Rocket Motor For Airline
London, March 20.—A jet airliner fitted with rocket motors for landing and taking off in all atmospheric conditions has been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
963 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 49
All Roads Open
All arterial road to Broken Hill were open to heavy traffic today, the R.A.A. patrolman (Mr. P. White) said…
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Melbourne.—Melbourne is now threatened with another train tie-up in support of the striking tram men. State executive of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Road Still Almost Impassible
The road to Adelaide is still blocked by stretches of flood waters, the worst of which is about four miles the other side, of Cockburn. The water is right across…
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Mr. J. Williams, of Schlapp Street, was marooned for five days on the Wentworth-Broken Hill Road with his wife and son Robert during the recent rains. It was essential that an…
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Melbourne—Plans to call a mass meeting of tramwaymen to vote on a back-to-work proposal are being prepared by the president…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Collapse Warning To Motorists
Travellers using the Adelaide road are advised to proceed with caution about three miles on the Adelaide side of Cockburn Cockburn police, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danger Spot At Bridge
A warning, has been issued to travellers on the Adelaide—Broken Hill road to move with caution when approaching a bridge about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Sign of Stolen Motor Cycle
Police efforts to locate n motor cycle which was stolen from outside a house in Oxide Street en Saturday have failed. The black solo machine (No…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stockman Shot Dead In Train
Brisbane.—A 40-year-old stockman, Frank Hughes, was shot dead while travelling in a mixed passenger, and freight train between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Road Impassable For Week
After an inspection of the Adelaide Road to a point some miles the other side of Cockburn the R.A.A. Patrolman (Mr. P. White)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]G Hours on Adelaide Road
[?] Reid, who has been towing tra[?] cars through the flooded stretch [?] Adelaide Road, told a passing [?] yesterday that he will be at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Breaks Ankle
A motor cyclist suffered a broken left [?] and shock when his machine was involved in a collission with a lorry at the intersection of Chapple and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →S.a. Trammies Support Victorian Strikers
Adelaide. March 26.A Tramway Employees Association meeting today decided to give £50 to the Victorian Branch to assist it in the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist is out of pocket and patience
Sydney.—Red-haired, 42-year-old Myer Appelbloom, a city business man, who has paid out a small fortune in traffic fines, is out of pocket, out of patience, and out of countenance…
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After an accident in which a cyclist is alleged to have been knocked by a car on the Wilcannia road yesterday the car driver will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railwaymen Killed
Melbourne.—Two New Australians were killed instantly at Pascoe-vole when noises from another passing train drowned the warning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways Censured by Court
Capetown, March 27.— The High Court of Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia, severely censured the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Care Advised on Damaged Roads
The district engineer (Mr. A. J. Courtney) advises care by motorists on some parts of the district's main roads damaged by recent rains. Mr. Courtney, who made the…
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At 4 p.m. on Monday whilst Ronald George Sloan (23), of 632 Lane Street, was riding a push bike along the Wilcannia Road it is alleged he was knocked…
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