New Railway Time Table
Mr. E. Hargreaves, stationmaster at Wahgunyah, advises us that, commencing on Monday, July 15, the following time-table will come into force…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
700 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 35
Aeroplane Fatality at Adelaide. Adelaide
Leslie Napier Birks, aged 24, was killed when a Moth aeroplane crashed at Parafleid aerodrome, Adelaide, yesterday afternoon. The machine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Visit of Minister
A civic reception was given the Minister for Local Government (Col. Bruxner) and the Deputy Chairman of the Main Roads Board (Mr. C. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Government Minister at Deniliquin Main Roads Work Discussed
The Hon. M. Bruxner (Minister for Local Government), accompanied by Mr. C. H. Jewell (acting-chairman of the Main Roads Board), Mr. Hardinge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horses to Go Motor Transport to the Fore. Sydney's Largest Bakers Place Enormous Fleet Order
The part played by delivery trucks in the success of a bakery is a large and an important one. All the painstaking selection of ingredients and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motor Accidents
When a motor lorry ran backwards down a 12 feet ramp, during excavation in a city building, this morning, it ran down Thomas O'Connor (45)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality in Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday Noon
When a motor car overturned and burst into flames, on the Melbourne-Ballarat Road, Allan McLean (30), was killed outright and Josep[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Motor Trip
Yesterday morning the Mayor (Ald. J. Chivell) and Messrs. Geo. Kiltorn. M. McCallum and E. Bayltas left Corowa for a week's outing their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jerilderie's First Aeroplane. Enthusiastic Welcome to Pilot Val. Chapman
Some 20 years ago the firs motor car to run for hire in Jerilderie was introduced by Mr. Alfred A. Chapman. On Monday the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Government the Minister Visits Hay. the Question of Roads and Highways. Chairman of Main Roads Board Gives Interesting Information
The Hon. Colonel Bruxner, Minister of Local Government, accompanied by Mr. Newell, acting chairman of the Main Roads Board, who accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collapse and Death in Tram. Prominent Consulting Engineer. SYDNEY
William Poole, a prominent consulting engineer, and member of the firm of Julius, Poole and Gibson, collapsed and died in a city tram, last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wood on Railway Line Boy Arrested
The timely discovery by a ganger of blocks of wood and other obstacles wedged between sots of rails on the railway line near Blackheat on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Railway Smash on Main Northern Line. Sydney
Passengers on the Brisbane Limited Express, which left Sydney at 3.30 yesterday, had a miraculous escape When the train left line near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Sales Of Fruit
Following a visit to New South Wales last year by Mr. Clapp, Chief Commissioner of the Victorian railways, at the invitation of growers in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retrenchment on the Railways. Three Hundred Men Put Off. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
According to a statement, in union circles, 300 railway men have been recently retrenched, and that several hundred more are likely to meet with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waterside Depot for Motor Spirit Shell Company's Activities
To meet the growing demand for motor spirit in the Western District of Victoria, the Shell Company opened on 20th July a waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Welding in Modern Motor Car Manufacture
Not so many years ago the use oil electric welding was practically unheard of, yet to-day, it is one of the world's best-known methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring and Cycling Notes
Every motorist knows the inconvenience of driving a closed car at night, when some other car is following. The headlights of the rearmost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Border Railway Charges
At the annual meeting of the Albury Chamber of Commerce it was resolved to write to the Railway Commissioners in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North-eastern Railway Heavy Locomotives Used Track Condition Questioned
Serious allegation have been made regarding the safety of the main northeastern railway line between Melbourne and Albury,…
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