The Silverton Road
Mr. Horsington. M.L.A., has received the following communication from the secretary. Department of Main Roads:— "With reference to your personal…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
771 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 39
Train Crash Victim Dies
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mrs. Clarn Ibell (34) died from injuries which she received while she and her husband and sons were traveelling on…
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It was reported from the Silverton Tramway Company last night that the Adelaide line is perfectly clear again. Last night's express left Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stephens Creek Road Accident Sequel Unlicensed Motor Lorry Driver Fined
Fines, costs and compensation totalling £12/1/were imposed on an unlicenced driver, who drove a motor lorry which Was concerned in a serious accident on the Stephens Creek road on November 24, by Mr…
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Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "The car ran off the road," and end with such phrases as it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Crashes Into Rocks No Fatalities BRISBANE, January 27
Without warning the Thallon mall train crashed head-on into thousands of tons of rock, brought down by a landslide between two tunnels at Rangview,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overtime Victorian Railways Onion Unrest Melbourne, January 27
The stale Branch council of the Australian Railways Union will discuss on Tuesday proposals to ban overtime in the railways…
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Criticism of motorists who made their own traffic laws was voiced by Mr. A. B. Collins. S.M., in the Police Court today. He fined a motorist…
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GOULBURN, Wednesday. — Two soldiers under escort, who jumped from the Melbourne-Sydney express yesterday, were recaptured three…
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A motorist arrived in Broken Hill last night with his motor car covered in dust! He reported that the road had dried out very quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sequel To Accident Driver Of Lorry In Court Stephens Creek Road Collision
About 11 p.m. on Sunday, November 24 a motor lorry driven by Louis McLaughlan collided head-on with the rear of a motor car that was standing on the edge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Carriage As School
To be used as a school classroom, a disused railway carriage arrived at Darnick today. Darnick is a railway siding between Parkes and Broken…
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Three people were riding on a motor cycle which was concerned in a collision with a cyclist in Williams Street on December 15…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Town Progress Association
The Railway Town Progress Association will conduct u busy bee on Saturday afternoon when tree guards will be taken from Gypsum Street to Rowe Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Car Ran Off the Road
Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "the car ran off the road," and end with such phrases as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursions in February
Word has been received from the Commissioner for Railways, Mr T. J. Hartigan, that the next general series' of excursion trains will be run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanical Training General Motors Co-operating with Technical Schools
REALISING that there will be a shortage of skilled labour in industry in Australia, manufacturers are endeavouring to find ways and means whereby they can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unclaimed Property on the Railway Auction Sales
It is amazing what some people leave in trains, or fall to claim when consigned to them. For instance, the following articles have come up for sale…
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An increase in the bookings for the Sydney excursion train on Thursday, February 13, has brought the total to 33 seats, comprising 17 first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agordat-barentus Road Is Severed By British Motorised Units R.A.F. Pounding Enemy Positions LONDON, February 1
Britain's motorised units have severed the fifteen-mile rood linking Agordat and Borentus. Two divisions retreating from Kassala are reported to have been split up, one defending Agordot and the other Barentus where Italian resistance is…
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