Legs Lost in Train Accident Man Succumbs to Injuries Adelaide
STRUCK by a train at Granville yesterday, Francis James Meegan, 36, garage proprietor, of Robert-street, Sandwell, had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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£50,000 Damage by W.A. STORM Streets Awash; Trams Held Up; Miners Rendered Idle KALGOORLIE
UNEQUALLED in violence within the memory of residents on the goldfields, a rainstorm which reached the peak of its severity just before 3 p.m. yesterday and continued intermittently throughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Crashes Into Train Injury To 15 On Tram SYDNEY
FOURTEEN passengers and the tram driver were injured when a tram crashed into a goods train in Commercial-road, Rozelle. The front…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clear Cut Victory To Chandra Ribald Features As Hurdler Excellent RacingStaged At Murray Bridge Murray Bridge
CHANDRA scored & clear-cut victory in the Pellew Handicap at Murray Bridge from Stanaides and Troithias. Although there were only six runners it was a remarkably open betting race, Chandra, Goldarte…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Town Defeat Ex-High
RAILWAY Town had a first innings victory over Ex-High at the Western Oval this afternoon. Railway Town scored 283 for the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Teams for Parkes Railway Town And Ex-High
THE Parkes and District Cricket Association is now desirous of Railway Town and Ex-High visiting that centre for a country carnival at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Nearly Run Over by Train
PORT AUGUSTA, Wednesday— Nance, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Miller,, of.Gibsonstreet, Port Augusta, had an amazing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waged War On Motorists; 12 Months MELBOURNE
Remarking that a prisoner in General Sessions "evidently waged war on motorists," Judge Richardson sentenced him to 12…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The Miner " Motor Section Motoring Notes Conducted by "Transmission" Motorists Pay Over £16,000,000 To Govts. Annually
THE extent to which the motor owners of Australia are annually contributing fees to the treasuries of the respective Governments is strikingly apparent when one compares the £16 millions collected in registration fees…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Falls Over Safety Fence
SYDNEY, Friday.—A motor cyclist and his machine fell over the safety fence about the elbow of Bulli Pass last night. The rider, Ivor Noske…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Drive. Road Safety
The [?] death [?] of the road during the Christmas and New Year holidays has caused on awakening of public [?] in the need for making…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Years Of Secret Research Work Isotable Aeroplane Invention London, January 20
WORLD-WIDE interest has been aroused among airline operators by the announcement of a notable British invention now embodied in the form of retractable auxiliary wings in a new 270 m.p.h. airliner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silverton Tramway Tonnage
Tonnage carried over the Silverton TVamway Compnay's line for the week ended January 11 is given below. A comparison with the figures…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"High-handed Action" Pioneer Motorist Fined £7
Pioneer motorist Lieutenant-Colonel Jarrott, past chairman of the Automobile Association, was fined a total of £7 and costs at West London after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Hits Pole Near Grand Hotel
Excitement was caused in Argent-street about 4.45 o'clock this afternoon when a motorist, attempting to back his car into the kerb, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →S.M's. Warning to Motorists Driver Fined £6
"This is a reckless disregard for human life," said Mr. A. B. Collins. S.M., in the Traffic Court today when fining Kenneth George Colley £6,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Blow Up Bridge? Mari Hurled From Bed SYDNEY
An explosion at the foot of his bed hurled Jack Pringle, railway ganger, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner Wednesday, January 25. 1939. Making the Roads Safe for All
MENACES on the road today are those who drive their vehicles at excessive speed, to the danger of other motorists and pedestrians, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40 Injured In Tram Crash SYDNEY
Colliding with terrific force in Missend-road Camperdown, this afternoon, two trams…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways' Union Claims
A general meeting of the Australian Railways' Union (Broken Hill branch) held last night, decided that a levy of sixpence a week be struck…
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