Travelled, by Train Without a Ticket
Robert Alfred Simpson, of no fixed place of residence, was fined £2 in default four days’ imprisonment, at Albury Court of Petty Sessions…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Man’s Delusion Drove Him to His Death Flung Himself Under Train Sydney
Suffering from the delusion that he was being sought by the police, Frederick Joseph McMahon, aged 60, of Lugarno, flung himself under a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Workers. Increase in Wages. SYDNEY, Monday Night
Increased pay for 7,600 railway workers, including shunters, guards, and signalmen, was contained in an award made to-day. The date…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursions for Easter
In this issue, the Department of Railways announces the arrangements made for Excursionists who will travel for Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Pay for 7600 Railway Workers Will Cost £20,000 a Year Sydney
Increases in pay for 7600 railway workers, which will amount to £20,000 a year, are contained in an award made by the Chairman of the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Claim Agains[?] Railways Carriage As Exhibit[?] Court Case
A railway carriage was le[?] an exhibit in a case heard [?] Maggennis and a jury in the Court at Swan Hill, when [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →12 Killed in French Train Disaster PARIS, March 14
Twelve persons were killed and 30 were injured when the Paris-Toulouse express crushed into a goods train at Chateauroux laste last night. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Man Injured Motor Cycle and Car Collide Accident in Albury
Arthur Anderson, aged 21. Woollen Mills employe, livin, East Albury, sustained extensive injuries yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Mechanic Burnt
Frank Murray, aged 24, motor mechanic was burnt about the forearms and face yesterday while working on a car at the Great Southern garage,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man’s Suicide in Motor Car Newcastle
The body of a man believed to be Philip Stapleton, aged 30, of Randwick, against whom it was alleged Sydney police had issued a warrant for his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News RAND Rand Railway League
Rand Railway League, in furtherance of its efforts to get the branch of the Yarrawonga-Oaklands line extended to Rand, will send a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plenty of Action at Wagga Road Sports
The sports carnival arranged by the Five Ways Club at Wagga road on Saturday afternoon provided spectators with plenty of action. At top is the final of the log chop won by J. O’Connor, at extreme right Bottom: A scramble for seats in the musical chairs event. The youthful competitors used their cycles in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Excursions for Easter
In this issue, the Department of Railways announces the arrangements made for excursionists who will travel for Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Gyro Motor Car a Mammoth and Its End
Interest recently created in England by the unearthing of a two-wheeled gyro motor car, dumped away back in 1914, into an excavation in a yard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists Warned Offenders to be Prosecuted Albury Police to Take Action From To-day
It was announced by the Albury police last evening that from to-day they will prosecute motorists far breaches of the traffic code instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Garden Plot Not Cared For
What was once a pleasing little garden plot in the centre of an otherwise unattractive square fronting the Albury railway station, is fast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed Patrol Grader Lockhart Council Launches Out Aerodrome Site Approved
At its monthly meeting on Monday the Lockhart Shire Council, by a close vote decided to purchase a speed patrol grader unit. Councillors also approved of a site for an aerodrome about two miles from the town, comprising 160 acres, provided Government…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Death of Lottery Winner Collapse in Train
Mr. Nestor Hawkins (47) of St. George’s road, Bexley, won first prize of £5000 in the State lottery on Friday, and a few hours later was found dead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Smash Victim Dies Shepparton
Seriously injured when his motor cycle collided with a truck on the Benalla-Sheparton highway on Saturday night, William Clydesdale, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mobile Train. To Be At Hay Next Week
Mr. F. J. Brooks, officer-in-charge of the mobile workshop, writes: The Mobile Workshop will re-open for classes in Hay on Monday, 20th…
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