creek Railway
On January 1 the Tarrawingee railway was closed down, and no trains even to Stephens Creek have run. The official reason given for the stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dividend Declared by Silverton Tramway
The Silverton Tramway Company has declared a dividend (the 129th) of 1/ a share. This is due and payable on Friday, February 28, 1930…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Services Disorganised in Paris of the State Sydney
Washaways between Maryvale and Geurie. 269 miles from Sydney and between Dubbo and Molong held up several trains in the west. The…
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