Road Fatality
News has been received from Merbein of the death of George William Moore (18) which occurred in a collision between a Motor cycle and a bicycle on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Motor Cycle and Utility Collide
William James Gluls, of 42 Nicholls Street, suffered a small cut to the head when a motor cycle he was riding in Argent Street collided with a utility…
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Singapore—The night mail train to Kuala Lumpur was fired on by a terrorist gang near Labis. A British soldier and a Malayan…
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Sydney. January 4— [?] Commissioner [?] that train [?] ocated in the new [?]…
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A 19-year-old deaf mute pleaded guilty before Mr. C; K. Ward, S.M., in the Police Court today to a charge of illegally using a motor…
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Sydney.—An unidentified woman was found dead on the railway line beneath an overhead bridge near Campsie Station last night…
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Melbourne. — Kenneth Pinchin (19), of Sydney Road, Deniliquin, New South Wales, was fatally injured when the motor cycle he…
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Sydney, January 5.—The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. F. C. Garside, announced today, that consequent upon the retirement of Mr. W. L. Ada from…
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In the Police Court yesterday Mr. C. K. Ward. S.M., fined Robert William Taylor, a deaf mute, £10 in default 24 days, on a charge of having Illegally…
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London, January 5.—Clement Robinson. (44), of Southampton, loved trams. He worked on them since he was 19, first as a conductor and then as a driver. He made many perilous dashes on them…
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Murray Bridge.—Robsun easily accounted for his three opponents in the W. A. Piper Handicap at Murray Bridge this afternoon, for which he was an even money favorite. Minor placegetters were Void and Cellarboy. Void went away with a good lead after the field had covered a quarter…
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Two motor cycles were involve in a collision in Argent Street, near Chloride Street, about 7.40 o'clock last night. The riders were Keith Daly and Thomas…
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Sydney, January 6.—One in every six Australians owned a motor vehicle, Mr. C A. Gregory, Service Station Association general secretary. said…
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Motor cycles owned and ridden by Keith Daly and Thomas Selby came into collision in Argent Street, near Chloride Street, shortly…
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Melbourne, January 8.—A truck flung 20ft. into the air by the Melbourne Leongatha train on Friday night fell upside down 40ft. away in…
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Adelaide January 6.—A motor cyclist and his pillion rider were injured when their machine failed to negotiate a bend on the Mount Barker Road early…
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Melbourne. January 8.—A man going to fetch milk discovered the bodies of a father and son which hud been hidden In long grass for several hours after a…
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Sydney. January 8.—Accumulated timber stocks on the North Coast were noved during the Christmas holidays, the Commissioner for Railways (Mr…
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Because of the large program of roadworks being carried out both near Wentworth and out of Broken Hill it has been decided that the district…
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Relieving district engineer (Mr. H. G. Alexander) said today it was not practicable to keep a grader for permanent use on the Cockburn road, as the surface now was of natural rock…
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