Picnic Train Derailed. Narrow Escape of Picnickers
At the foot of a steep incline at Rendlesham (S.A.), a picnic train from Mount Gambier ro Beachport was derailed on Monday afternoon…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 203
Missing Aeroplane Crew of Schooner Heard Splash. Heavy Sea Precludes Assistance. New York, Jan. 3
On arrival at Portland (Maine) the captain and crew of the British schooner Rosa Annie Belliveau said that they hoard the whirl of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Tram Young Man and Fiancee
Albert Shipway (29), dentist of Forrest street, Cottesloe, and Hilda Haradine (19), of Nediands, died in the Perth Hospital from injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Motors. Australia the Best Buyer London, December 29
Mr. W. R. Morris, head of the motor firm, has sailed for Australia, via the United States, with the definite purpose of discovering why a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →City Railway an Amended Scheme. Superimposed Roadway at Circular Quay
An amended scheme for the construction of the Circular Quay potion of the City Railway has been submitted by Dr. Bradfield to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kyogle Railway One Thousand Men to Resume
The secretary of the railway workers' section of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. Bodkin) announced that he had neem advised by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vicious Assault. Tram Conductor Injured
Police are searching for the assailants, of Claude Riley, a tram conductor, of Boyce—road, Maroubra, who was found unconscious on the roadway,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brutal Attack. Railway Official Struck with Iron Bar
When George Willis a Sydney railway ticket inspector, was walking off the main Assembly platform at the Central Station last night a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Assault Charge. Alleged Attack on Tram Conductor. Knocked Off Footboard. Sydney
William Thompson, 24, a wharflabourer, was charged at he Central Police Court with having assaulted Claude Riley and robbed him of £67…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Alleged Assault. Attack on Tram Conductor. Second Man Charged. Sydney
A second man, Thomas Craig, 28, a wharf—labourer was charged at the Central Court with having assaulted Claude Riley, a tram conductor,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Slump Victoria's Problems
Owing to the reduced whom yield this, season, And the falling off in traffic generally, efforts are being made by the Railway Commissioners to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality. Beecroft Touring Party
Mr. W. H. Bllard, president of Beccoroft Bowling Club,has been advised that his son, Stewart, aged 21 years, was killed on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labour Troubles Handicap Tramp Steamer Trade. Australia at Disadvantage LONDON, Jan. 2
Sir William Ropner, shipowner, of West Hartlepool, reviewing the cargo tramp business, says the Australian market has been sadly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway Murwillumbah to Tweed
The Parliamentary Public Works Committee commenced an inquiry into a proposal to construct a railway from Murwillumbah to Tweed Heads,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Loses Ear. Motor Van Crash. Sixteen Injured
Robert Watson (45), of Watsonia, driver of a motor van which crashed through the level crossing gates at the Gardiner railway station (Vic.),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accidents. Week—end Toll. Man Killed: Two Injured
Early on Sunday morning William George Pott was driving a motor car, towardo Sydney near the Prospect reservoir, when the vehicle, went over…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Former Manager Charged. Trouble Over Motor Vessels
ROCKHAMPTON, (Q.), Wednesday. At the Gladstone Police Court, Loyal Clifford Marsh, formerly manager of the Australian Turtle Co., of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stolen Motor Car Used for Ten Days Then Abandoned
A new sedan motor car, which was stolen from a private garage in Newcastle, was for ten days driven with its original number plates,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Priest Killed. Motor Car Overturned
Father Kreymborg, a Roman [?] priest, aged 60, of Rotorua, was killed, and Dean Vandyk, superior of the Maori Mission, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Railway. High Level Station at Quay. Favoured by Mr. Fraser
The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Buttenshaw), although favourably Impressed with the latest scheme to construct a super—imposed…
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