Five Men Sentenced Wool Stolen From Train Sydney
Five men were sentenced at Parramatta Police Court to-day on charges of having stolen wool from railway goods trains. Two were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
1,361 stories in Murray's papers · page 44 of 69
Struck by Train Ganger Killed Instantly Shocking Accident at Wagga
Sixty-four years of age and due to retire next January, Patrick James Hogan, a railway ganger, was run down and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence By-tracks on Sydney Road (To the Editor)
Sir,— I see you had a little all too mild reference to the shocking condition of the temporary tracks along those stretches of the main Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fourteen Killed in Train Collision Forty Others Injured London, September 29
A railway disaster, resulting in the death of 14 persons and injuries to 40 others, which made their detention in hospital necessary, occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Latest News Cables Bradman on Road to Recovery London
The manager of the Australian cricket team, Mr. H. Bushby, after visiting Don Bradman, reported that he was out of pain and was cheerfully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Compression Ratio of 20 to 1
The compression ratio of the average petrol engine for care is about 6 to 1, and for oil engines between about 12 and 17 to 1. An English…
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A truck of sheep was derailed at Womboota on Monday morning, and each sheep had to be taken from the truck by hand before the truck could…
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[?] of Rochester were [?] motor car accident on [?] four miles south [?] when the driver…
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Henry Thomas Norwood, 35, married, Elliott avenue, Carnegie, was fatally shot by a bandit at Carnegie, railway station on Monday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Improvement in Railways Earnings Riverina Prosecution
The annual report of the Railway Department was tabled by the Minister for Transport (Col. Bruxner) in the Legislative Assembly. The report…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Canberra Motor Camp
As all hotel accommodation at Canberra during the Duke of Gloucester's visit on October 24 and 25 has been reserved for official invitees, the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motors Repairs to Wiring
Sometimes amateur electricians make quite serious mistakes when attempting to renew or repair some part of the electric wiring of the car. The…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Pilot Train for Duke Precautionary Measures Melbourne
On all trips over the Victorian railway system the Royal train carrying the Duke of Gloucester and his staff will be preceded by a pilot train,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Red Letter Day” New Road Opened Ceremony at Walwa
Wednesday was a red-letter day at Walla, the occasion being the official opening of the Shelley-Guy’s Forest Walwa road at the Gay’s Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Menace to Motorists
When returning to Echuca along the northern highway this week a motorist saw a sheep on the roadway and in swerving to avoid it nearly overturned…
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When the wheel came oft a motor trolley on which they were travelling near Lal Lal to-day. Edward Cashen, rail foreman, and Roy Quick, clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. MOTORISTS Reciprocal Arrangements With Victoria an Official Announcement Sydney
The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A Mad docks) announced to-night that reciprocal arrangements had been made with the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loaded Revolver Found Detectives Preserve Secrecy in Railway Carriage Perth
A six chambered revolver, loaded with three cartridges, was picked up a railway carriage in Perth central Station yesterday. The weapon was In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little Hope for Recovery Motorist and Cyclist Involved in Collisions Sydney
Little hope is held out for the recovers of two men invoIvea in motoring accidents in the western suburbs to-day. Lewis Segal, 44, of Harris…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists Collide One Killed; Other Critically Hurt Accident in Race Melbourne
When two motor cycles collided in a race at Nar Nar Goon to-day, George Corbett, 22, of Collingwood, the rider of one, was killed instantly, and Andrew…
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