Train Picnic on St. Patrick's Day
Main function in connection with the St. Patrick's Day celebration in Broken Hill will be picnic and sports to be held at Silverton on Saturday,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Motor Tyres Are Likely After June
MELBOURNE.—Some motor tyres may be available to private motorists after June, according to evidence before the Tariff Board by Mr…
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The decision of the railway authorities to after the time of starting and arriving of Tuesday's goods train from Adelaide. It has aroused the local merchants into…
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The road between Broken Hill and Mildura, was badly affected by the rain on Saturday, but the bus service, though delayed, was continued…
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Some very solid and useful training is being just in by the visiting Sydney League swimmers in preparation for the big night of the gran[?] carnival at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Derailment Of Goods Train Near Cockburn
The permanent way was extensively damaged when an engine and four trucks of a goods train were derailed about nine miles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tibooburra News Road Still Terrible
Though it is so long since big rains, the road between Broken Hill and Tibcoburra is still in a shocking condition. Holdups and hard work are the order on this road down as for as Fowler's Gap, or nearly that far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chaos on Wilcannia-hill Road Vehicles Stuck Up at Ackombie Creek
Following the week-end rains that ran the Ackombie Creek a banker, the crossing near Metford Station—actually it is on Golden Well—was washed out, and on Tuesday at one time 13 motor vehicles were held up. It was offer dark that the big…
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Sydney, February 8.—A big increase in road accidents in N.S.W. last year was ravelled by the Rood Transport Commissioner, Mr. Neale today. There…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wet Motors Need No Longer Stall
A waterproofing liquid called "PIB" was the reason jeeps could splash off landing barges into water up to their radiator caps and get safely ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Crash In England
London, February 11.—Two soldiers were killed and at least eight persons injured when a fast express bound from King's Cross to Newcastle crashed late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goods Train Protest May Have Results
Members of the Broken Hill Retail Fruiterers and Traders Association are still hopeful that their complaint in relation to the alteration of times…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Workers Hands Crushed
Melbourne, February 11—When a chain lowering a heavy transformer [?] two railway employees working as an electric, sub-station at Mooroolbark, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thefts From Parked Motor Cars
Recent thefts from motor cars parked in the street have received attention from the police. As a result of inquiries by…
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SYDNEY.—Two men who are alleged to have thrown £250 worth of goods from a train at Denistone, about 10 miles from Sydney, were arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Train Robbers Arrested At Gun Point
Sydney, February 12.—Police investigations into thefts from goods trains between Sydney and Brisbane led to the arrest at gun point last night of two men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Escapes In Tram Crash
Sydney, February 12.—In a tram smash at Surry Hills this morning six people were injured and there were some remarkable escapes…
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MELBOURNE.—First, full-blooded aboriginal, ever employed by the Tramways Board, Mr. Reginald Walter Saunders has completed his student tram conductors' course. Probably he will be attached to the head office traffic staff pool as an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remand On Train Robbing Charges
Sydney, February 13.—Charged at the Ryde Court today with stealing four cartons of footwear and a bale of drapery, valued at £250, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Ride With Bullet In Brain
Brisbane, February 13.—Norman Morris (44) travelled seven miles by tram from Moorooka to Brisbane yesterday with a bullet…
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