Services Back to Normal Repairs Proceed On Sydney Railway
ALTHOUGH the Sydney train service has resumed normal running, fettlern and gangers are still worthing at points which were washed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
623 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 32
Under Liquor Influence Motor Cyclist To Pay Fine Of £8 Was Involved in Collision
A MOTOR cyclist was fined £8 in the Police Court today by Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., for having driven a motor cycle in Oxide-atreet on the night of February 27 while under the influence of liquor. Evidence was given that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Miner" Motor Section. Topical Motoring Conducted by "Transmission." Oldsmobile Announces New Models
TWO new Oldsmobile sixes representing the finest in motoring luxury, styling and value are introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →21 Million Motorists May Visit Exhibition
The authorities of the Golden Gate International Exhibition, which opened at San Francisco recently, have budgeted on 2,600,000 motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety Statewide Release
The Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently produced a film for general exhibition entitled "Safety First". When it was released in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous North Floods Roads Scoured; Fences Lost; Damage Trail Tibooburra Mail Driver's Story
MILES of fencing washed away, great tanks carried away by the swirling floodwaters, the road scoured out for miles, debris piled high. This picture of the devastating floods in the Tibooburra district following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Town Infants' Mothers' Club
The Railway Town Infants' School Mothers' Club will hold their annual meeting and election of officers on March 9, at 3.30 p.m., in the school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Unauthorised Man Driving" Railway Officer's Story At "Trike" Fatality Inquest
EVIDENCE was given by a sub-inspector of the New South Wales Government Railways when the inquest into the death of William Conrad Buss (50), single, of Kinalung, was continued yesterday. He said that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Made By Local Model Aeroplane
At 10.40 o'clock on Sunday morning. Bill Hall, a member of the model aeroplane section ot the 2BH. Smilers' Club, launched his rubber…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Noisy Motor Cyclists Warned By Magistrate Serious View Of Offences
A warning to motor cyclists with noisy machines was given by Mr. A. B. Collins. S.M., in the Police Court today, when dealing with traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Lady Of 83 Lives AtRailway Town
TO live for four score years and more is not everyone's ambition, but to reach that age with health unimpaired, with senses as keen as in youth, to maintain an intelligent if passive interest in life and living—that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some Heavy Rain In District Adelaide Road Under Water
Murchison, 350 points at Mount Murchison and 120 at Culpaulin were registered last night and today, but only 12 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Development Of Motor Industry
In conjunction with General MotorsHoldens, Silver City Motors will tonight present to the public a series of films showing the development of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buckled Bridge Near Quondong Worst Floods for Many Years
BUCKLING the bridge and forcing it out of alignment the floodwaters which came down the creek at Quondong were the most severe for many years, according to Mr. C. W. Maiden, who has been driving mails to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Development Of Modern Motor Car
AN interesting programme of sound films was presented at the Tivoli Theatre last night dealing with the design and development of the modern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outback Mail Delays Road To Tibooburra Impassable?
ALTHOUGH the outward mails are being despatched as usual, several of the inward outback mails are still delayed. No road mail from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Easter Excursions on N.s.w. Railways
The New South Wales Railways heve announced, the arrangements made for excursionists who will travel for Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Miner" Motor Section. Topical Motoring Conducted by "Transmission." New Ford "Prefect" Announced
THE "Prefect" 10, an important member of Ford's growing range of 1939 cars, is now on view at the showrooms of all Ford dealers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Part Played By Motor Transport In Defence Of Australia
THE Commonwealth authorities in formulating their transport plans for the defence of Australia are confronted with very different conditions—as regards transport units—from what the Government had to face in 1914. Twenty-five years ago there were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety The Meaning of Courtesy
The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, has issued a special appeal to residents of the State to co-operate in what he calls the "New Deal for Road…
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