Rubber Roads
Tills year's record-breaking rainfall in Australia has played havoc with both country and city roads, involving much time and expense in repair work, reports…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
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Railway Strikers Ordered Back U.S. Army Gives Ultimatum
Washington, February 9. — Striking railway workers, many of whom were already trekking back to their Jobs after virtually paralysing the nation's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hungry Passengers Tell of Trials on Delayed Train
Nearly 150 tired and hungry passengers arrived at 3.45 p.m. at Broken Hill yesterday on the express from Adelaide, after a gruelling trip which lasted almost a day. Confined to carriages in temperatures well above the century, they had had only a few biscuits arid two cups of tea after they left Terowie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Club Dance
The first of what is hoped to be a regular series of social dances will be conducted by the Silver City Motor Cycle Club at the North Mine hall next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner Friday, February 16, 1951. Hungry Day on Train
SOME glaring defects in railway management and working were revealed by the derailment between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Convicted for Driving Under Influence Following Collision on Wilcannia Road
A man was convicted in the Police Court yesterday on a charge of driving a vehicle while under the inuence. He was Leo Norman Kerin, who was involved in a collision on the Wilcannia Road on January 14. Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Fire
At 9.8 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was called to the intersection of Thomas and Kaolin Streets, where a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Faces Negligent Driving Charge Court Sequel To Road Accident
Donald Carlin (19) pleaded not guilty in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., to a charge of negligent driving Police evidence was given, and after two witnesses were called for the defence, the case was adjourned until Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car, Motor Cycle Collide
A motor cyclist received minor to following a collision between his machine and a car in Blende Street near the Tennis Association courts last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist To Pay £21'15'
In the police Court Leo Norman Kerin was convicted and fined £10 on a charge of driving whilst under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Vehicle Lost In Murray; Diver To Search
Adelaide.—Search for a mystery motor vehicle, which was seen to plunge into the River Murray at Blanchetown last night has been suspended until the arrival of a diver from Renmark…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Hurt by Motor Truck
Clarence Rutter was admitted to the Hospital with injuries received when he was struck by a truck at the intersection of Chapple and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cyclist Killed In Road Smash
Twenty-four-years-old motor cyclist, William John Bertram Clement suffered fatal injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warning About Cockburn Road
Making a report on district roads, the R.A.A. patrolman (Mr. O. V. Harrison) today warned motorists of a dangerous outcrop of rock across the Cockburn Read, 22 miles from Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Utility Overturns On Wilcannia Road Three Men Slightly Injured
The occupants only received that injuries when a utility overturned near the Flying Doctor's Base in the early hours of Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oxide Street Crash: Young Motor Cyclist Fatality Injured Fourth Fatality Since Last
When a young motor cyclist died in Hospital yesterday morning from injuries received in a crash on Saturday night the fourth fatality in Broken Hill since last Wednesday had occurred. Victim of Saturday night's accident was William John…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Monday, Feb. 19, 1951. Death Lurks in Motor
THERE is an uneasy feeling in Broken Hill that some motorists are making too free with the popular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists Fined
Edward Harold Winders pleaded guilty today in the Police Court before Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., to a charge of negligent driving. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger Points On Roads
The R.A.A. patrolman (Mr. O. J. [?] issued warnings yesterday to danger points on two district [?] he mentioned a bend in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Toll of Road
Sydney.—Ninety-nine more people killed in road accidents in N.S.W. during 1950 than in 1949, figures…
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