Motor Cyclist Killed in Crash
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — George A. Faulkner (42), ot Yowie Bay, was killed this morning when his motor cycle and sidecar crashed over a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
685 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 35
To Resume Old Practice Adelaide Train Terminus
FOR the past fortnight, trains to and from Adelaide have resorted to the former practice of leaving and arriving from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Veered Across Road Death Of Noted Doctor GOULBURN
At an inquest concerning the death of Dr. R. J. Tillyard, Miss Gwenda Cornforth, of Mosman, said she thought the car was travelling at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Seek Hit-Run Motorist Heavy Lorry Hits Two Cars in Blende-street Petrol Drum Provides Valuable Clue
POLICE believe that inquiries will lead to the identification of an alleged hit-and-run motorist who was concerned in an accident near the intersection of Chloride and Blende streets shortly after 8.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →30 Lives Were Lost Wreck Of Finnish Motor Ship (Special to "The Minci.") LONDON, January 13
Latest reports have stated that 30 lives were lost in the disaster to the new Finnish motor ship, Joanna Thorden, (3,000) tons in Pentland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Law for Motorists Must Alight When Refuelling
According to a country court judge in England, it is the duty of a car or truck driver to dismount from the vehicle while the petrol tank is being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Topical Motoring Giving Greater Power To Engines Petrol of High Antiknock Quality
Automotive engineers overseas have for years been calling upon petroleum technologists to produce petrol of high anti-knock quality in large quantities at a low cost so that higher compressions could be used in motor engines, without detonation trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work Planned on South Road Mines Give Donation
WORK in connection with the construction of the South-road is expected to be started within a couple of months. The road is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work Planned on South Road Mines Give Donation
WORK in connection with the construction of the South-road is expected to be started within a couple of months. The road is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bright League Cricket Stevens Bats Well for Railway Town Valuable Knock Saves Collapse
A SENSATIONAL fluctation of fortunes was witnessed at the Jubilee Oval to-day in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Motor Lorry Leads To Court Charge
Stating that steps must be taken to prevent undue noise issuing from motor vehicles, Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., fined a defendant 10/-, with 8/…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blende-st. Motor Car Smash
It is not likely that police action will be taken against the alleged Wilcannia hit-and-run lorry driver for at least a month. The man is alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vision Tests Urged for Motorists
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 18.— Better vision tests for motor drivers were advocated by the well-known Melbourne optometrist, Mr. C. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Washaways Express From Adelaide Forced Back Heavy Floods in Mannahill Area
EXTENSIVE washaways on the Adelaide line blocked the progress of last night's Broken Hill bound express, and it is now on its way back to Adelaide carrying most of its complement of 100 passengers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Road Is Impassable
UMBERUMBERKA Creek rat strongly for about six hours yesterday—from 10 o'clock until 4 o'clock—but this morning there was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Golden Gate Facts and Figures Most Costly Bridge
The world's most costly bridge, built for 77 million dollars, is now open, linking San Francisco with Oakland and other east Bay cities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Garbage Collection by Motor Vehicle
To discuss thc question of the collection of garbage by the Council, Mr.S. R. Robins, the manager in South Australia for the. Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide Road Is Still Impassable
MOTORISTS aro advised by the Automobile Association not to travel on the Adelaide road before to-morrow, as the track has not dried as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hollywood MERRY-GO-ROUND Star Hurt in Motor Crash
A very thin time of it Claudette Colbert's been having, out of Paramount's "Maid of Salem" with [?]n concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Road Mainly to Blame" Wife's Allegation At Inquest
GOULBURN, Friday.—At the adjourned inquest at Goulburn concerning the death of the late Dr. R. J. Tillyard, who was killed in a motor…
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