Better Road To Cockburn Sought Request By Chamber Of Commerce
The Chamber or Commerce has approached the District Engineer with the request that the Silverton Road be extended to Cockburn. The road is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
783 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 40
Crane for Ivanhoe Railway
Information obtained by the "Western Grazier" points to the fact that at long last a goods shed is to be established at Ivanhoe, and, with it, a crane for the removal of goods safely. This will cost £1,000…
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At a cost of £l,000 a goods shed and crane are to be established at Ivanhoe soon. This move follows recent negotiations in that direction. Goods for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cockburn Road And Bitumen
The District- Engineer (Mr. A. J. Courtney) has advised the Chamber of Commerce that a request for the bituminised road to…
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Wellington— An "electronic speed cop," embodying radar principles, is to be used by the New Zealand Transport Department to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Sign Damaged
An advertising sign on the Wilcannia road, about three miles from Broken Hill, was shot up with rifle bullets at the week-end…
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Rangoon, May 3.—The hundred rebels who today attacked a Burmese Government military train in the S[?]webo district, near Mandalay, were beaten off by…
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Murray Bridge— Valiant Faith defeated Royal Rebel and Sandalwood in the Bridge Handicap, chief event on the Murray Bridge Club's programme this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Crack Road Champion Keith McFarlane Here
Australian read champion Keith McFarlane, who in 1847 made his debut in "big time" by winning the 10 mile Vic. championship, will be one of the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baby's Body Handed To Train Guard
Sydney, May 4.—A railway guard who was handed a parcel which he was told remained meat this afternoon, later unwrapped it and found the boyd of newly…
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Canberra—The Commonwealth Government will undertake the construction of roads and bridges for a North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vandalism on the Wilcannia Road
Messrs Lord and Son have reported to the police that the new advertising board erected by them on the Wilcannia road has been riddled with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miniature Farm Motor Truck
Though not in any way o tractor for form work, the Wrigley Wessex Motor Truck is a handy vehicle for small loads and is quite capable of running over rough ground. This picture shows the truck being driven across a ploughed…
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Sydney, May 4.—Despite increases in New South Wales traffic earning are still insufficient to meet mounting expense, the Government Statistician (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Injured
When his motor cycle collided with a car in Cobalt Lane on Saturday Leslie Robert Henderson suffered a pro[?]able fracture of the leg. He was treated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hazardous BridgePole
TOM LOCH, of Cammeray, at work on a girder of the Sydney Harbor Bridge nearly 400 ft. above Sydney. The photographer got this picture the hard way, by climbing up the dizzy outside edge of the arch…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Minor Road Mishaps
Brian O'Riley. of 316 Piper Street, reported to the police that about 12.15 a.m. yesterday a vehicle probably a cream buckboard ran into the fence outside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Road Crash One Dead; Five Injured
Brisbane, May 9.—A truck overturned on the Thargomindah Road, 75 miles from Cunnamulla today killing a shearer and injuring five others who were on…
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Andamooka Opal Field.—A station housewife usually wears jewellery worth £75 when she goes shopping at a 15-famlly railway siding on the East-West line, writes Gerry Kain, formerly of "The Barrier Miner" staff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Stolen
A B.S.A. Motorcycle numbered D.H. 84 was stolen from outside Nicho[?] jewellery store between 7.55 and 11 [?] p.m. last night. The machine had about…
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