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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
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A strong hint that Germany aims to begin this year by training its youth for military service was given by General von Schleicher,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Edgar H. Collins, tram conductor, had a sensational experience last night while his car was bound for the Dowling-street depot shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.âWhile walking along the railway line near Asquith late last night, two railway employees were struck by a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Coroner's Court this morning Mr. G. S. Goldie, coroner, returned a finding of suicide after evidence had been given…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Edward Powell, middle aged, a fettler, was run down and killed by a train between Ourimbah and Tuggerah. The body was shockingly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The retrenchment of surplus railway officers will begin almost immediately, and it is anticipated that over 2000 men will be affected. Nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon, Allen M'Donald (24), a fruiterer, on remand, pleaded not guilty to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—News has reached Townsville that the Bank Line motorship Olivebank struck a reef at New Guinea. It is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegations that car owners who refused to tip parking attendants at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Test match had returned to find…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firing a stream of bullets into a motor car at Clovelly this morning, a man who suddenly became demented wounded two people and then cut his throat. The victims of the sensational affair were Alfred Dennett, his wife, Laura Dennett, his brother James Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Police Court this afternoon the cases in which Fred Barned (27), a station hand, was charged with breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Important changes in the organisation of the railway department are announced by Mr. Hartigan, the Chie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Up to the lunch adjournment in to-day's crucial conference between Mr. Gahan, Commonwealth Railways Commissioner, four departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A leading district sheepgrower in a recent interview blamed the high railway charges for the greater part of the troubles besetting pastoralists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On January 13, in conjunction with the usual express, an excursion will be run to Sydney. The fare will be single fare for the return journey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ending December 28, the tonnage for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re[?] that many people would have been unable to take advantage of the cheap railway travelling facilities provided during the regular holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE whips are out and the thoroughbreds are stretching out for the home run. Jockeys are straining every nerve. The cheering crowds flash by in an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A touring motor car left the Bathurst road, between Orange and Lucknow, at 3 a.m. yesterday, and ran over a steep embankment. Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Almost unanimously the members of unions employed in the Commonwealth railways decided at a large combined meeting in Devonport…
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