Railway Workmen Thrown From Tricycle
Three workmen from the Silverton Tramway Company were returning to the yards over the Williams-street crossing late yesterday afternoon on a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
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Man Hit by Motor Car
John Burke (44), residing in Pattonstreet, South Broken Hill, was treated at the Hospital on Saturday night for abrasions to the left side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eastern Suburbs Railway Tenders Should Be Called Says Vic. Contractor Sydney
In urging that tenders should be called for the Eastern Suburbs railway, Mr. T. Ryan, a well-known Victorian contractor, says that the work could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Harbor Bridge Over £8,000,000 EXPENDED Sydney
The total expenditure on the Sydney Harbor Bridge to June 30 last was £8 136,946 as against the original estimate of £5,750,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirty Inches of Rain in Three Days at Cairns Railway Traffic Suspended Cairns (Qld.)
Torrential rain in the Cairns district, ranging up to 30in. in three days, has brought all coastal rivers down in flood. To-day, all railway traffic between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sydney Railway
The expresa from Sydney was 10 minutes late on arriving this morning. The delay was due to the heavy-lond there being an extra carriage on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abandoned Motor Car Victorian Detectives Make Three Arrests Melbourne
There were important developments last night in the search by detectives for the occupants of a motor car which was abandoned at Clifton Hill on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silverton Tramway Traffic
The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ended January 13, the tonnage for the previous…
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The express that deft for Sydney last night carried a fairly heavy load. there being 70 passengers on board. These were made up of 12 sleeping car, 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery of £273 Railway Takings Stolen by a Bogus Porter Brisbane
It has just been disclosed that a strong box containing £273 was stolen from the South Brisbane railway station on Tuesday night by a man who posed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racing Motor Cyclist Critically Injures Girl End to Police Chase Melbourne
Agnes Martin (16) was knocked down and critically injured last night by a racing motor cyclist travelling at high speed to escape from a pursuing police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sydney Railway
The goods train from Sydney that arrived this morning on time carried a heavy load of approximately 600 tons. Besides the usual coal and merchandise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowtown Racing Club Cancels Race Meeting Hitch with Railways Adelaide
"The Snowtown Racing Club meeting which was set down for next Wednesday, has been cancelled until a date to be fixed," said Mr. J. P. O'Leary, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Min's Reported Full From Goods Train Search by the Police Fails to Locate Him
Sergeant M'Cawley and Constable Leydon. of Hollway Town, were out searching this morning at 3 o'clock for a man who it was thought had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Lottery Chief Prize Winners in the Thirty-second Harbor Bridge Lottery Closed This Morning Sydney
The 32nd State lottery was drawn to-day. The first prize, No. 53.252, went to a railway cottage at Cowan; the second, No. 67.701, to J. Woodley,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sydney Railway
The Crystal-street railway authorities advise' that in connection with the opening of the Sydney,Harbor bridge a special excursion trnin will run to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flare Is Ignited From Aeroplane
Captoin Eaton, the commandant of Redgers Field recently flew over Pitts burgh, U.S.A., in a Curtis bombing plane with a tremendously powerful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Riding on a Train Was Killed by a Bridge Body Was Mutilated Sydney
Believed to have been "jumping the rattler" a man was killed near the railway bridge at Wingham last night. The man was riding on top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Harbor Bridge Two Claims for Designer
Messrs. Dorman, Long and Co., the contractors for the Sydney Harbor Bridge, have informed the Government that they will take legal action to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray Swamp Lands Irrigation Problem Mu[?]ay Bridge
Because of the low river level it will be [?]impossible to irrigate portions of a number of the recently-flooded Murray swamp lands—now dry—without going…
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