Three Killed; 50 INJURED In Train Disaster Woman Responsible for Accident New York, August 22
Three persons were killed and 50 injured when a train in a subway crashed into the rear of another that was stationary. An…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Railway Rolling Stock
According to officials of the N.S.W. Railways, rolling stock at Albury is usually found to be in excellent condition, a tribute to the management and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Motor Breaks Down
Yesterday the rail motor which leaves Albury at 9.22 a.m. for Wagga broke down, just as the train was leaving the Albury platform. Frantic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway’s Big Coal Bill Sydney
At a cost £958,856, the Railway Department to-day accepted tenders for the supply of 1,059,500 tons of large coal and 433, 800 tons of small coal for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways Union and the Labor Party Sydney
The State conference of the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Railways Union to be held in Sydney on September 19. will have before it a…
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There were 2,059 street accidents in the country parts of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1,818 for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Just Missed Death Train Hits Bus Party Was on Way to Dance Geelong
About 20 people travelling in a motor bus to a dance at North Shore to-night had a narrow escape from death when an express bound for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another £40,000 for Improvements Developing Albury Town Council Approves Plan Water, Sewerage, Scenic Road Government to be Asked For Grant
Following the improvement plan embarked upon by Albury Council early this year to the extent of more than £80.000, which included such works as the abattoir, drainage scheme, aerodrome, Alexandra Park sporting fields, concrete footpaths, etc., but which is not yet finished, Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dismissals by the Railway Department Sydney
Referring to retrenchments in the railway service in various parts of the State, Mr. Lloyd Ross, State secretary of the Australian. Railways Union,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Road Repair Idea
In Wisconsin, U.S.A., they are trying out a new idea in road-servicing. Where a road has to he repaired and levelled they bore holes in the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Road Accidents Increase in Country Figures
There were 2058 street accidents in the country parts of of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australianities Topics Racy of the Soil an Old Road
The oldest road of all, the highway common to humanity which every man must follow on a pilgrimage, long or short, as destiny decides, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →£41,000 for Improvements Albury Council Approves Water, Sewerage and Scenic Roads
At its meeting on Wednesday night Albury Municipal Council approved of a recommendation from the works committee to make application to the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Road Safety Council Member Fined for Traffic Breach Sydney
Richard J. Fitzgerald, secretary of the Associated Motor Transports of N.S.W.. and and a member of the Road Safety council, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drainage Scheme Work Almost Completed Men to Go to Woomargama Road Job
The contractors have almost completed the Albury drainage scheme, and all to be done now is patching aril rounding off a few sections. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lice Infested Sheep Travelling on Roads Menace to District Stock Serious View by Albury Pastures Protection Board
The action of stock dealers in buying sheep infested with virmin and travelling them about the district was strongly criticised by directors at a meeting on Friday of Albury Pastures Protection Board. Director Shipard said it was not fair to stockowners who paid rates…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Road Safety Campaign There Is Need for It Depressing Official Statistics 175 Deaths in Rural Areas Last Year
Lt.-Col H. A. Youden, D.S.O., V.D., secretary of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., writes:—There were 2059 street accidents in the country parts…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Motor Accidents Analysis of Causes Tests for Drivers Suggested
In Great Britain road traffic accidents involving personal injury are reported in some detail. Besides particulars of the nature of the accidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boar in Railway Truck Causes £70 Damage
When a goods train from Melbourne arrived at Cohuna (Vie.) it was discovered that a large Yorkshire boar had broken from its cage in a truck,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycling New World Record
In the Ulster motor cycle Grand Prix J. M. West, riding a German B.M.W., won the 500 c.c, averaging 93.98 miles an hour, which is a world…
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