Tram Conductor Injured
SYDNEY, Friday.—Koith Giles (35), while collecting tickets on an old type of tram car at Waverley last night, was swept off the footboard and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1935
834 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 42
Man Found Dead on Railway Line
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Late last night the body of an elderly man who has not been identified was found tying across the rails in the Newcastle…
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The car of the future as visualised by Gabriel Voisin, one of the leading French car designers and manufacturers, will have one wheel in the…
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Lettergrams have been sent by the committee of the Port Augusta Broken Hill Railway League to local government authorities at Perth,…
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WESTS had some difficulty in fielding a side against Railway Town to-day because of a number of players being away. They lost the toss…
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A parcel picked up by a ganger beside the railway line near Elsternwick yesterday was found to contain a number of tins lettered in Chinese…
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Lettergrams hare been sent by the commlttee of the Port AugustaBroken Hill Railway League to local government authorities at Perth,…
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A parcel picked up by a ganger beside the railway line near Elsternwick yesterday was found to contain a number of tins lettered in Chinese…
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Three road races were conducted by the Morgan-street Cycling Club at Stephens Creek on Saturday afternoon in connection with the laying of…
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An attempt was made shortly before midnight to blow up a bridge leading to the Aberfield colliery two miles from Swansea, Lake Macquarie…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— Motor vehicles were responsible for the deaths of 204 persons in Melbourne last year, according to the report of…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Mrs. Jane Reed (49); was alighting from a tram near her home in Balgowlah when she was knocked down by a motor…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the Central Court to-day Alfred Proctor (19), a laborer, was charged with having on January 26 travelled from Broken…
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In the.Police Court to-day, Mr. R Donaldson, S.M., heard several case for breaches of traffic regulations. UNATTENDED VEHICLE…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Pinned by his head when a car overturned three miles from Berry last night David Cowlinshaw, son of Dr. Cowlinshaw,…
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LONDON, January 2S.—In a speech at Birmingham, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Hore-BellBha) announced that the Government had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Case for Railway to Port Augusta League Forwards Views To Mr. Stewart Will Help Unemployed
In furtherance of its activities to have a railway line constructed between Broken Hill; and Port Augusta, the Broken Hill-Port Augusta Railway League has forwarded a statement of Hs case to the Parliamentary Secretary for…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Leonard Gibb Manifold, aged 60 years, who for 37 years had been associated with the firm of George Wills and Co. Ltd.,…
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In spite of the defence of the equipment at Parafield aerodromo by the president of the Aero Club (Mr. W. Murray Fowler) Lord Sempill…
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An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Plester was opened in the Coroner's Court this afternoon before Mr R. Donaldson, S.M. Mr. Plester died in the Hospital early on Monday…
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