Better Roads Committee Annual Meeting
The second annual meeting of the Citizens and Taxpayers Better and Safer Roads Committee will be…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
958 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 48
First Ride in Train
Brisbane: Native troops of the Pacific Islands Regiment have had their first rides in a "steam horse"…
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A South Australian taxi taking a number of Broken Hill National Service trainees back to comp in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Incident at Inquest Into Rail Disaster Train Driver Absent; Coroner's Warning
Sydney, February 8.—The train driver witness at the inquest into the death of five people at the Sydenham rail smash on December 19, appeared in the City Coroner's…
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Sydney: Thousands of people were late for work yesterday because a guard's van and an empty goods truck…
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You wouldn't cheat e cards... and you'd reesnt it heartily if anyone suggested that you might cheat…
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Brisbane: Emergency flood operations have been begun in Queensland to save a vital railway bridge and…
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Melbourne: Bonuses will be paid to many railwaymen during the Queen's visit to Victoria from…
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Concession fares will be available in Broken Hill and South Australia to any point between this City and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Brakes of Smash Train Alright
Sydney, February 10.—[?] of [?] Organisation [?] the City Coroner (Mr. E. J. [?] that the brakes on the electric train [?] in…
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Three motorists appeared before Mr. A. O. Chick, S.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on charges of driving under the influence…
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Fines with costs amounting to £152 were imposed on local motorists this morning when they appeared before Mr. A. Chick, S.M., on charges of breaches of the motor traffic regulations. Sgt. C. Dennett prosecuted for the police…
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Additional trains will run between Broken Hill and Adelaide in Easter week on Thursday, April 15…
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Additional trains will run between Broken Hill and Adelaide in Easter week on Thursday, April 15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Specimen From Train Driver Showed Alcohol Inquest Into Fatal Sydenham Smash
Sydney February 12: A specimen taken from a train driver, Harold Joseph O'Neill, showed a percentage of alcohol equivalent to at least 11 middies of beer, the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Loses Licence
A 24-year-old motor-cyclist, James Robert Giles, automatically forfeited his driving licence when he was convicted in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday of driving under…
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The Central Pire Brigade extinguished a fire on a motorcycle in Lane Street at 11.20 last night. It was…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished a fire on a motorcycle in Lane Street at 11.20 last night. It was…
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Sydney: A Government analyst said to-day that tests taken from Harold Joseph O'Neill, driver of the Bankstown train in the Sydenham rail smash, contained a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Road Deaths by Request
"Let Courtesy Reign on the Queen's Highway!" This catchline, its use coinciding with the Royal visit to Australia, and already familiar to most of us through…
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