Attempt to Wreck a Train Melbourne
A deliberate attempt to derail a train near Ballarat North, was made last night. An engine drawing a goods train struck a sleeper, which had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
825 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 42
The Two Gospels the Road to Ruin and Some Facts in Regard Thereto
WHAT a calamity the tariff wall, created by our present Federal Government, is to Australia! To-day the "calamity" is under a cloak,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Cycle Race Sydney-melbourne European Cyclists May Take Part Paris, June 12
Mr. Ralph Small, brother of Hubert Oppennan's manager, Mr. Bruce Small, is endeavouring to engage cyclists to take part in the Sydney to Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Britain's Largest Motor Vessel
The first of the two new White Star line giant motor vessels, the M.V. "Britannic," Britain's largest motor liner, will make her maiden voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Motor Cycling Record London, June 15
W. L. Handley, riding a Senior Rudge machine, broke all records for the tourist trophy motor cycle course in the Isle of Man yesterday. Handley…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Motors Distance Plus Speed Determines Degree of Safety
The experienced driver acquires as a matter of habit the faculty of judging accurately the distance dn which he can stop the car in any given gradient,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Starving Stock Railway Rates in Victoria
Amongst many recent moves by the Victorian Railway Commissioners to combat road competition has been a provision that when starving stock or…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Blighty Railway Meting of League
A meeting of Deniliquin-Blighty Railway League was held at the School of Arts, on Thursday, the President (Mr. H. R. Thomson) in the Chair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Late Motor Champion Sir H. Segrave's Body Cremated. LONDON
Only Sir H. Segrave's wife, parents, and Lord Wakefield witnessed the cremation, at Golder's Green. The police kept strict guard and turned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aeroplane Damaged Overturns When Taxiing
After having landed and taxied for about 10 yards in a paddock at Woodend, on Tuesday last, a Moth aeroplane became bogged and overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge and Euchre at C.w.a. Rest Room
A very pleasant evening was spent by a large number of people at the C.W.A. Rest Room, Corowa, on Thursday evening last, when a Bridge and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Make Railways Pay Mr. Cleary's Aim
Replying at a civic welcome, Mr. Cleary, Chief Commissioner for Railways, declared that he would not be diverted from his course of placing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goods Train Fatality
A goods train travelling from Northam to Wongan Hills (W.A.) was derailed near Kalguddering, 127 miles, from, Perth. Both of the engine crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motors Points Worth Remembering When Judging Braking Systems
When summing up the merits and demerits of any braking system there are one or two cardinal points which should not be overlooked, although a…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Coal for Railways
The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners will place orders for approximately 1,000,000 tons of coal with the northern mine-owners next month. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Trains Railways Ready for Harvest
The N.S.W. Railway Department is ready to handle a bumper wheat harvest, and has rolling stock sufficient to grapple with the most difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2-Hours Motor Race. Again Won by Britain Paris, June 22
For the second year in succession the 24-hours international Grand Prix d'Endurance motor race at Le Mairs was won by Captain Woolf Barnato,…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Wheat at Railway More Space Wanted Mr. Clapp Refuses
Mr. H. Clapp, Chairman of the Commissioners of the Victorian Railways, accompanied by Mr. W. Tredinnick, District Superintendent of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Gum Sleepers for Central Australian Railways
Mr. W. C. Wentworth District Forester, informs us that the Forestry Commission has received an order to supply a considerable. proportion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Parties Leave for Darwin
SEVERAL parties of motorists are leaving Melbourne in the course of the week for Alice Springs and Darwin…
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