Woman on Motor Cycle Tour of Aus
Melbourne.—"What's 'intrepid' in a young woman touring Australia on a motor cycle," asks attractive Winifred Wells, of Perth, who can…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
919 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 46
District Roads
The R.A.A, patrolman (Mr. O. J. Harrison) reported yesterday that the Wilcannia Road is in poor shape as a result of sharp downpours on…
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R.A.A. patrolman (Mr. O. J. Harrison) said today that the road to Wilcannia is passable, but from there to Cobar water has covered…
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Murray Bridge.—Desert Force won the Piper Handicap in good style ridden by Apprentice Pepper. Round the back of the course Desert Force led by several lengths and was kept going at a smart pace. At the home turn he was dropping back, but Pepper shook him up again and he shot ahead…
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A motor cycle which was left on the Wentworth Road on December 16 was missing when the owner went out to get it…
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A member of the Zinc-N.B.H.C Picnic Committee (Mr. K. Williams) today paid a tribute to the excellent service given to…
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Adelaide.—The Highways Commissioner (Mr. Richmond) said to-day that a traffic census showed that reconstruction of the road to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FURTHER U.N. Withdrawals: Wonju Has Fallen to the Communists Important Road and Rail Centre May Open Way For Further Pressure On Allies
South Korea (AAP-Reuter), January 7.— Wonju, important road and rail centre 55 miles east-south-east of Seoul, fell to the Communists today, according to frontline reports. The…
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A motor cycle which was left on the Wentworth Road on December 16 was missing when the owner went out to get it on Friday…
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Sydney.—Chief of the Police Traffic Branch (Superintendent W. R. Lawrence) yesterday chased and arrested five motor cyclists on the Western Highway…
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Launceston. — Lloyd Henry Easterley 22, of Bendigo, Lemana, died a few minutes after his small car had crashed into the…
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Sydney.— A three-years-old boy saw his father killed when the latter fell into the path of a passenger train…
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William George Goudi was fined £10 in the Police Court by Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., when he pleaded guilty to a charge of…
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Eighteen-years-old John Adrian Charles Hall was fined a total of £22 when he pleaded guilty in the Police Court today to three charges of illegally taking and using motor vehicles, and one of being an unlicensed driver. Imposing the fines, Mr. E. J…
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Keith Milner McDougall, an ex-employee of the Department of Civil Aviation, appeared in the Police Court today on a charge of illegally using an aerodrome truck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Desert Force Wins at Murray Bridge Birmingham In Promising Debut Over Hurdles
Desert Force better known as as spriuter But, who was prominent [?] much of the journey in the Port [?] won the best race of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barrier Miner Thursday, January 11, 1951. Mending Road Manners in Broken Hill
WITH the arrival of a traffic inspector, Broken Hill Council seems determined to bring order out of the disorderly customs which characterise the city. It may be successful if there is no hidden control of…
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John Spurr pleaded guilty before Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., in the Police Court today, to a charge of making undue noise with his motor cycle. Spurr drove a motor cycle with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Smash in Snow
London, January 11.—One passenger was killed and 13 others were injured when an express train crashed into a light engine…
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Sydney.—While a gatekeeper was telephoning tb get the correct time a passenger train crashed into a heavy diesel lorry at…
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