Elephant Worth £500 Dies in Railway Truck
An elephant, estimated to be worth £500, belonging to Perry Bros. circus, died in a railway truck at the Camperdown station as a result of septic…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 55
Railway News Slides of Western Australian Tourist Resorts
Church and other organisations arranging entertainments, are invited to make use of a representative selection of 50 slides [?]epicting the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Traffic Act. a Batch of Summonses
In the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M. on Tuesday, a batch of summonses were heard. Walter J. Miller was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Hit-run Motorist
A South Corowa correspondent states that two South Corowa men narrowly escaped death while walking home from Corowa on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Ordeal Motorist’s Arm Amputated
Mr. Gerald Abbot a commercial traveller, of Dallas Point, Balmain, underwent a terrible ordeal late on Thursday afternoon last week, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Model Aeroplane Club Local News
As the model Aeroplane Club has progressed so rapidly, it has been found necessary to re-organise certain Suctions of its activities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death on Road Car Traveller Collapse. Near Te Aro
A very sudden death' took place on Monday, on the Gunbar Road, when Mr. Thomas keeley, of Molong, Condoblin, a farmer and grazier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes
The fact that Mr. Norman Smith, the well-known N.S.W. motorist, is at present engaged in making a trip around the proposed course of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Views of Victorian Railways Union Rail V. Road Transport
The following observations are taken from the Victorian Railway Union "Gazette":—In the Echuca district road transport is a problem, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Man Who Likes Bad Roads
Some municipal and shire councils, harassed by petitions for repairs to bad roads, will find some solace In the remarks made by Mr. A. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corowa-mt Buffalo Road
The Chiltern Shire Council is gratified that Beechworth shire has received a Federal grant of £400, the shire to spend £100 in addition. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Shire Road Drainage (To The Editor)
Sir,--In the June issue of the "Shire and Municipal Record" an article appears under the heading of Licenses of Road Drainage,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Curtin Ill. Sudden Seizure on Train. SYDNEY
The Federal Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Mr. Curtin, who left Perth, on Saturday, for Canberra, was forced to return yesterday through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Black Soill Road Improved
The N.R.M.A. has been advised by its Quirindi representative that the construction in gravel of the Quirindi-Gunnedah section of road across…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A 1,200 Mile Road
One of the longest motor roads in the world, covering approximately a distance of 1,200 miles, is being completed by the Italians along the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Transport to Riverina Public Meeting at Jerilderie
As announced last issue a public meeting will be held at Jerilderie on Saturday afternoon next, 5th September, at 3 o'clock, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Notes News and Motes From the N.r.m.a. Britain's Car Increase
There were 1,505,091 private cars in use in, Great Britain and Northern 1936 is the huge figure of 1,680,000. Ireland last year. The estimate for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spring Motoring
According to the technical depart-ment of the N.R.M.A. a large number of motorists are contemplating extensive overhayls of their cars in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists Loss Misfortunes Never Come Singly
Whilst motoring to Deniliquin at the week-end Mr. R. Bolton had the misfortune in having a wheel of his truck collapse on the Hay road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Sedans to Improve Passenger Services Will Deniliquin Benefit? Good Services Improved
Six rail motor sedans for service on country branch lines where the passenger traffic is small will be introduced soon by the Railways…
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