Man Killed by Train
WOLLONGONG, Monday.âRichard Middleton (30), a shuntar, met a shocking death on Saturday when he was cut in halves by a train at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
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Drove on Wrong Side of Road
Alexander Abotomey pleaded guilty before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., in the Police Court this morning on a charge of having on August 2 failed to keep…
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A fine of £15 and the cancellation of his driver's licence for a period of six months was inflicted on Boy William Stanley Edwards in the Police Court…
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The spraying of bitumen on the new road leading to the Crystal-street Railway Station was started to-day. Mr. J. M. Main, district…
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An attempt was made on Monday to derail the Melbourne to Mildura train at Woomelang, 241 miles from Melbourne. There were 70 passengers…
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Smart work by the police resulted in the arrest of two men and the recovery of Dr. G. de Crespigny's motor car within three-quarters of an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Up To Date Caravan Holiday on Wheels Motor Car Tows Caravan
On a two months' tour of the western district by caravan, Mr. and Mrs; A. Lambert and Mr. and Mrs. W. Nation arrived in Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Passenger Collapses in Aeroplane
SYDNEY, Thursday.—During a pleasure flight over Sydney, Mrs. Edith Mary Biscoc, a woman passenger, collapsed in an aeroplane. She…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gangsters Escape Elaborate Police Trap Fails Shots From Aeroplane (Special to'"The Miner.") New York, August 10
Slipping through a cordon of more than 300 policemen and Federal agents armed with machine guns and directed by radio from a plane, two gangsters…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A four-year-old girl named Lilian Yvonne Dudley was killed instantly when she was knocked down by a motor car outside…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Supporting the application to the Full Arbitration Court by the Australian Railways Union and members of the…
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Residents of all parts of the State are again to enjoy the advantage of the extension of excursion facilities which the Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Officer Farewelled
Mr. B. Twyford, formerly at the Crystal-street station, left on Tuesday for a fortnight's holiday, prior to his retirement. Railway officials gathered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trapped on Railway Bridge Man Going To First Job For 12 Months MELBOURNE
Trapped by an oncoming electric train on the railway bridge over Punt-road, Richmond, early to-day, two railway workers reached safety in the nick of time, but a third worker, who was about to begin his first job in 12 months,…
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A tram car bound from Coogee to the Central Station this morning got out of control at the intersection of Cleveland and Chalmers streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silverton Tramway Traffic
The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's lines for the week ending August 16, the tonnage for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill-condobolin Railway League
Matters in connection with the winding up of the Broken Hill-Condobolin Railway League wire dealt with on Monday night at a meeting held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crime to Drop Train Ticket
Descending from a [?] in [?] an English [?] threw away his train ticket—quite an everyday act in every other city in Europe…
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A fight between two doctors in a locked compartment of a train was described at St. Helens Police Court (England) recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctors Fight in Train One Was Arrested And Fined
A fight between two doctors in a locked compartment of a train was described at St. Helens Police Court (England) recently…
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