Easter Train
The acting manager of the Silverton Tramway Coy, states that there are still a few second class tickets available for the special train to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
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Bridge As Jetty
IN A LETTER to the Glenelg Council, a visiting British business man, Mr. John Andrews, suggested that the Glenelg jetty could be rebuilt with Bailey bridge sections of the type (above) made famous in crossing the Rhine and in the Normandy landing during World War II. Mr. Andrews pointed out Bailey bridges were being used as piers in various…
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London, March 8. — Tony Benham plans to marry next Saturday and that will be the end of the train service between Princes…
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Sydney.—A woman was critically injured when she fell about 20ft to the roadway from the bridge at Pyrmont early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Prepares for Easter No Sydney Train Good Friday?
All mines will close down for Eastern mid-night on Thursday, March 22, the secretary of the M.M.A. (Mr. A. A. Robins) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tri Motored Plane For B.H. Service T.A.A. Using Australian "Drover"
Trans Australia Airways is now using a three-engine Australian built Drover aircraft on its Charterville-Broken Hill service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Dead In Road Collision
Lithgow, March 9. — Two motor cyclists and a woman pillion rider were killed instantly in a dual collision with a motor lorry yesterday evening on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road To Town Instead Of Path To Study
Brisbane. — The police yesterday located Professor Patrick Eldon Daunt (26), who vanished 19 days ago from Sydney, where be was arts lecturer at Sydney University. When found Daunt was working…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International Motor Rally Planned for Britain
First plans for an international rally to be held in Britain next June have been announced. The competition, organised by the Royal Automobile Club,…
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A report submitted to the monthly meeting of the Menindee Progress Association, on March 7, showed that work had already…
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A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor was released under Section 556A of the Crimes Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Unconscious Following Road Accident
At midnight last night a man was still unconscious following a motor cycle accident on the Cockburn Road at 6.30 p.m., Anohter man who had…
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A New Australian died in the Hospital early to-day from injuries suffered in a crash on the Cockburn Road last night. The man suffered serious head injuries when his motor cycle crashed. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£3,000,000 ORDER British Trains for Egyptian Railways
A BRITISH firm has just completed two 75 m.p.h. Diesel-electric trains for the Egyptian State Railways, which set a new world's record for this type of traction…
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Sydney—Two men were killed when struck by a train on a colliery branch line near Cessnock late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licence Expired Motor Cyclist Fined
Robert Baust was convicted by Mr. Forrest, S.M. in the Police Court yesterday morning for having driven a motor cycle without a licence and of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Meeting Of Motor Cycle Club
The Annual General Meeting of the Silver City Motor Cycle Club will be held next Sunday morning at the Fire Station Hall at 10.30 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Railway Employees Not To Support Striking Watersiders
Auckland, March 16.—Members of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants voted 463 to 360 in a secret ballot not to support the striking waterside workers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thrown From Motorcycle
Following a fall from a motor cycle on the Mt. Gipps Road at 11 o'clock on Thursday. night Miss Florence Cavendish, of 178 Oxide Street, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.A. Train Derailed; New Route From Here
A derailment near Riverton has disrupted rail traffic to Adelaide. It is understood the train involved was not a…
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