Ex-High Too Solid for Railway Towns
Disaster overtook Railway Town when they resumed their innings against Ex-High on No. 2 wickefat Western Oval. With two down for 25…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
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Was Motor Car Driver Intoxicated? Charge By Police Heard In Court To-day
Arising out of an accident on the Stephens Creek road on Saturday night, January 25, Luigi Madaleni appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day charged with having on the date mentioned driven a motor car on the Stephens Creek road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-high in Top Form Railway Town Routed
Ex-High provided a surprise by routing the strong all-round Railway Town side for 111 to win easily on the first innings by 57 in the match…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, February ll, 1936. on the Road to Better Highways
A CHANCE remark by one of the visiting swimming officials last week to the effect that State revenue subscribed by Broken Hill appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Overturns Local Residents Involved Collision in Melbourne Melbourne
The striking of a blow by a young woman following a slight collision, between two motor cars and a chase during which a youth stood on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sequel to Collision Charge Against Motorist
The defence, in the Stephens Creekroad motor, smash case was entered upon to-day after the magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) had held that a prima…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Civilians Train for Defence Moscow, February 10
Illustrating Russia's military preparedness it is officially stated that one million of Russia's civil population have passed tests in anti-aircraft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stephens Creek Road Collision S.m. Reserves Decision
The defence in the Stephens Creek-road motor smash case was entered upon yesterday after the magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) had held that a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silverton Tramway Tonnage
The following shows the tonnage carried over the Silverton Tramway Company's line for the week ended January 20 (the figures for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Teacher's Motor Cycle Found
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—In a letter dated January 21, which has been received in Melbourne, the Rev. H. Griffiths, of the Alice Springs patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deaths From Cold Dangerous Roads In England (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 11
Two deaths are attributed to the spell of severe cold which began during the week end and which is still continuing. To-day the temperature…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Archbishop in Motor Accident
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — The Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr. Wand), Mrs. Wand, and Miss Wand had a narrow escape from injury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Miner Thursday, February 13, 1936. a Standard for the Motor Mechanic
MOTOR garage proprietors and the motoring public alike should welcome the licensing of garages and the introduction of some standard of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guilty of Negligence Verdict Against Tramways SYDNEY
A jury of four in un action before Judge Sheridan in the District Court found that the Commisioner for Road Transport and Tramways was guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camel Gives Way To Motor Car BAGDAD (Irak), February 12
The camel—the "ship of the desert"—is the latest means of transport to be replaced in this mechanical age…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Subsidy for Tramp Ships £2,000,000 Grant For "Slums Of Sea' LONDON, February 12
Coincidently with the report of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee saying that the subsidy last year had saved the British tramp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electrician Killed by Train
SYDNEY, Friday. — Geroge Lear, aged about 58, an electrician employed at Eveleigh workshops, was killed instantly to-day when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Derailment Causes Delay Of Mail Train
SYDNEY, Friday.— The North Coast mail train was delayed several hours this morning due to the derailment of the bogey of a refrigerator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dri[?]t Sand Nuisance City Council Men On City Roads
The drift sand nuisance in various parts of the city is causing much annoyance to residents, and involving the City Council in heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Miner" Motor Section Topical Motoring Conducted by "Transmission" How America Combats The Crossing Problem Fool-proof Barriers Stop Reckless Drivers
So successful have been experiments in America with an automatic road barrier that another set has been installed in Valparaiso, Indiana…
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