Bus Driven oxer Gap in Bridge
London, Thursday—A double-decker bus leaped three feet across a widening gap when the Tower Bridge began to open. Two arms of the bridge,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
846 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 43
Wentworth Road in Good Condition
The R.A.A. Patrolman, Mr. O. Harrison said yesterday that the Wentworth Road was in reasonably good condition. There is a sandy stretch between N[?]y and…
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ROAD HOGS who are a menace by night in Melbourne are heading for trouble now that First Constable Tom Cunningham is on the roads with his fully equipped police van. Using flashlight equipment,…
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ROAD HOGS who are a menace by night in Melbourne are heading for trouble now that First Constable Tom Cunningham is on the roads with his fully equipped police van. Using flashlight equipment,…
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Sydney—Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, shortly before their departure for America today, offered to assist in the preparation of an Australian Davis Cup team in the next challenge round in December…
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Sydney, January 2.—The Chief of the Police Traffic Branch, Superintendent W. E. Salmon, said that police officers were shocked by the tragic toll of life on the road during the…
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When the motor-cycle hit a rut in the Wilcannia Road near Topar on New Year's Day, Malcolm James…
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Both drivers escaped injury when a motor utility and a motor cycle collided at the intersection of Blende…
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Brisbane.—A motor cyclist was thrown through the closed front door of the Breakfast Creek Hotel when…
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Hongkong, Friday,—China assumed full sovereignty over the Chinese Changchun railway in Manchuria…
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Hongkong, Friday.—China assumed full sovereignty over the Chinese Changchun railway in Manchuria…
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Brisbane.—A motor cyclist was thrown through the closed front door of the Breakfast Creek Hotel when…
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Sydney.—Many people rushed into the street from St. James underground station coughing violently and…
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Fifteen people were killed in road accidents in Broken Hill and district last year. This was announced in a statement last…
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Casino, Jan. 4.—Neil Walker, 18, railway gatekeeper, was charged in Casino Court of Petty Sessions with the…
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The first special train carrying Zinc Mine employees—to return here after the Christmas holiday break…
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District roads were reported today to be drying out well, following yesteray's rain…
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Sydney, January 5.—The chief of the Traffic Branch, Superintendent W.E. Salmon, said that 712 people had been killed on New South Wales roads in 1952. This compared…
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Adelaide—The flooded Finke River threatens to cut the NorthSouth Railway line just above the S.A. border in the next few days. A radio message from Henbury Station reported this to the Alice Springs Flying Doctor Base today…
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As reported by Traffic Constable Peters in a recent issue of "Barrier Daily Truth," there were 15 deaths…
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