4 Firemen Tramped in U.s Fire
NEW YORK, Jan 1— A dramatic fight is being waged to rescue four firemen who are…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
777 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 39
South Mine Train Returns Tomorrow
The first of the mine employees who have been holidaying in Adelaide, will arrive back by special train tomorrow, and another contingent will arrive on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tibooburra News (Continued from Page 3) Tibooburra Road Drying Out
After the rain last week the Tibooburra Road was the usual trap for lorries plying to the northern town, but it is now pretty well dried out…
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After lengthy representation for something decent to be made of the Tibooburra Road a reply was received from the Minister for Transport that reports from his officers indicated that the road to Tibooburra was all right as it was, with only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortage of Motor Vehicles
How badly Australia needs a large influx of modern motor vehicles is shown by the fact that since December. 1928, the total number of new cars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Uniform Motor Laws Interstate Problems
Standardisation of regulations for road-users throughout Australia is the aim of the Australian Automobile Association, which is preparing plans for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors Collide
yesterday Mr. Colin Forrest. Glenorn Station, was backing his utility out from the kerb in Blende Street when he noticed a loaded lorry driven by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Train To-morrow Morning
First of the South Mine picnic trains is due to arrive in Broken Hill at 8.55 a.m. on Sunday morning. The train will leave Adelaide at 6.20 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Dead in British Train Smash
LONDON.—Five persons were killed and 45 were injured, some seriously, when an —outwardbound night mail train crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Injured in Fall From Train
MELBOURNE.—A small girl fell from the Horsham-Melbourne express yesterday as it was speeding through Deer Park yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Killed In Train Crash Collision In Dense Fog
London, January 3.—Five people were, killed and 15 were seriously injured, with 20 to 30 others slightly injured when in dense fog last night the night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Cricket
Members of the N.S.W. Railways Cricket Club will play a scratch match at the Junction wicket tomorrow morning. Play…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists Killed On Geelong, Vic, Road
MELBOURNE. — Two motor cyclists were killed in separate accidents on Geelong Road late on Saturday afternoon. The first accident occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Joyriders Abandon Utility On Outback Road; Much Damage
JOYRIDERS who illegally used a motor utility on Saturday morning caused a considerable amount of damage to the vehicle after they had abandoned it about five miles from Broken Hill on the Menindee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Holidaymakers Back Prom Adelaide; 475 On Train Today
ANOTHER special train from Adelaide this morning brought employees of the North mine and their families back to Broken Hill. There were approximately 475 passengers on the train which…
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SYDNEY.—Discussing decentralisation in the Legislative Assembly recently, Mr. L. C. Jordan (CP., Oxley) said that a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Mine Train Returns
The first special train to bring back North Mine employees from Adelaide arrived back yesterday morning just after 11 o'clock. It was 45 minutes late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Picturesque Vagabond Comes To End Of Road
LONDON, January 7.—The Vagabond King is dead. William Ernest Brookway, international tramp, who walked 50,000 miles in 35 years through Europe and South America, came to the end of the road at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Ship Sinks Off Newcastle
Sydney. January 6.—A 230-ton motor ship, Yua Hwa, listed suddenly and sank in two minutes, 10 miles south of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Supplies Of Motor Tyres Soon
Melbourne, January 7.—Big supplies of motor tyres will soon be ready for sale in Australia the Managing Director of Goodyear Tyres and Rubber Company…
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