Motors Cheaper To-day
Only a small percentage of presentday motorists appreciate how cheaply motor vehicles are now run compared with running costs of pre-war days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1935
834 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 42
Hints For Car Owners How Quickly Can You Pull Up? "The Miner" Motoring Notes Many Wrong Ideas Of Braking Capacity
The ignorance displayed by some motor drivers in respect to the distance in which they think and state they can pull their motor vehicle up is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Scheme Dropped Criticism Unsettles Government Will, Wait Two Years Canberra, Saturday. ADELAIDE
Influenced by criticism which the proposal for the unification of the railway gauges aroused in several States the Cabinet to-day decided to postpone the scheme until the completion of the Port Augusta-Adelaide line in about two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vincent, 168, In Brilliant Form For Wests Railway Town Easily Beaten
WITH 224 runs to get for a frist [?] nings win, Wests opened carefully in their match against Railway Towns which was continued on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Scheme Dropped Criticism Unsettles Government Will Wait Two Years Canberra, Saturday. ADELAIDE
Influenced by criticism which the proposal for the unification of the railway gauges aroused in several States the Cabinet to-day decided to postpone the scheme until the completion of the Port Augusta-Adelaide line in about two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oxide-st. Motoring Fatality Inquiry Resumed Into Mr. Plester's Death
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Pleater was continued in the Coroner's Court this afternoon before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M. Mr. Plester was a passenger in the sidecar of a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.s.w. Motor Registrations
SYDNEY, Monday.—During the last 12 months the number of motor vehicles registered in New South Wales has increased by 13,339…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Train Held [?] Bandits Beaten By Clerks (Special to "The Miner") New York, February 4
Eight bandits, armed with revolvers and a machine gun boarded the Denver-Rio Grand mail train last night near Salt Lake City, Utah, and worked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unification of Railways Prime Minister Is Anxious SYDNEY
The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) says that the Commonwealth Government has not abandoned Its intention to invite the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Attempt to Burn Trams
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two boys aged nine and ten were arrested by detectives yesterday in connection with the attempted burning of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed by Train Truck Caught At Crossing MELBOURNE
A boy was killed instantly and a man was fatally injured when a petrol-driven train crashed into a motor truck at a level crossing near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Journalist's Fatal Fall From Tram
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Geo. Marks, a journalist, suffered fatal injuries when he fell from a tram. He was standing in a crowded car in Bondi,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Injured at Mildura
MILDURA, Thursday.—When slowing his motor cycle down in front of his home, Eric Bruce (19), of Tenthstreet, Mildura, was struck by a car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Banwell Gets Change Selected For No. 1 Railway Team
Jerry Banwell, who has been Railway Town's best bowler this season, has been selected in the New South Wales Railways No. 1 cricket team…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rechabites Fail In To-day's League Round Norths' Steady Game Against Railway Town Saints RECOVEl' After Bad Opening with Wests
With the fight for inclusion in the final four the vital consideration, much interest was taken in the Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Causes of Road Accidents
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Banwell Gets Chance Selected For No.1 Railway Team
Jerry Banwell, who has been Railway Town's best bowler this season, has been selected in the New South Wales Railways No. 1 cricket team…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unlicensed Motorist Fined
On a charge of driving a motor vehicle while not being licensed to do so a man was fined 20/-, with 5/6 costs, by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight For Inclusion In League Semi-Finals Weak Attack of Railway Town Wally Coles 145 Not Out For Norths
Wally Col[?]s's great knock of 145 not out was the outstanding feature of the match between Norths and Railway Towns on the No. 2 wicket…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →18 Killed in Train Smash Russian Disaster MOSCOW, February ll
Eighteen people were killed and nine injured, when a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train at Karanstrogonovo station, near…
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