Railway Town Association
The following are the results of matches played last Saturday and Sunday under the auspices of the Railway Town Tennis Association:—…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
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Thefts From Railway Goods Yard
SYDNEY, Friday.—A package of drapery stolen from the Darling Harbor goods yard is alleged to have been found by detectives in a lorry…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the Quarter sessions to-day Judge Curlewis sentenced Matthew James Lindsay (29), laborer, to 18 month's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mackay Party Delayed Fogbound To-day At Aerodrome Members Were Disappointed
Rising shortly after 4 o'clock this morning in order to leave for Sydney as early after dawn as possible members of the Mackay aerial…
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Railway signals were the invention of a railway policeman At one time the ploice had to stand on point [?], directing traffic by hand. Out…
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Over 30 local residents had flights over the city yesterday with Captain H. C. Miller in his monoplane Old Gold. There was a number of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The National Roads and Motorists' Association has asked the Premier to make available for road purposes £200,000 diverted…
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In the South Australian House of Assembly, Mr. Hudd, the Minister for Railways, told Mr. Heggaton…
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Before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., in the Police Court this morning Harry Pearce pleaded guilty to having on June 5 driven a motor vehicle with a…
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During last year [?]8 persons were killed in motor vehicle accidents in New South Wales, Broken Hill, with two fatalities, having the lowest…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Evan Jenkins (65) was run over by a train at Burwood, near Newcastle, yesterday afternoon and shockingly injured. He…
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The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ending July 12, the tonnage for the previous…
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Miss May Armstrong, of 34 Wyman-street, is at present in the Hospital suffering from abrasions to the face, probable concussion and…
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The body of a young railway guard named Henry Roy Dowton waa found on the railway line at Harden last night. He was in charge of the goods…
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A bag of motor tools was picked up in Williams-street this afternoon and taken to the Central Police Station. The owner is requested to…
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According to an analysis of returns prepared by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. M'Phee), there was a decrease in motor car registrations…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Plans for the mechanisation of the Australian Army have been announced by the Ministor for Defence. They…
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The Railway Department has issued instructions that catchpoints in advance of starting signals on the main railway lines should be…
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DUNGOG, Thursday. — Patrick Foley (47), farmer, of Clarence Town, was killed instantly last night when the steering gear of his motor car…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coolamon goods train from Narrandera to Junee was derailed yesterday owing to the lines having spread. It was several…
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