Conference with Main Roads Department Engineers
Near the outset of proceedings two of the leading officials of the Main Roads Department attended at the Shire Chambers to meet the Council…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
862 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 44
Collision with Bullocks. Train Kills Ten. SYDNEY
A mixed train near Roslyn, on the Crookwell line, struck a mob of bullocks, killing ten. The carcasses were strewn along the line for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents. Union Secretary on Safety Standards. SYDNEY, Monday Night
A demand for complete restoration of safety standards and independent open inquiries into all railway accidents was made by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Motor Accident a Parliamentarian's Car SYDNEY
Thomas McLean was killed at Hamilton, near Newcastle, when he walked in front of a motor car which was being driven by Mr. Peter Connolly,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Transport Interstate Competition with Railways
The conditions which exist between Victoria and New South Wales as far as transport is concerned were explained on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smuggling by Aeroplane Case in England
Florence Evelyn Jones and John Rogers, both living in the West End, London, pleaded guilty to several charges of having smuggled…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Goods Train Derailed at Coolamon
A goods train bound from Narandera to Junee was derailed at the Coolamon railway yard while it was shunting trucks from the stock siding to the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Cycling Riverina Road Championship
J. Harmer (Temora) won the Rive rina road championship over a 20-mile course at Wagga on Sunday. M. De Great (Wagga) was second and H…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Sydney Tram and Ominbus Service Success of Government Control
After a long period of huge deficits in tramway workings, it was announced by the Minister of Transport (Mr. H. F. Bruxner) in Sydney that the…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Railway Derailments Concern of N.s.w. Commissioners
"I frankly state that we are not satisfied with the condition of our tracks and plant, but there is a vast difference between not being satisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Catch-points on Railways Partial Elimination Ordered
It was learnt in Government circles that the N.S.W. Railway Department has issued instructions that catch-points, in advance of starting signals…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Fox Skins Carried by Railway
The Secretary for Railways states that large quantities of fox skins are being consigned from various parts of the State, and it is desired that…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Motors Temporary Fuses
On many makes of car the lighting system includes fuses of the glass, tube sort in which the fuse wire is enclosed in a short length of glass tubing…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sequel to Football Match Motor Lorry's Lights
When John J. Irvine was charged with driving an unregistered motor vehicle and with having driven without being licensed, he pleaded guilty. Jack Kennedy, was fined 30/ and 8/ costs for driving a motor lorry with, unlighted headlights and 20/ and 8/ costs for having the tail light of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inter-state Motorists Serious Position Developing Charge Against Victorian Dismissed
A Police Court decision of vital importance to interstate motor traffic was given in Albury on Tuesday when a charge was dismissed against, a…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Disabilities Caused by Motor Transport
A largely attended meeting of the commercial and industrial interests of Sydney, held under the auspices of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reduced Fares Recommended by Railway Commissioner
Some time ago the Premier (Mr. Stevens) instructed the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) to prepare a report on the question of railway fares…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Interstate Motor Traffic. Sydney, Thursday Night
The conviction of Alexander Hill, a carrier, by the magistrate at Wagga, recently, for operating a motor vehicle for the carriage of goods between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb on Railway Line. For a Governor's Special. CALCUTTA
An attempt was made to wreck the Bengal Governor's special train, returning from East Bengal, by placing a bomb on the line which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Telegraphic and Cable News. Motor Truck Out of Control. One Man Killed; Others Injured. MELBOURNE
When a motor truck got out of control in the main street of Bruthen and crashed into the front of a shop, Albert Shelton (36), a farmer, was…
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