Motorists Warned Against Dash
The proposed motor dash from Sydney by Captain Howey and Captain Gallop is against the law of Victoria, and if attempted action will be taken…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
700 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 35
Motor Launch Missing. Eighteen People Aboard. INNISFAIL
Fears are entertained for the safety of 18 persons who left for Townsville, yesterday, on a motor launch, but who have not since been sighted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality Near Taree Taree, Tuesday Night
Dave Slyney was killed and four others injured, when a car travelling from Taree to Mooreland, skidded on loose gravel and crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Pedestrian Comes Into His Own. How Spain Deals with Motorists. MADRID
A stroke of De River's pen has made Spain the pedestrians' paradise, enforcing the immediate arrest of any motorist who is guilty of knocking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chaff Dealer Blames Railways for His Bankruptcy
George Esler, of Welbundrle, and formerly of Albury, who for some years has operated largely as a chaff dealer, when examined in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes. Filing Without S[?]tching
When filing small particles of metals adhering to the file cause scratches on the work. This trouble can be prevented by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wahgunyah Railway Station
The revenue at Wahgunyah railway station during month of December, 1928, was as under:--Passengers, £507; parcels, £103; goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Registrations
Last year for the first time, motor registrations received by the Victorian police-exceeded £1,000,000. With the registration of 29,856 more [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Run Down by a Train. a Man Frightfully Injured. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon
Henry Parr (60), a resident of Ashfield, was run down by a train at Clyde Railway Station, last night, and frightfully injured. Both legs were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Obstructions on Railway Line. Youth Committed. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon
Clifford Essell (17), who has been committed for trial at Bacchus Marsh (Victoria), on a charge of having placed two wooden sleepers and six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Balkan Railway Smash. Heavy Loss of Life. BUCHAREST
When the railway express from Croiova broke an axle, a message was sent to Balata for a relief train. This was hurrying to the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Useful "Shell" Booklet for Motorists
An informative 40-page booklet printed in very clear type and pleaslughly illustrated in three colours, has just been issued for the interest of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney
When a motor lorry overturned on the Ashford-Bonshaw road James Perrin, his wife and three-year-old son were thrown out. The boy was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Border Railways Yarrawonga-oaklands Line
Further investigation of the route of the new border railway between Yarrawonga (V.) and Oaklands (N.S.W.) was promised on Tuesday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads Record Expenditure £3,500,000 This Year
For each of the last three years Main Roads Board expenditure has increased, and it is expected that in 1929 there will be a still larger amount…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Wreck Train. Brisbane
A deliberate attempt was made to wreck the mail train between Innis fail and Cairns, last night. A farmer saw a stranger, whose movements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Fatality. a Farmer Killed by an Aeroplane. SYDNEY. Monday Night
Death descended on Alf. C. Smith, farmer, at Windsor, with shocking suddenness, to-day. He was working in the field when an aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News Mathoura Road Race Convent School Passes
Mathoura District Amateur Cycling Club's road race was won by A. E. Murphy, off the limits. Lee Lineham was second, which Jack Vecty third…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Motor Lorry Smash. Sydney, Tuesday Noon
A serious accident happened at Marrickville, shortly before midnight, when a motor lorry containing twelve boys and youths, who were returning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Railway Matters Savernake People Seek Deviation From Original Route Alleged Underground Engineering Coreen Landholders on the Alert
At the result of a deputation of Savernake District landholders which waited on the Minister for Railways in Melbourne last week, the whole question of railway construction, as affecting the Corowa district is likely to be reconsidered. The report of the deputation was…
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