Seven Miles Bridge
What is said to be the longest highway, bridge in the world was officially opened at San Mateo (California) on March 2 by a signal from President…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1931
682 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 35
Goldfish Hold Up Train
How a mail train from Durban to Johannesburg was held up recently by goldfish is related in the Bukawayo "Chronicle," Southern Rhodesia)…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →An Aeroplane Disaster. Two Persons Killed. LONDON
The engine of a two-seater aeroplane, piloted by Sidney Hargreaves, who recently learned aviation, stopped, while flying over Bushy Park…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scheme to Train 1000 Boys
The citizens' committee for the training find placing of boys on the land, a new organisation, met and worked on a scheme designed to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Main and Minor Roads The Equity and Inequity of Motor Taxation Tax the Tyres
MR. J. C. WATSON, President of the N.R.M.A., expressed his views on behalf of the N.R.M.A. in an article in the "Banner" relative to the Shires…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatality at Geelong Aerodrome. Plane Nosedives 1,000 Feet. Two Persons Killed. MELBOURNE
Nosediving from a height of 1,000 feet, at Geelong Aerodrome, a Moth plane crashed. The occupants, Eric Morris (passenger), and Jack Pauldin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ford Motor Works Sydney Factory to Close
Referring to a report that the works of the Ford Motor Company of Australia Proprietary Limited, whose establishment is at Sandown, near…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Veteran Motor-cars
To commemorate the anniversary of the day, 32 years ago, when motorists were absolved from the necessity of being preceded by a man carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Albury Police Court Tuesday, 27th January (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M.). Purchase of a Motor Car
Thomas Joseph Dixon was charged that on or about September 1, 1930, having received a valuable security— a cheque for £300 drawn by E. F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways in the Air
Before long, passengers will be speeding on a railway which will take them through the air from Cape Town, South Africa, to a point 3,549ft. high…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Motors the Commonest Causes of Car Fires
Back fires, of course, are the most frequent—in fact, one might say invariably, are the cause of cars catching alight. When the back firing…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Country Edition Telegrams. Protecting the Railways. Consignees to Give All or None. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
Differential or penalty rates to force country storekeepers, farmers, and graziers to give all their freight to the railways, are expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Galloping to Perdition." N.s.w. Railways
Speaking at a civic reception at Forbes the Premier (Mr. Lang) made lengthy reference to the position of the railways, and tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Midsummer Railway Excursions
Country people are given an opportunity for cheap railway travel. in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rumoured Railway Changes
It is currently reports that the stationmasters at Gerosery and Tabletop are to be transferred else where and their places taken by low…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Minny" Golf Train
Wagga defeated Junee at miniature golf last week. Junee players travelling by special train, accompanied by a large contingent of supporters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident James Patrick McDONALD Killed Noel Drake Seriously Injured
Word was received in Balranald on Tuesday that Mr. J. P. McDonald, of Kyalite was fatally injured in a motor accident at Nyahwest on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Motor Registration Sign
A new system of motor registration with number plates issued by the police and colored certificates to be displayed on motor vehicles at all times, is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Strike Looming. 10 Per Cent. Cut Resented Sydney
A mass meeting of the members or the Australian Railways Union held in Sydney, decide in favor of a general strike as a pretest against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midsummer Railway Excursions
Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week…
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